Sentenced to Marriage by MadlainQ

Chapter 12

Putting on a show Aren Lan looked absolutely striking in a navy blue suit and a black shirt and tie. I wouldn’t miss the way his perfectly tailored jacket emphasized his broad shoulders, nor how the well defined curves of his biceps pressured the fabric with each slight bend of his arm. Why did this arrogant douche have to look so mouth-watering? He made my mind go blank again! I should ignore him, walk past him, say that he confused me with someone else… anything aside from greeting him! Instead, I was now standing before him like a schoolgirl in front of a teacher while trying to find a logical way to explain my sudden brain malfunction. “I didn’t know you were working in my hotel,” he said, his eyes carefully scanning my tight uniform.

A wave of heat rushed through me. Of course, he owned the hotel! He owned nearly half of Manhattan, and with my luck, I should have assumed from the beginning that the Blue Crystal Hotel was his. Nonetheless, I proved to be stupid enough to never consider checking who owns that hotel before planning to do something illegal there. I should have been more careful. Now I needed to find a way out of this situation, and the best solution was to tell the truth… partially… kind of.

“I’m just here as a replacement to help my sick friend. I came here to complete one simple task for her, and now I’m leaving,” I explained, struggling to keep my voice calm. “Oh.” He raised his brows and narrowed his eyes a second later. “What’s your friend’s name?” Was he checking to see if I was telling the truth? Seriously?! Why did he instantly find my presence in his hotel suspicious?! Well, fortunately, memorizing the name of the bribed employee was the first thing I did preparing for “operation revenge.” I replied confidently, “Her name is Holly Griffin.” “I see,” he smirked, lowering his gaze to my chest. “If it were to happen one more time, tell her to get you a bigger size of the uniform. This one draws attention a little too much…” My mouth opened, but my mind was unable to produce any intelligent reply to his words. My embarrassment mixed with rising anger. I wanted to slap him, but at the same time, I wanted to become invisible. Yes, I was aware that I was slightly too curvy for that uniform, but it wasn’t like I could choose the damn size! It took me a few seconds to reboot my system before I could produce a comprehensible sentence instead of a cavewoman’s roar. “I guess you’ve got your time enjoying the view, then I’ll be on my way,” I hissed, walking past him.

He grabbed my hand, stopping me before I stepped into the revolving door. His grip was gentle, his thumb stroking the skin on my wrist. Shivers rushed through me, making me throb. I exhaled, forcing myself to pretend I was composed. I turned my eyes on him, putting all the nonchalance I could into my gaze. He chuckled. “It’s always a pleasure to see you, Ms. Bell,” he said as his fingertips slid from my wrists through the length of my palm until he released me from touch.

I gasped and squeezed my thighs, more than aware of my increased humidity. This time my

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brain demanded a serious recovery, leaving me with no other choice but to act like an idioti stretched my lips into a thin smile, preventing myself from making any sound that would compromise me more than I already was, and dashed through the door

sense was allergic to anything Lan related because I found my intelligence degraded below 00

hadn’t shown up and led me to the car, I would probably have stood there looking

hotel. “What took you so long? I thought that you were on your way to the exit when I texted you.” “I.. met the hotel’s owner,” I answered, nervously smiling. “Oh my God!” he exclaimed, grabbing my hands. “Were you accused of anything?! Are you all right?! Did he threaten

before, so he was just curious. I

his chest and leaned against the car’s seat. “Thank God… You scared me, you

snapped, “You think that I wasn’t terrified myself?! I was

hands in surrender. “I’m just glad that you’re OK and that it will

assured him with

often let my feelings get the best of me, but I knew I could rely on my abilities. If Liam wanted to expose his ex in front of the world, then I was going to send his message in a way that everyone would hear

by restlessness. I knew that I had been seen by people that could recognize me, and if something was to go south on Friday, I had to make sure I’d minimized the damage beforehand. “Fine, Cora… Now you may add hacking into a hotel security system to your list of illegal activities,” I said before getting my hands on the whole security footage of that day. I had to make it look

Putting on a show

floor’s corridor, I sighed in relief.

to tell him that it was an unnecessary risk, but he ended up dropping to his knees and begging me to come with him. He claimed that his revenge would mean nothing if we both hadn’t witnessed it. Eventually, I agreed to drop the bomb while

and ordered coffee expensive enough to be made of gold, I started to feel like a killer returning to the crime scene. As a crime novel lover, I knew that it was one of the dunhbest things to do next to telling your cellmate where you had hidden the body… Yet, I sighed and smiled, watching Liam excitedly shift in his seat. I wanted to support him. I wanted to give him some closure, even if his way

private investigator, who got him the information about where and when this party would occur, we’d probably only realize what had happened

view of the corridor leading from the main entrance to the ballroom. The guests were surrounded and followed by tight security.

mumbled and turned his head away from the group of guests on their way

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