Mr. Villain's Lovely Wife

Chapter 144

Chapter 144

Chapter 144

The door shut behind Liam with a quiet click.

Silence stretched across the boardroom for a few moments, the tension from the meeting still thick in the air. No one moved. No one spoke. It was as if they were waiting for confirmation that what they had just witnessed was real.

Then-

“He smiled.” muttered Christopher Adler, the CFO, blinking at the door like he had just seen a ghost. He turned to the others, still processing. “He actually smiled.”

A ripple of disbelief moved through the room.

“Did you see that?” another executive, Vincent Dupont, asked, adjusting his tie. “Or am I–am I hallucinating?”

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“You’re not hallucinating,” Luca Moretti, head of legal, muttered. He leaned back in his chair, arms crossed, looking deep in thought. “That was a smile.”

The entire team exchanged glances.

Their CEO–Liam Horvath–the man who had spent the last few weeks tearing through everyone like a cold–blooded executioner, had just smiled at his phone. Not a smirk, not a half–second twitch of amusement, but an actual, unmistakable smile.

It was unsettling.

Christopher frowned, rubbing his chin. “Since when does he smile?”

Vincent leaned in. “Since never.”

“Exactly,” Christopher said. “So, the question is–who the hell was on the other end of that message?”

A hushed murmur spread through the room.

Liam had been in a foul mood since he returned from his last trip. No one knew exactly what had happened, but his patience had been razor–thin, his temper even worse. The Covington acquisition team had been getting the worst of it, but truthfully, everyone had been walking on eggshells.

And yet–one text had flipped a switch.

Luca tapped his pen against the table. “Who do we know that could possibly make him react like that?”

Vincent’s eyes gleamed with curiosity. “A woman, obviously.”

Silence.

Lisa Laurent, leaned forward. “Do you think it’s… you know… someone special?” The CEO had been very private with his life. Many rumors surrounded him, but everyone in this room knew that

room fell into thoughtful silence.

It made sense.

let alone be distracted by his phone. If he

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from his

he wouldn’t have smiled like that. He

said. “And I doubt it’s business–related. Nothing

his chair. “Then it must

to

bigger question hung

“I mean, has anyone

“Not romantically, no.”

heard he doesn’t

him?

“Maybe he’s just

sighed. “If that’s the case, then

walked out of. “Unless,” he mused,

amused glances,

texted Liam Horvath had managed to do

Liam immediately called Izzy when he arrived at his

are you?” he asked. “If anything feels off, take the

something he wanted, but he had

foul since the moment his plane left the U.S. What worsened his mood was the fact that Izzy had to go to

loosened his tie slightly as he leaned back in his chair, waiting

said, dragging out the word. “I’m not feeling

around his phone. “What’s

dramatically. “Terrible condition, really. There’s only one known cure, but

his nose, but a smirk tugged

you still like

head, but the tension in his shoulders eased. “If you keep saying things like that, I’ll fly

Izzy chuckled. “Some people are trying to

you know.”

his chair, his eyes narrowing. “Who?”

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