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.

Today I was putting the plan in

to be a wife

to be Gwen

find out if I was having a boy or

there with the kind of elegance that came naturally

effort to

He didn’t need that.

to truly be

an envelope of test results in his hand, and when

something inside his chest had finally

head, his forehead resting lightly against mine for a second in the middle of the hallway, like that gesture was a silent

I caught his scent.

when he had just gotten out

to freeze that moment, because I knew how rare

“Are you okay?” he

because it was the question of a man who was breaking on the inside but still

“I’m here,” I

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

women with bigger bellies than mine, a TV on with a program no

Nick and laced my fingers through his, feeling

I could see his

Always working.

feeling shy…” he

“She,” I cut

I felt

been a

A wish slipping out.

Nick raised an eyebrow.

just decide that on your own?” he

a breath and squeezed

“I didn’t

had