All Chapters of Tempted by my Godlike boss: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

FLORIAN'S POV "I don't know what you're talking about," he said."Leo," I said carefully, keeping my voice calm despite the tension building in my chest. "I know you worked there. I have the records. I just need you to talk to me."“Who are you?”he asked.“Florian Hollis, my parents owned the restaurant”I said, staring into his eyes, trying to detect any hidden expression.His hands trembled slightly as he set the notepad down, glancing around briefly like he was making sure no one else was listening. "Can we talk somewhere more private?"I nodded, and he called out to another employee to cover the counter before leading me to a small back room, closing the door quietly behind us."Okay," he said, exhaling heavily. "Yes, I worked there. At H and family dishes. But I wasn't there the night it happened.""What do you mean you weren't there?" I asked."I'd been in the hospital for two weeks before the fire," he explained. "Appendicitis, nasty surgery, kept me out of work longer than ex

Roseline's POVNina practically dragged me out of the house the moment I stepped through the door from work, insisting that tonight, finally, was our official girls' night out.We planned it'll be tonight, I already told Florian the previous day but I wanted to change my mind."No excuses this time," she said, already holding up two dress options in front of me. "Red or black?""Nina, I've had a really long week," I said, sinking onto my bed, exhaustion pulling at every part of me."Which is exactly why you need this," she said firmly. "You've been so stressed lately. Just one night, Roseline. Forget about everything else and just have fun with me."I hesitated, thinking about Florian, about everything happening with his uncle, his parents, the strange danger creeping closer with every passing day. But then I looked at Nina's hopeful expression, and something in me softened. Maybe she was right. Maybe I needed one night to just breathe and be free."Fine," I said, managing a small smi

FLORIAN'S POVMarcus returned a while later, walking slowly back into the room, his expression normal."Where were you?" I asked, standing immediately, the photograph still gripped tightly in my hand."Bathroom," he said simply, settling back onto the edge of the bed.I studied him for a long moment, unsure whether to believe him given everything else that had happened, the blood trail, the empty room, the panic Gabriel and I had felt searching for him. But before I could press further, I remembered the actual reason I'd come.I walked over and dropped the photograph onto the bed in front of him. "Explain this."Marcus stared down at it, his expression unreadable for a moment before he finally picked it up, studying the image closely."You worked at my parents' restaurant," I said. "And you never told me."He was quiet for a long, uncomfortable stretch of time before finally speaking. "Yes. I worked there. For a while.""Why didn't you ever mention it?" I demanded. "All these years,

FLORIAN'S POVI stared at Leo for a while before letting him come in, a black file was placed in his hands. My eyes darted to the file first then to Roseline who had a confused look on her face."Roseline, meet Leo Mormont, Leo, meet Roseline, my wife," I said. The last word sounded a lot sharper, I noticed Roseline's cheeks heat up at the mention of the word."Nice to meet you," Leo said, stretching his hand out to Roseline. She took it politely."Sir, I need to discuss something personal with you, it's about the thing you met me for the other day," he said."Okay, go on," I said.He looked at Roseline, hesitating slightly."Oh, don't worry about her, she already knows everything," I said, gesturing for him to continue.Leo nodded slowly, seeming to relax slightly at that, before pulling out a small, old-looking recording device from inside the black file. "I found this a few years back, cleaning out some old boxes from the restaurant before it was demolished. I always meant to hand

FLORIAN'S POVI watched the flames take over the building, the smoke filled the air.My heart was pounding really hard in my chest at the sight in front of me.No, no, no, no, this couldn't be happening.Before I could even process what was happening, my legs moved, sprinting toward the restaurant. My legs were literally moving on their own."Fire, fire," I heard people shouting around me, the chaos of the street growing louder with every step I took.I had left the hospital only an hour ago, my meeting with Fredrik Lance turning out to be a dead end, the man nowhere to be found despite Leo's information about him. My phone had buzzed with an alert about the restaurant, a message from Gabriel, just a single text that made my head spin.‘Come quickly, fire’I'd driven so fast I was surprised I hadn't gotten pulled over.Now, standing there on the road side, watching thick black smoke pour from the windows of the building I'd built with my own hands, all I could think about was her.Ros