All Chapters of Accidentally His: The Girl Who Trespassed: Chapter 11

Albert's POVSeven PM.My father calls at 8:12 that morning and tells me to replace her.Not directly, of course.Men like Lorenzo Rossi prefer disappointment over orders.“Bring someone credible,” he says calmly while Manhattan moves beneath my office windows. “Someone who strengthens your position instead of complicating it.”A scholarship student from Queens was never supposed to survive this long in my world.The problem is that somewhere between the contract and the headlines and the six carefully planned events, she stopped feeling temporary.And tonight, for the first time since this arrangement began, I am going to her without an excuse.—The board meeting starts thirty minutes later.Quarterly projections exceed expectations. The numbers are strong. The New York expansion is ahead of schedule. Lorenzo appears via video from Milan, silver hair precisely slicked, expression unreadable as I move through the presentation.Everything runs smoothly until Richard Ashcroft sets dow