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.

special?” The CEO had been very private with his life. Many rumors surrounded him, but everyone in this

into

It made sense.

alone be distracted by his phone. If he had actually smiled, then whoever had

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from his family? Christopher wondered out

“I in were family, he wouldn’t

it’s business–related. Nothing about Covington is making him

back in his chair.

seemed to settle

now a bigger question hung

watch. “I mean, has anyone

“Not romantically, no.”

heard he doesn’t

like him? There’s no

“Maybe he’s just good at keeping

the case, then we’ll probably never know.”

had walked out of.

amused glances, but the curiosity

Liam Horvath had managed to

Izzy when he

off, take the meds

concern. Leaving for London after what happened to Izzy wasn’t something he wanted, but he had no choice. She

plane left the U.S. What worsened his mood was

he leaned back in his

the word. “I’m not feeling so

fingers tightened around his phone.

might be lovesick,” she said dramatically. “Terrible condition, really. There’s only one known cure, but unfortunately, my doctor is

of his nose, but a smirk tugged at his lips. “You’re

sighed. “And yet, you still like me.”

his shoulders eased. “If you

are trying to

you know.”

in his chair, his

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