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.

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

fell into thoughtful silence.

It made sense.

during meetings, let alone be distracted

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his family? Christopher wondered out loud

he wouldn’t have

doubt it’s business–related.

in his chair. “Then it must

seemed to settle

question hung

“I mean, has anyone ever seen him

“Not romantically, no.”

heard he

Someone like him? There’s

chuckled. “Maybe he’s just good at

that’s the case, then we’ll probably never

walked out of. “Unless,”

few exchanged amused glances, but

just texted Liam Horvath had managed to do the

when he arrived at

the meds the doctor prescribed right

Izzy wasn’t something he wanted, but he had

from her irritated him. His mood had been foul since the moment his plane left

leaned back in his chair, waiting for Izzy’s

the word. “I’m not feeling so great.”

tightened around his

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

of his nose, but a smirk tugged at

yet, you still like me.”

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

are trying

you know.”

chair,

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