In Bed With The Billionaire Boss のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

ATHENA POVThe heavy glass doors of the Grand Horizon Ballroom did not just keep the cold night air out; they kept a certain class of people in. I adjusted the strap of my cheap heels, feeling entirely out of place among the silk gowns and tailored tuxedos. But I forced a smile. Tonight wasn't about fashion. It was about Aegis."You look tense, Ath," Marcus whispered, his hand sliding to the small of my back. He leaned in, his breath smelling slightly of the expensive champagne he had been downing since we arrived. "Relax. We built this. Tonight is our night."I looked up at his face—the sharp jawline, the perfectly styled hair, the confident grin that had made me fall for him three years ago in our cramped university dorm. "I just want the presentation to go perfectly," I admitted, my voice barely audible over the chatter of tech investors. "The back-end server had a minor latency issue an hour ago, but I patched the code from my phone. It’s stable now."Marcus chuckled, a sound that

ATHENA POV"Your fiancée," I repeated. The word tasted heavy and entirely foreign on my tongue. I stared at Lucien, looking for any sign of a joke on his face. There was none. His expression remained as stone-cold as the glass walls surrounding us."A temporary arrangement," Lucien clarified calmly, leaning forward and resting his elbows on the desk. "My step-brother has spent the last year convincing our family circle and the tech industry that he is the golden boy. He thinks securing the Harrington merger makes him untouchable. If I show up to the corporate family dinners with you—the woman who actually built his product—it compromises his narrative. It creates a crack in his armor."I looked down at the contract between us. My fingers traced the edge of the crisp white paper. "And you think Marcus will just let that happen?""Marcus is insecure," Lucien said, his dark eyes tracking my movement. "He always has been. Seeing you with me will make him reckless. A reckless man makes mis

ATHENA POVThe private conference room at the Imperial Plaza was packed with foreign tech investors. At the center of the mahogany table, Marcus stood confidently, adjusting his tie as a presentation slide projected behind him. Aegis: The Future of Global Data Security."With this architecture," Marcus announced, gesturing smoothly to the screen, "we guarantee zero latency and absolute immunity to external breaches. The European sector is ours for the taking."Chloe Harrington sat near the front, smiling like a proud queen. The investors were nodding, pens hovering over their multi-million dollar contracts.Then, the heavy double doors opened.The room went dead silent. Marcus stopped mid-sentence, his jaw dropping slightly.Lucien walked in first, his posture dominant, his tailored black suit commanding immediate authority. But the real shockwave hit the room when they saw who was attached to his arm. I walked in right beside him, wearing a sleek, silk sapphire dress that screamed ol

ATHENA POV"Arthur Vance," Lucien repeated, his voice dangerously low. He didn't move away from the elevator doors. His gaze stayed fixed on me, sharp and calculating. "Where did you get that name, Athena?"My fingers remained curled into fists at my sides. The silence in the penthouse was thick, broken only by the quiet hum of the refrigerator in the distant kitchen. I pointed to the matte-black ring resting on the marble table between us."Answer my question first," I countered, my voice tight. "Did you buy my father’s remaining corporate shares five years ago? Did you force Moretti Tech into liquidation?"Lucien looked down at the ring, then back at me. He didn't blink. He didn't offer a quick denial, and that lack of hesitation told me everything I needed to know."Yes," Lucien said flatly.The word felt like a physical slap. I took a step back, my spine hitting the cool surface of the wall behind me. Hearing him admit it so casually made the room feel incredibly small. "You ruine

ATHENA POV The name on the screen didn’t make sense. I stared at the digital signature, my mind trying to connect the dots, but the lines kept crossing. Charles Harrington. Executive Override Authorized. "Chloe's father," I whispered, the words feeling heavy and dry in my throat. I looked up at Lucien, who was still standing close enough that I could feel the tension radiating off him. "Why would a tech conglomerate care about a small startup like Moretti Tech five years ago?" "Because your father wasn't just building a startup, Athena," Lucien said, his voice level but laced with a dark edge. He leaned over my shoulder, his hand pressing flat against the desk as he scrolled through the financial audit trail. "He was working on a decentralized data encryption protocol. If he had finished it, it would have rendered Harrington Industries' main security software completely obsolete." I sat back in my chair, my hands dropping to my lap. "So Marcus didn't just steal my code last week. H