Ten Days to Capture the Biker Heir のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 41 - チャプター 50

Chapter 43.For several seconds after Julian's question, the world seemed to narrow around them."Do you even know who he is?"Kai waited. He expected questions, expected her to turn to him and ask what Julian meant, expected that familiar uncertainty to creep into her expression, followed by the inevitable realization that perhaps she had been foolish to trust him.Instead, Skye sighed. "I don't care, Julian."Kai blinked, even Julian looked equally stunned.Skye folded her arms, her irritation growing as Julian continued staring at her as though she had just said something completely unexpected. "We're not that close," she continued, her voice firm. "And while I appreciate you singing my praises to people at VISION and having something to do with getting me the job, I think it's high time you stopped meddling in my life."Julian's mouth parted slightly, and for once the confident photographer who seemed to know exactly what to say had nothing.Kai stared at Skye, and something warm

Chapter 45.The anonymous address led Skye farther from the center of Berlin than she had expected.The streets became quieter, the buildings older and less maintained. She checked the message again, comparing the description with the warehouse-like building in front of her, and there was no sign bearing Anna's name, no logo, or security guard waiting outside, nothing that suggested one of the most famous ballet dancers in Europe had ever stepped through its doors. Just an unmarked gray building tucked between a mechanic's workshop and a closed furniture warehouse.Skye stood across the street with her camera bag hanging from one shoulder, wondering for the tenth time whether she had made a terrible mistake by saying “fuck it” and coming over. Her assignment deadline was closing in, and Adrian, the art director at VISION, was probably already expecting her to fail. She had no official appointment, no permission, and no guarantee that Anna would even be there.But she had come anyway.

Chapter 47.The distance between Berlin and Düsseldorf had never seemed particularly important to Skye until Kai left. Now it seemed to exist everywhere.It was in the empty chair beside her desk when she worked late into the night, in the silence that followed whenever something amusing happened and she instinctively reached for her phone to tell him. It was even in the cold, because every time the wind slipped through the thin windows of her apartment, she remembered the way Kai used to look at her whenever she complained about the weather.Her phone buzzed against the table.Kai: Have you eaten?Skye smiled before she could stop herself.Skye: Hello to you too.The reply came almost immediately.Kai: That's not an answer.She rolled her eyes.Skye: Yes, Dad.Kai: Don't call me that.Skye: Then stop asking if I've eaten.There was a pause.Kai: Eat.Skye laughed quietly.Skye: Bossy.She stared at that single word for several seconds, her smile softening. It was becoming their thin

Chapter 49.The reply from Anna arrived just after eight in the morning, and for several seconds Skye simply stared at the screen as though she was afraid the words might disappear if she blinked. Skye's heart lifted so quickly that she nearly laughed, and she had to read the email twice before she trusted herself to believe it. Anna had not promised an interview, nor had she agreed to the article, no, she had simply agreed to meet. Yet to Skye, that was enough to feel like a door that had been locked, had finally opened by an inch.By the time she arrived at the quiet café Anna had chosen, Skye had rehearsed what she wanted to say so many times that the words had begun to sound ridiculous in her head. She had printed the photographs carefully and placed them inside a protective folder, and the handwritten notes from the archive were safely tucked away, though she deliberately left her camera inside her bag.When Anna arrived, she looked exactly as she had the first time they met, e

Chapter 51.Kai didn't leave, he decided to stay one more day, his presence filling the small space in a way that elated Skye. By evening, they found themselves at a dimly lit bistro in Mitte, the kind of place where the wine was overpriced but, when Skye commented on it, Kai only smiled and pulled her in. Minutes before they got to their seats, Skye saw Elise and Kevin, two of the few people at the vision who didn't treat her like a stepping stone or an idiot, so naturally, she invited them to sit with her and Kai."I still can't believe you actually landed the Sturm shot for your portfolio," Elise said, swirling a glass of Riesling. She leaned back, her eyes scanning Kai with a mixture of curiosity and professional appraisal. "The composition is haunting. And the subject... well, the subject is certainly impressive in person." They had been talking about the calendar project.Kai didn't smile, but the corner of his mouth quirked. He sat with a relaxed, predatory grace, his leather