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Chapter Seventy-One: Anything Normal
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Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret 110: She Lied to Me
PENELOPE "She lied to me.""Explain."I demanded "Your mother called me eleven months ago," he began. "That part is true. She told me you'd left Jonathan. That you were struggling. That she needed someone to look out for you without you knowing she was involved. She said she had information. That if I helped her, she would give me something valuable...documents relating to your father's business history. She claimed they would be useful to my fund.""So you agreed.""I told her I didn't work that way. I told her I didn't do favours in exchange for assets.""But the money moved to your account."He glanced at the documents."That was a consulting fee from her estate to a subsidiary I barely use. She sent it without my approval. I didn't discover it had happened until I reviewed accounts three months later."I stared at him. "You didn't know." I repeated."When I saw it, I called her immediately," he said. "I told her to reverse it. She said it was already processed and reversing it wo
Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret 109: He Came to Italy
PENELOPE "There's a car coming up the drive." Adrian spoke from the terrace doorway, his tone indicating that he already knew the visitor's identity before the vehicle reached the house.I sat in the courtyard with Nora settled in my lap. The sunlight caught the olive trees, turning their leaves to silver. Everything appeared beautiful, but in that beauty I carried my mother's words like a stone I couldn't set down.I turned toward the gate.The car was black...and obviously not Jonathan's but a rented car. and rolled to a stop in the courtyard, gravel crunching under its tires.The door opened and Jonathan stepped out.He wore his usual dark jacket, and I can bet that he had been on a plane before dawn without sleeping. He looked like determination in a human form.His gaze found me first, then to Adrian in the doorway.The two men regarded each other across the sun-drenched courtyard. And neither of them spoke.I rose with Nora on my shoulder, feeling that awkwardness of a situatio
Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret 108: Seraphina's Proof
Seraphina's POVJonathan opened the door before I knocked.He'd been watching from the window. I'd seen his silhouette move when the car pulled up. He had probably been awake too long, running on something far less healthy than sleep. Caffeine, maybe. Or rage."She's not back yet," he said, his voice flat."I know." I met his gaze. "I'm not here for Penelope."He stepped back to let me in, worriness flickering across his features.His penthouse in the morning light looked like a perfect model of itself. It had everything but devoid of warmth. Because warmth was something you had to choose, and Jonathan had spent most of his life choosing control instead. He looked like he hadn't slept in days. Dark circles shadowed his eyes, and his usually crisp shirt was wrinkled at the collar.I sat on the sofa while he remained standing, his arms crossed defensively."What did you bring?" he asked.I placed the envelope on the table."Sit down," I said, keeping my tone measured. "You'll want to
Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret 107: What did she sell?
PENELOPE I listened carefully as my mother talked but I ended the call when I was interrupted by a touch on my arm from behind. All I could feel was the chill spreading through my chest. I slipped the phone into my pocket, my hand trembling as I did.Then I turned around.Adrian watched me with the look that he had listened enough to know what the conversation was. His expression held concern. "What did she say?" he asked.Adrian was the man who had never once made me feel rushed or pressured. He had never made me feel like any of it was a transaction.I had believed that.I believed it for over a year, I let myself trust it, and I built something around it."Nothing important," I said, the thoughts came suddenly.His eyes searching my face for the truth, "Hey...""Look I have nothing to explain to you. I'm tired," I stated, keeping my voice steady. "I'm going to sleep."I headed inside, feeling his gaze follow me all the way to the door.***But I did not sleep.I lay in the larg
Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret 106: Out in the Terrace
PENELOPE 'Call me back, Penelope. Please. I need to say something to you before you choose Adrian.' I didn't give it a second thought, then I placed the phone on the nightstand, and I lay in the dark and thought about the word he used 'please.' Jonathan didn't use please easily. Especially when it cost him a part of his pride. The fact that he had put it in that message meant Seraphina had said something significant enough to shake the composure he had been building for months. I picked up the phone and called him back. "She came here at midnight," he said immediately. "She came to my apartment and she told me something about Adrian that she had known for months and thought that now would be a great time to tell me." "What did she say," I asked "She says Adrian knew about your pregnancy before he ever invested in your company," he said. "I know that," I said. "He told me himself. He noticed signs and said nothing because he respected my privacy. So, how does that chan
Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret 105: Tuscany
PENELOPE The Tuscan countryside at night was nothing like London. The plane landed in Florence just after ten, and the air that rushed in when the door opened was warmer and slower. It was as if urgency had taken a break here. Adrian's driver was waiting for us on the tarmac. There was a black car idling on private land and a man in a dark jacket who took our bags without saying a word to us. Nora stirred when I lifted her from the seat. She looked out at the stars, which were something London never truly provided. Then she made a small satisfied sound and pressed her face on my neck. "She approves of that," Adrian said next to me. "She approves of everything new," I replied. "She's only eight months old. She hasn't learned disappointment yet." "Lucky her," he said. We drove for forty minutes on winding roads bordered by cypress trees and hillside villages. Every street light seemed carefully placed, enhancing the beauty of the scene. I watched it all through the window an
Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret 84: Did I smell... Jealousy?
PENELOPE ***THE NEXT DAY "You've seen him three times this week," Jonathan spoke quietly, as if he had been holding this back for a while. He stood in the doorway of my apartment, lingering for thirty seconds while I pretended to focus on my phone. "We work together. Remember?" I replied. "You
Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret 83: After Midnight
PENELOPE "Seraphina," I repeated back. The word landed flat without a place to go. I stepped back from the door as they came in. Adrian sat on the chair by the window, and Jonathan stood near the doorway at half past midnight. I stayed close to the door. "Play it," I ordered. "Penelope...I
Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret 82: The Recording
ADRIAN "The night she kissed me back," Jonathan muttered. "Yes," I replied. "What was Marcus recording that night?" "I don't know," I said. "He hasn't said what's on it. Just that it exists and that it involves someone close to Penelope right now." I set the phone on the table. "And that w
Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret 80: Marcus statement
PENELOPE***THE NEXT DAY "He said what?" Jonathan's voice came out flat as he was struggling to hold it together.I sat beside him in the penthouse, the phone displaying the detective's message."Marcus told them everything," I said. "In exchange for reduced charges. He provides the names, dates,
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