New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 501 Confronting Andre Claire groaned as the loud beeping of her alarm filled the hotel suite.

Slamming her hand on the bedside table, she silenced it, then pulled the pillow over her head.

Last night had been exhausting. She hadn't been able to sleep until nearly 4 AM, and now, with barely four hours of rest, her body felt like it was shutting down.

But there was no time to sleep in.

Grumbling, she dragged herself out of bed, shuffled into the bathroom, and freshened up before heading to the living room to order breakfast.

Her fingers scrolled through the room service menu, but her mind wasn't even processing what she was looking at. Abandoning the menu for a moment, she grabbed the TV remote and turned it on, letting it play in the background as she continued deciding what to eat.

That was, until-

"Breaking news on Quantum Haven's disastrous opening night!"

Claire's head snapped toward the screen.

The footage of the accident played again, and she sighed heavily.

Of course, the media was eating this up.

Alexander appeared on the screen next, giving a short, clipped statement to reporters.

"Last night was an unfortunate accident, but I assure you, Quantum Haven remains fully operational and safe. We are investigating the cause of the incident, and all affected guests will be compensated accordingly."

Claire raised an eyebrow.

"Damage control at its finest," she muttered, rubbing her temple. She had told Alexander to act fast, but

she hadn't expected him to have a PR statement ready this quickly.

Still, she couldn't focus on that right now. There were only two people responsible for this mess-one was the idiot who executed the plan, and the other was the mastermind.

She cursed under her breath.

"Eligos, you bastard."

Before she could stew in her thoughts any longer, her phone buzzed loudly from the bedroom.

She got up to check, sighing as she saw Matthew's name flashing on the screen.

She had a feeling she knew what this was about.

She answered, bracing herself.

"Matthew―"

"Why did you lie to me?"

Matthew's voice was cold.

Claire pinched the bridge of her nose. She really didn't want to deal with this first thing in the morning.

didn't lie," she replied evenly. "I just didn't

damn thing, Claire!" Matthew snapped. "I saw the video. You almost got crushed, and you told me you

"Matthew, if I had told you the truth, you would've immediately booked a flight here."

said. "And I

for a moment before

to make sure you're safe," he said, his voice

to you, I'd-" He stopped himself.

softened slightly but kept her

you also need to rest. You're

grumbled something under

"What matters is that I'm fine, okay? And right now, I need to

sighed heavily. "I figured you'd

clicking on his end before a message notification popped up on Claire's phone. "That's the address," Matthew said. "If you just

eyebrow. "Emphasizing the word 'just' like that... Do you think

you long enough, Claire. You don't just

smirked slightly. "Well, you're

you to be careful," Matthew warned. "If you walk into whatever

always do," Claire

you always end up

"That's just

he lowered his voice, his

me you

before responding, "I'll handle it. Trust

knew Claire too well. If

"But if anything happens,

Claire smiled slightly. "Noted."

she ended the call and looked at the address on her phone, her mind

the key to getting to

wasn't going to

through everything she planned to say to Andre.

an end to it before things spiraled further out of control. Matthew had warned her not to go alone, but she

eyes landed on the cryptic text

watched.

spine as she

And how had they known what was about

Then her phone vibrated.

eyes narrowed

Adrian Saint Laurent.

he was

have expected this. There was a high chance Adrian

that was the case, he was definitely going to ask about the chaos

greeted, her voice

voice was filled with concern the moment he spoke. "Are you

"I'm fine, Adrian."

tell me about

you, I am fine. I didn't see the need to. It was a mess, yes, but the situation

happened, Claire. That wasn't just