Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 694

Chapter 694

Gwen's POV

It was just a Tuesday.

I had a folder with my test results, a bottle of water in my bag, and the practical certainty that if I kept everything organized, the rest would fall into place.

Nick appeared in the bedroom doorway with the car keys in his hand and the look of a man who'd already rehearsed the route three times in his head.

"Thirty minutes," he said, checking his watch.

"If we leave now, we'll get there early." I nodded like that made us invincible.I was ready.

Black knit dress that didn't press against my stomach and didn't scream pregnant.Comfortable sneakers.Hair pulled back.

Minimal makeup so no one would ask if I was okay.

The garage was exactly the same.Apparently, I wasn't.Because I saw the car and...stopped.

It wasn't a decision.It wasn't even a thought.It was like someone pulled a handbrake inside me.

"Gwen?" Nick said my name carefully.

I blinked.The feeling was ridiculous.I just...couldn't move forward.

"Sorry," I said automatically.

I got into the passenger seat first and was suddenly overtaken by something urgent and practical.

Seatbelt.

Click.

Unclick.

Click again.

Adjust.

Adjust more.

The strap felt too rough against my shoulder.

The diagonal didn't sit right, even though it was exactly where it had always been.

Nick got in on the driver's side.

He saw me, but he didn't comment.

He started the car, pulled out slowly, and before turning the first comer, he touched my hand once.

Light.

A quiet. I'm here.

city was normal.Normal traffic.Normal people

Bikes.

Motorcycles.

Tourists wandering.

wanted normal to

honk - an impatient motorcycle behind us - I

okay?" Nick asked, eyes flicking to

I tried to laugh,

We kept going.

light turned red and I saw it like a shouted

already

like I was preventing disaster.He eased the car to a halt, calm as if it were just

"We're stopping," he said, no judgment

stopping."

know." But my body didn't

car sped past

air and grabbed the seatbelt handle, my

vision narrowed, like the world had collapsed into a tunnel "Breathe," Nick

I tried.

Inhale for four.

Hold for two.

Exhale for six.

from articles and

the protocol didn't fit

was pounding at a rhythm that had nothing to do with the road,

climbed up my

asked, and I managed to turn

happening?" I opened my mouth to give him a

I didn't have one.

I started, and the word

front of us.Not abruptly.Not

brakes lit up every emergency signal inside

said, no attempt

the side, scanning for

NOW!" I

own voice startled

Nick didn't snap back.

didn't get irritated.He turned on the hazard lights and, with almost surgical precision,

turning off

door before he'd

hit my face,

moved fast, almost running, to a trash can across the sidewalk

myself against the metal, shaking, my

seconds, like his body had been trained to

hair back

my waist,

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