All Chapters of FALLING FOR HIS BODYGUARD'S DAUGHTER : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Penelope’s povSlowly I stood up from my seat. “Mr. Sinclair, can I study with you, please?”He frowned at me. Obviously he wasn’t expecting that I would make such a request. “Dear, it’s not some big history project. It’s just…”“I know,” I said. “Anything that deals with history… I just want to learn it.”“Dear, this isn’t something that long ago. It happened about twenty years ago, or perhaps twenty-five years ago.”“I don’t mind,” I said. “I just want to study it with you.”I was already beginning to give up because the man looked like he was going to say no to my request. But then Lena shot up from her seat.“I want to study it as well, Dad. I think this is going to be the beginning. I love Penelope’s enthusiasm, and I would like to learn as well.”Her parents looked at each other in surprise. They seemed really shocked that Lena would suggest studying history.“Why, this is a surprise,” her father said.She beamed at him and held his hands. “What better way to bond than this? I k

Penolope's POVI went to school the next day, feeling lighter than usual.Weird right?I should feel sad for everything I heard from my father last night, but I didn’t. I only felt relieved that he trusted me enough to tell me, despite being stubborn about it in the first place. Now all I needed to do was to hope that nothing went wrong.Lena walked up to me.“There you are,” she said.“Lena...”But before I could continue speaking, she dragged me off.“Now tell me exactly what it is that you and my father were talking about last night. He refused to tell me.”Without wasting any time, I told her everything. From how I found the picture in my father’s cabinets to how I found out that Garcia was killed.When I stopped talking, Lena didn't immediately reply. She stood there in her own world she had steered me into, her expression changing from shock, concern, and finally landing on deep, unvarnished sympathy. Lena was that best friend because she never pretended things were simpler than

Sebastian’s povOutside the door, I heard the conversation between Madeline and Penelope. I clenched my fist and unclenched it each time I heard what Madeline told her. It was quite harsh, but I didn’t want to involve myself in it, especially not when Madeline seemed to suspect everything that happened.There was nothing going on between Penelope and I, and it was obvious to anyone who saw it. I couldn’t stop thinking about what Penelope had told me at school today. Never would I have expected that she would be outside the door and listening to the trashy things I had to say about her to Theodore.The truth was, I suddenly started to see her not as some random person or servant or help. I started to actually see her as a girl, when we started studying together, and it frightened me. What better way to prove to myself that I still hated her than to say those things that I said about her to Theo? It kind of gave me leverage.But I knew I was wrong. So I had come to the staff wing of the

Penelope’s povIt was finally the day for the event. As Lena promised, she styled me, and I looked so good by the time she was done with it. In no time, we were on our way to the summit, with our father sitting beside the driver and us girls sitting at the back seats.“I’m glad you decided to come along with us, Penelope,” Mr. Sinclair said.“I’m honored that you have invited me over, sir,” I said.He nodded, pleased.Lena rolled her eyes. “You both act like this event is some kind of big thing.”“It’s big,” me and Mr. Sinclair said simultaneously, and all of us in the car laughed.I saw the driver let out a smirk as well. Finally, we got to the event, and it was everything I hoped it would be. I had never attended such an event before. It was unlike the ones that the Vanderbilts usually organized, or anyone that I had ever attended.But what event did I ever attend apart from the ones the Vanderbilts hosted? No. So this was like my first one outside their circle. Now Lena’s family we

Penelope’s pov“Hundred million. Going,” the bidder said quickly. “Going, going, gone.”He was about to hand over the book to a man who came with Catherine’s father. He was obviously Catherine’s father’s bodyguard that was sent to retrieve the book. A loud bang echoed and the man dropped to his knees in pain, the book falling from his hand instantly.“What’s happening?” Everyone asked.We all shot up from our seats.“It's a gunshot,” I said. “He has been shot.”I saw blood pouring out from the man’s hand as somebody leaped forward and took the book, running away with it.Sebastian shot up from his seat and gave the man a hot chase.I was worried at this point. Sebastian just wanted to know the truth and save his family. He didn’t care that the man was armed. I soon saw one of the Vanderbilt bodyguards run after Sebastian, and I felt a bit relieved. The bodyguards of the Vanderbilt family were trained, so nothing would happen to Sebastian.I really hoped I was right. Now everyone was r