Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 698

Chapter 698

Renee's POV

The elevator doors were almost closed when I slipped inside with Nick.

He looked like a man who had already made a decision.

Jaw locked.

Eyes fixed on nothing.

Breathing short, like he was trying not to explode in the wrong place He didn't even look at me.

The note was still burning in my hand, crumpled from how tightly I'd been gripping it.

'I'm going back to Dad.' That piece of paper wasn't proof of anything.

And yet it was the only solid thing in a situation that was slipping out of my control.

The elevator descended, and the silence inside that metal box felt like a verdict.

I broke first.

"When you go file that...report," I said, choosing the word like I was offering something reasonable, "don't put my name on it." Nick let out a short, humorless laugh.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me." I kept my tone low, practical.

"Say she was with you.Say you...whatever." He finally turned his head.

The look in his eyes was the kind men like Nick use when they want you to understand you've crossed a line.

"I just want to find my daughter," he said slowly, like each word had to fit somewhere safe.

"And you're thinking about how the blame might land on you." I inhaled through my nose.

"That's not it, it's just-" I hadn't even finished the thought when he cut me off.

"You really don't know what it means to be a mother, do you?" he spat.

words were so raw that for a second I wanted to

I stiffened.

me, Nick." My voice came

on paper.And that's what matters right now." The

parking garage greeted us with its concrete echo and cold

already pulling his car keys from his

I followed.

because I was a

I wasn't about to let this story unfold outside my line of

straight for

toward the visitor parking. I'd left

could come and go without notice, ever since Gwen

inside and started the

long enough for it not to look like I was following him Then I drove out right behind

like a man late

like a woman late

the first intersection, I already had my phone in my hand,

picked up on the third

Did something

"Bella's missing," I said.

Silence.

"What?"

tone dry.If I layered too much emotion into it, he'd offer comfort.I didn't need comfort.I needed

I could hear the professional side of him

where? Your

matters

father is on his way

"Nicholas?" he asked, confused.

"Yes." My jaw tightened.

happen.If he files a

to understand what happened," he insisted, in that infuriatingly calm tone of

little brat didn't go in," I snapped, only realizing

It didn't matter.

to judge my

principal called asking why she never

entrance and left?" he asked, and I heard the trap inside the

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