All Chapters of Keeping a secret from the Greek Tycoon: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

JUSTINAAccepting Nyssa's proposition turned out to be the bigger mistake. I realized that the moment she handed me a generous slice of almond and date cake. The room had been a battleground before, but now there wasn't even the illusion of peace. Gregor wouldn't stop studying me. I made sure not to look his way, but it didn't stop him. I hated that I was the one feeling guilty about the kiss. He kept his eyes on me like he was waiting for an answer, which made everything worse, especially with Charissa, his fiancée, throwing glares my way like she knew exactly what we'd done, and worse, because I couldn't stop replaying the kiss myself. I felt warmth pool low in my stomach just thinking about it. Wrong, I told myself, but the more I repeated it, the less my body seemed to believe it. It kept dragging up the truth I'd been quietly avoiding for days: the looks I stole when he left the shower, the smile he flashed when he caught me staring, the way my pulse spiked whenever he looked my

CHARISSAThe dinner was a disaster. Playing prim and proper was never really me, not with Gregor looking at me like I was the monster of the evening. I wasn't even sure what his mother was up to anymore. Her hostility toward Justina had completely evaporated, and with Nyssa, you could never be too sure, but the sudden kindness bothered me all the same. Then she dropped the bombshell."I wouldn't mind if he visited sometime, or maybe came to stay with us."My eyes lit up, and for the first time all night, I looked at the Attica rat with something like hope. If Greg's son came to the family house, Greg would come with him. I hoped that peasant girl took the bait. Given her social standing, I figured she'd jump at the chance to please Nyssa, which was exactly what we needed. Once we had Greg and his son locked in, it wouldn't take long to push Justina out entirely. She glanced my way, puzzled, a little worried. Smart, I'd give her that much. Just not smart enough."Sure," she said, dragg

JUSTINABack at the apartment, I went straight to check on Adonis and found him fast asleep. To think I'd been nervous about leaving him with a babysitter. Whoever she was, she'd outdone herself. Gregor walked in not long after, leaning against the doorframe to watch us. It unsettled me enough that I spoke first, hoping to stop things from getting weird."You should go to sleep," I said."You want to know what I think?" he asked, stepping closer."What?""I think you should take your own advice. You look like a single mother trying to micromanage everything. Give yourself some room to breathe.""Except I can't. Adonis' health comes first."Gregor sat beside me, reaching for my hand. It was foolish to let him, considering everything that had happened tonight. I wanted him out of my head, but his presence made that impossible. Still, he was being kind, and I reminded myself he genuinely cared about Adonis. I let him hold my hand. The second our skin touched, warmth spread through me. I

JUSTINAThe sound of the car engine roused me from my half-sleep as Gregor pulled up in front of me. That was what I got for insisting on making breakfast for all three of us, despite staying up so late the night before playing a game of "we aren't really strangers" with him. It had been a kind of escapism for me. Whenever Gregor got through to me like that, it always felt like betraying Charis's memory. At the same time, it felt wrong to keep judging Gregor by things he'd done in the past, when it was clear he wasn't that person anymore. I patted an equally sleepy Adonis and carried him out in my arms. He had an appointment today, and much as I wanted to go with him, I had school. Gregor was more than capable of handling it. I let myself trust him that much.I rubbed my eyes with my free hand and climbed groggily into the car, managing only a mumbled "good morning" as I buckled Adonis into his seat. Gregor just nodded, eyes fixed on the road. The silence between us felt heavy, a shar

JUSTINAThen I just had to break the silence. "How'd it go?" I asked. “With Adonis’s appointment?”"Good," Gregor said, pulling out into traffic. "Actually, good. I'm not going to pretend I understood half of what the doctor said, all those numbers and percentages, but Adonis seems to be doing decent. By their standards, anyway.""That's something," I said, letting myself exhale for what felt like the first time all day."He's at school right now."I turned to look at him. "He's what?""At school. I arranged it. Figured he could use the normalcy.""I don't know if he needs that right now, Gregor." I sat up straighter, the good mood from a second ago curdling fast. "He's on medication. He's got appointments stacked on appointments. That's already a lot for a kid his age to carry. You don't just throw school on top of it without asking me first.""He asked me if he could go," Gregor said, calm in that infuriating way he had when he already knew he was going to win the argument. "He miss