Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 715

Gwen’s POV

Lunch with Mia was exactly what I promised Nick it would be.

A controlled break.

A public place.

A conversation that looked normal to anyone watching from the outside.

Mia talked about the chaos at headquarters.

The sideways glances.

How certain members of the board had already settled on their version before any investigation had even begun.

I listened, responded, sorted priorities in my head the way I always did.

But under the table, my leg wouldn’t stop bouncing.

Every sentence from Mia was a reminder that time had become the enemy.

That I was fighting two wars at once.

The one making headlines and the one happening inside a house in Montelira, behind a locked door.

Matthew’s plan was still there, spinning, fitting pieces together on its own, like my brain didn’t know how to shut off.

He was right about one thing.

We could still catch her.

Just not today.

Not right now.

was putting the plan in

be a wife

I was going to be

was going to find out if I was having a boy

standing there with the kind of elegance that came naturally to him

effort to be

He didn’t need that.

to truly

his hand, and

something inside

forehead resting lightly against mine for a second in the middle of the hallway, like that gesture was a silent way of saying thank

I caught his scent.

apartment when he had just gotten out of the shower and hadn’t yet been swallowed by messages, lawsuits,

that moment, because I knew how rare it

you okay?” he asked

who was breaking on the inside but still had room to

here,”

We went up to the obstetrics floor, and the waiting room felt like a scene from another

bellies than mine, a TV on with a program no one was watching, old

sat beside Nick and laced my fingers through his, feeling his thumb rub

stared straight ahead, but I could

Always working.

“If he or she is feeling shy…”

cut

at me, and I felt my own body

had been a

A wish slipping out.

Nick raised an eyebrow.

on your own?” he asked, with the barest

took a breath and squeezed

didn’t

wanted it because I had