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.

building with my heart in

executive floor and, for a second,

the chair at the

was

was sitting in my

still, I went straight

Because what was at stake wasn’t

was

When I pushed the door open, I found

looking too irritated for someone who

the armchair like this was an

Matthew… Matthew was in my chair with a body that said

up first and flashed the kind of smile that made me want to throw a bottle

“Great,” he said.

has arrived.” Then he

dropped my bag on my old sideboard and went straight to the desk, letting myself fall into the chair across from Matthew like it could hold me together for

from the 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

that fell through, not an attempt to get a child somewhere safe without handing Renee another

I continued, because I needed to fill the silence before

Anything.

An unknown number.

car asking us to come

as awful as it

Mia turned toward the window,

didn’t ring,” she

didn’t ring,” I

I noticed the detail no one