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.

the building with my heart

to the executive floor and, for a second, I felt

but the chair at the end of

was on

Matthew was sitting in my

I went straight

was at stake wasn’t a

It was

pushed the door open, I found exactly

leaning against the cabinet, arms crossed, looking too irritated

sprawled in the armchair like this was an entertainment meeting, not a

chair with a body that said he hadn’t

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

“Great,” he said.

has arrived.” Then he turned to Matthew

went straight to the desk, letting myself fall into the chair across from Matthew like

pick up Bella,” I said, my voice calmer than I felt, “I’m assuming it didn’t go as planned.” heard my own sentence and

that fell through, not an

for the phone to ring,” I continued, because I needed to fill the silence

Anything.

An unknown number.

patrol car asking us

of call that, as awful as it is, means someone

toward the window,

didn’t ring,”

ring,” I

noticed the detail no