Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 719

Gwen’s POV

I moved with ease.

Greeted a staff member, slipped along the side of the gallery, and stepped into the coat check area where guests’ bags and jackets were stored with numbered tags.

I pushed open the door to a smaller room reserved for staff.

The air was different.

More stifling.

More real.

“So,” I asked before the door even closed.

“Did it work?” Matthew and Dante were sitting at a narrow table, like it was an improvised war meeting.

Next to them, a shorter man, focused, with an open laptop and cables I didn’t want to identify.

Paul. I only knew two things about him.That he understood technology very well… and that his skill set didn’t stop at what was permitted.

Matthew looked up at me, and I saw the same exhaustion that had been following me for weeks.

Only in him it always looked more contained.

Like he was afraid of wasting energy on anything that wasn’t useful.

“We got the phone,” he replied.

“Paul’s working on it.” Paul didn’t even look at me.His fingers moved quickly.

as calmly as someone opening an ordinary door.“Nothing

back in his chair like this was entertainment. “Maybe we should distract her,” he suggested with a

opened again and Mia walked in like she had been pulled by

with rich men,” Mia replied without ceremony.

“Should I go out

rolled her

“You never miss a chance, do you?”

be more like Matthew.” Matthew raised an

Mia rested her hand on the table, leaning in

said, her tone as casual

boy… because she keeps

So obviously that I almost felt guilty for being

out an involuntary

like the night had finally gotten interesting “I’m going to try that,” Dante

a hand like someone asking for

“Got it,” he

All four of us

at me like it was polite to remember

just

closer to the table and stood behind Matthew, watching

A list of folders.

Dates.

Abbreviated names.

Icons.

strange to think that a woman’s life and lies could

We stood in silence,

The plan was

execution… not so