All Chapters of Hidden No More: The Billionaire’s Plus-Sized Secret: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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PROTECT MY PLAN

Quinn’s POVMy phone pinged again the second I stepped out of Laura’s room.I immediately looked back at her closed bedroom door before pulling the phone from my pocket.‘Call off the search.’My jaw tightened instantly.Another text came in before I could even process the first one.‘I know where she sleeps, you know.’Every muscle in my body locked.I turned back toward Laura’s door again instinctively, my pulse kicking hard against my ribs.They couldn’t be fucking serious.There was no way.No goddamn way someone would be stupid enough to come near my estate.Another message came through.‘Stop looking for me’Then another.‘Don’t say I didn’t warn you.’And then right before my eyes, every single message vanished from the screen.Deleted.I stared at the empty thread in disbelief.“What the fuck?”The words escaped me under my breath.What kind of sorcery was this?How the hell were they deleting messages off my phone remotely?My grip tightened painfully around the device.For a

STRANGER IN MY ROOM

Laura’s POVI must have fallen asleep because I couldn’t conjure up any more thoughts in my head.At some point, exhaustion finally dragged me under.That was until I heard a sound.My brows furrowed immediately.Footsteps.For a second, my sleepy brain tried convincing me it was nothing. Maybe one of the guards outside. Maybe one of the house staff cleaning something downstairs.But then I heard it again.Closer.Inside the room.My eyes stayed shut for another second while my heartbeat slowly picked up.Did Quinn come back?The thought settled briefly in my head.“Quinn?” I called out softly, my voice thick with sleep.No answer.The silence that followed felt wrong. A strange chill crept down my spine immediately.Slowly, I forced my eyes open.Darkness swallowed the room almost completely. Only faint moonlight slipped through the curtains, barely enough to make out shapes.Then I saw it, a shadow moving. My chest tightened instantly.Not Quinn.Definitely not Quinn.The figure move

BIGGEST MISTAKE OF THEIR LIFE

Laura’s POVI coughed loudly, still gripping my throat, trying to take in as much breath as I possibly could. My chest burned with every inhale and my ribs ached so badly I could barely move. Whoever was there still stood in front of me, watching me struggle to breathe and see through the darkness.Who were they?What did they want with me?“Please,” I coughed again, my voice rough and broken. “I don’t know… I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve this. I just…”Another cough ripped through me.The person chuckled.The sound was cold. Empty. Like they genuinely enjoyed seeing me terrified.Then suddenly a hard kick slammed into my ribs.Pain exploded through my side so sharply I screamed.Before I could even recover, footsteps echoed loudly outside my room.The person froze.And almost as quickly as they came, they bolted.I heard rushed movements, the sound of shoes against the floor, then the window sliding open.Gone.I just laid there on the ground gasping for breath, my entire bod

CROSSED A LINE

Quinn’s POVLaura had settled into a deep sleep in my arms when my phone rang.I carefully reached for it on the nightstand, trying not to wake her up. Even in sleep, she looked shaken. Her brows furrowed every few seconds like whatever happened tonight was still chasing her in her dreams.My jaw tightened.“Hello?” I spoke quietly into the phone.It was Ryker.“Sir,” he greeted immediately.“Give me good news, Ryker,” I muttered.There was silence and that was a bad sign.“I’m afraid there is none, sir.”My grip tightened around the phone instantly.“We found no intruders. In fact, there’s no evidence of anyone stepping foot into the estate.”I looked down at Laura sleeping against my chest.The bruises around her throat were already darker.Then how the fuck was there no intruder?“Then how did someone come into my house and nearly kill my wife, huh?”The line went silent.“Sir…”“Call me when you have some real answers.”I ended the call before he could say another word.Anger simm

I WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU

Laura’s POVIt all still felt like some horrible dream.Only this wasn’t a dream, the bruises around my throat were real, the ache in my ribs was real.The fear crawling beneath my skin every single second was painfully real.Someone had definitely been in my room last night. And whoever it was wanted to hurt me.Kill me even.I sat quietly on the edge of Quinn’s bed while the doctor examined the bruises around my neck carefully. Every slight touch made me flinch even though he was gentle.His face softened immediately.“Sorry,” he murmured.“It’s okay,” I whispered quickly even though it wasn’t.Nothing about this was okay.The doctor straightened after a while and offered me a warm smile.“Well, Ms. Laura, you’re okay. It’s only a few bruises. Nothing appears broken and there’s no severe internal damage.”Relief loosened something inside my chest slightly.At least physically, I was okay.Mentally?That was another issue entirely.“Thank you,” I said softly.He nodded once.“You’ll be

BE ANYTHING WITHOUT YOU

Chapter 28; Be anything without you.Laura's POVA week.An entire week trapped inside four walls.A week of waking up in Quinn's room and falling asleep in Quinn's room.Although even calling it sleeping with him felt like a stretch.Every night he would tuck me into bed like I was made of glass, pull the blankets over me, tellme to get some rest, then spend hours working at the desk across the room.Sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night and find him still there, his attentionfixed on his laptop while the glow from the screen illuminated his face.Other times I would open my eyes and discover the desk empty.Then somehow, whenever I woke up in the morning, he would be back again with breakfastwaiting for me.It was strangely comforting,and strangely frustrating.I hadn't been allowed anywhere, no shoots.No interviews.No meetings.Nothing.At first I appreciated it because every time I closed my eyes, I saw the shadow standing in myroom.I felt

STAR OF THE SHOW

Quinn's POVI don't know how long I stood there watching her.Maybe it was minutes or hours.Time had a strange way of disappearing whenever Laura was in front of me.The set was loud, filled with people moving around, cameras adjusting, assistants running backand forth, and yet somehow my attention stayed locked on one person.The girl who had walked into this industry doubting herself.The girl who had been convinced she wasn't enough.The girl who had no idea how much potential she carried.Laura stood in front of the cameras, completely transformed.Not the anxious woman who had stepped onto set earlier.Not the woman who was terrified someone would take everything away from her.She was May.Her character.She became someone else completely, and it was almost ridiculous how quickly she slipped intoit.The emotions.The expressions.The way she delivered every single line.It was so natural.I had worked with actors before. I had seen talented people perform.

BLUE FAN

Laura's POVI thought it was going to be awkward.I thought everyone was going to stare at me like I was some kind of attention-seeking humanbeing who had disappeared for a week and suddenly returned expecting sympathy.I thought every whisper would be about me.But somehow, by the end of my final scene of the day, I had blended into the characters soseamlessly that I barely noticed anyone else around me.The cameras.The lights.The voices calling for adjustments.Everything faded.There was only the scene.Only May.Only the story.And for the first time in a while, I wasn't thinking about what happened.I wasn't thinking about the person who broke into my room.I wasn't thinking about Thomas or Damien.I was just Laura.An actress.It still felt strange thinking about that.A few people had glanced my way since Quinn confronted Thomas that morning, but no oneapproached me with questions or pity.Honestly, I preferred it that way.I didn't need everyone loo

SAFE BUTTERFLY

Laura's POVI immediately looked around for whoever, or wherever, that text could have come from, my eyesscanning every corner of the room.But there was no one.No one except Quinn and the receptionist who stood behind the desk, quietly working onwhatever she had in front of her.My heart started beating faster.Then suddenly, I felt it.Those strong hands.The same invisible grip around my throat.I let out a sharp gasp, my hands flying to my neck as I stumbled backward.But there was nothing there.No hands.No person.Nothing.My breathing became uneven as I stared around the room, trying to convince myself that I wasstill standing in Quinn’s office building and not back in that dark room where I couldn't fightback.Was I imagining it?Was I imagining the text too?Was my mind just replaying everything that happened until I couldn't tell the differencebetween reality and memory anymore?"Laura?"Quinn’s voice snapped me back.I turned slowly and saw him

JUST THIS ONCE

Quinn's POVThe moment I sat down beside Laura, I told myself it was only temporary.She needed reassurance. She needed to know someone was there. That was all.Nothing more.I had work to finish. Important work. There were contracts waiting, numbers that neededreviewing, decisions that couldn't wait forever. I opened my laptop, placed it on my lap, andtried to focus.Tried.But my eyes kept betraying me.Every few seconds, they drifted back to her.Laura was asleep, her breathing finally steady after everything that happened. The tension thathad been wrapped around her body for days seemed to have disappeared slightly, replaced bysomething softer.Peace.Her fingers were still wrapped around mine.Her grip wasn't tight anymore, not like she was afraid I would disappear, but she still held onlike some part of her needed the reminder that I was there.That I hadn't left.I stared down at our hands.This was ridiculous.I was supposed to be reviewing documents,

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