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The Billionaire's Forgotten Night

Chapter 4 Into the Fire

Word Count: 1680    |    Released on: 01/08/2025

shit

face drained of all color. Slowly, she loo

aw clenched, his nostrils flared, and with every passing second,

he air thicker than smoke. Some exchanged horrified glances; other

full towering height, practically radiating rage. The rest of the table scrambled to th

rock concert in her chest. Her sweaty palms clutched t

those dreaded words: "You're fired." Her

never

ling. Fuming. Eyes burning ho

one had ever dumped boiling soup onto his manho

ard hesitantly, hoping to extinguish the fi

ith it, he prayed silently. Don't

hand up-a silent command to shut the hell up-and

reath they didn't real

er, was stunned.

nd-Furious didn't utter a single wo

t even the mos

actically ballet-trained when it came to serv

er drifted fr

utiful woman who'd been seated beside Richard. Her crimso

well

k her leg out and tripped her. Annabelle's blood

then and there-but paused. This wasn't the time.

and relief. She caught whispered apologies and sympathetic looks as they exited. The re

reathing deep. She had to b

e the in

rdered, not even sparing her a glan

court-martial. Her coworkers sent her off wit

r. Crook didn't wast

pointment. "You spilled boiling soup on Mr. Barton. In front

nd down his

one of my brightest. I don't want

of c

t like

ped her head u

d. That woman-Richard's secretary

ed. "The one in

y. "Yeah. The hot chick

hat's Julia Walker. Technically just his secretary, but word around is-they're... close.

scoffed.

t change the fact that she tripped me," Annabelle said t

ibly flinched

you planni

ove my i

You poke the wrong bear, you won't just lose your job-you'll vanish from the indust

nd nodded, even though he

s had her back. Maybe she coul

ame anothe

rsonal guards appea

nts to see you

's breath

heart hammering against her ribs. Every ding

ned on the 47th floor, sh

. Hold your ground. N

hallway like a queen e

ath the surface-but she wasn't about to let them show. If

he suite door

ans

, listenin

oor open and peeked inside. The p

he back, she thought, her pul

y plush details, too much silence. Every

he moved through the living area. Then, heart thuddin

d it open

reaking

e he

rd Ba

et. Shi

er trickling down his sculpted torso. Each drop slid past defined

My.

s her eyes involuntarily dropped-

wearing

witch. Her scream tore out before she could stop it. She spun around,

ual hell jus

e towel hitting the floor, the deep inhal

eadly glare. He hadn't registered the scream yet-but when his ey

. Femal

e

ai

the door. Run, Annabelle. Just

voice boomed,

to

ope. Her breath hitched. Every instinct screa

ur

e. That d

t dragged her right back to that night she tried to bury-this same suite, the same t

nto her skirt. Her k

dn't run. No

eyes shut tight. Please, Go

your

hey dripped with disdain-and s

eath caught in her throat-an

eaking God, he ha

re

every sharp line of his body, and yet, even then,

s his

ud of fury

eyes narrowed, pierc

in one damn day. How did someone like yo

e a slap. Her face bu

ss off to be here. She didn't come crawling back

cracked li

secretary tripped me. The one in red. That hot chick with t

ething flickered

? Disbelief

n-a

darker, like a thunderstor

d about Juli

o his

wanted to ke

cr

was sha

apped across the

n't wait for

oom, out of the suite, down the hallway-her heart

her breath hitched a

eep down,

st poured sou

ured fuel

d

t right in the mi

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1 Chapter 1 The Morning After the Storm2 Chapter 2 Storms Never Die3 Chapter 3 The Boss from Hell4 Chapter 4 Into the Fire5 Chapter 5 A Deal with the Devil6 Chapter 6 Terms of Submission7 Chapter 7 Fabricated Shame8 Chapter 8 A Ghost Named Annabelle9 Chapter 9 Obsession Reloaded10 Chapter 10 The Invisible Cage11 Chapter 11 His Rules, Her Rebellion12 Chapter 12 Queen of the Wrong Castle13 Chapter 13 The Maid Who Wouldn't Bow14 Chapter 14 A Night of Ruin15 Chapter 15 The Price of Defiance16 Chapter 16 The Breaking Point17 Chapter 17 Ghosts in White18 Chapter 18 The Ghost Room19 Chapter 19 Shadows Beneath Her Skin20 Chapter 20 Legacy of Fire21 Chapter 21 The Mistress Who Dared22 Chapter 22 When Fire Meets Ice23 Chapter 23 The Mistress Clause24 Chapter 24 A Meeting Meant to Fail25 Chapter 25 The Scapegoat26 Chapter 26 Even Silence Bleeds27 Chapter 27 The Devil You Know28 Chapter 28 Truth at the Table29 Chapter 29 When Empires Crack30 Chapter 30 Echoes of a Forgotten Past31 Chapter 31 Almost Yours32 Chapter 32 When Storms Collide33 Chapter 33 Fractures34 Chapter 34 Under Watchful Eyes35 Chapter 35 Heartbeat in the Quiet36 Chapter 36 Hunted in the Dark37 Chapter 37 The Return of the Viper38 Chapter 38 The Poisoned Truth39 Chapter 39 Beneath the Mask40 Chapter 40 Her Turn to Strike41 Chapter 41 Cracks in Her Armor42 Chapter 42 Waiting for the Fire43 Chapter 43 Shadows Before the Storm44 Chapter 44 The Masquerade of Power45 Chapter 45 Facade of Grace46 Chapter 46 Inheritance of Scars47 Chapter 47 The Quiet Violence of Desire48 Chapter 48 The Illusion of Surrender49 Chapter 49 A Labyrinth of Touch50 Chapter 50 Victory in Silence51 Chapter 51 The Calculus of a Mother's Heart52 Chapter 52 Equilibrium of Secrets53 Chapter 53 Checkmate in Motion54 Chapter 54 False Symmetry55 Chapter 55 Hands of Dominion