Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 714

Gwen’s POV

The next day, I went back to Kensington headquarters.

Not because I was pretending things were normal.

Normal ended the moment my name made headlines next to the word kidnapping.

And because we had agreed.

No messages, no calls, no dramatic voice notes.

In person.

Renee wasn’t just vindictive, she was smart.

She understood how a small piece could turn into an avalanche if you pushed it down the right slope.

And I had no idea how far her reach extended.

I only knew that underestimating her was a luxury I couldn’t afford.

If Renee got her hands on my phone, on a message thread, on any sentence of mine taken out of context, she would turn it into evidence of harassment.

I took a breath and decided.

No ammunition.

Just action.

So I walked into the building with my heart in my

elevator took me to the executive floor and,

hallway was still mine, but the chair at the

name was on the

Matthew was sitting in

went straight up

was at

was a

door open, I found

against the cabinet, arms crossed, looking too irritated

sprawled in the armchair like this was

chair with a body that said he

the kind of smile that

“Great,” he said.

has arrived.” Then he turned to Matthew

plan went.” I dropped my bag on my old sideboard and went straight to the desk, letting myself

police last night telling us to come pick up Bella,” I said, my voice calmer than I felt, “I’m assuming it didn’t go as planned.” heard my own sentence

through, not an attempt to get a child somewhere safe without

waiting for the phone to ring,” I continued, because I needed to

Anything.

An unknown number.

patrol car asking us

of call that, as awful as it is,

toward

ring,” she

ring,”

noticed the detail no one