Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 713

Renee’s POV

“What?” he replied, too quickly.

“No one sent me… I saw your profile and… and…” I tilted my head, just enough for him to understand what I was hearing.And judging.

“You’re cute, you know that?” I said with a small smile.

“But you don’t know how to lie.” He blinked.

I finished, unhurried, like someone who had already reached the end of the road.

“It was Kensington, wasn’t it?”

“Who?” he shot back, feigning confusion.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I let the silence do its work.

Men always give themselves away in the space between the question and the answer.

In that space, the body decides.

And his body had decided badly.

Of course it was.

Of course it was Gwen.

For some reason, she erased the real Bella.

And that was exactly why she was dangerous.

Because love made Bella obey without fear.

Made my daughter trust.

Made my daughter choose.

one luxury I could not

And I saw, even more clearly, what came

If Bella had said

I should have tightened

“What are you doing here?” I asked, and this time I let the sweetness

recording? Are you

his mouth, then

gaze slipped toward his pocket, but I

me, but I was already

it to me,”

hesitated for half

I didn’t

his jacket pocket, felt the phone, and yanked it

Black screen.

Powered off.

As per the rules.

it wasn’t

wasn’t here to film me… I

sting. I

inside

locked in her

A report.

Police arriving.

showing up afterward with

Official evidence.

Another headline.

This time, not

This time, negligent mother.

Inappropriate environment.

Danger.