Liar Liar Billionaires

10. Under his bed

THE NEXT DAY…

Chloe hated that she was finding it hard to get the feel of his lush lips against hers out of her mind. She hated, even more, the fact that it was the next day already.

As she almost unconsciously recalled last night, Chloe turned on the tap of the wash hand basin and let the sound of rushing liquid ease her a bit.

Nathaniel didn't come back after he left her standing in what one might as well call shock. Instead, after she walked around the party for almost an hour, he sent a driver to take her home. That was quite rude of him, but it had been established already that he tends to do weird things, so she didn’t bother getting irritated because of that.

Sucking her lower lip in, Chloe got up from the toilet seat and walked to the door handle, where her smartwatch, which kept vibrating, was hanging.

After she successfully connected her headset, she said, “Agent Pepper here.”

“How did yesterday go?”

“It was a short night. I noticed a few things, though.”

There was a brief silence before Agent Conner said, “Do tell.”

“Well, Nathaniel Stone seemed to be wary of a certain guy named Anderson.”

“What are your deductions?”

“He might be a business rival.”

“He is. One of their bugged conversations revealed that.”

“ I see. Well, the second thing is an envelope."

“An envelope?”

“Yes, a brown envelope he got from a Miss Sanquire. The delivery guy said that it contained some stuff.”

“Any rough idea of ​​​​what could be inside?"

"No, sir. I will dedicate today to finding that out." Chloe's heart flipped at what she just uttered. She was finally going to get some action and a very, very good distraction.

After her statement, the other end went quiet, so Chloe went to sit on the edge of her bathtub, her fingers toying with the water she had earlier filled it with.

Seconds later, Agent Conner’s voice returned. “Okay, Chloe. Do all you can. And take care.”

“Yes, sir.”

“And… about that time I talked about giving in to your hormones, forget about that. Just do what you can. Don’t go about doing things you would regret.”

Chloe found herself smiling. “Alright, sir.”

And the call ended.

Then her mind reminded her of the housework she was meant to do. It also reminded her that she was very likely to come across the man who kissed her last night.

How she was going to react when that happens, she wasn’t so sure.

All Chloe knew was that it was time to enjoy a great bath.

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Holding the broom and dustpan tighter, Chloe found that she was unable to move her feet towards Nathaniel’s room. The plan in her head was simple. She would go into his room and use her cleaning duty as an excuse to check for that brown envelope.

But the memories of last night kept stalling her. She feared that, if she met Nathaniel in his room, she would find herself desiring that kiss again.

‘Don’t be stupid,’ she finally said to herself after taking a huge exhale. ‘You’ve got this.”

“Good morning, Nathaniel,” Luccile’s chirpy voice greeted from behind Chloe, causing her to pause her steps.

Nathaiel was coming out of Amir’s room. When he reached where Chloe and a very excited Lucille stood, he faced them and said, “Good morning, Lucille.”

“Good morning,” Chloe greeted, but he ignored her and asked the other woman how she was doing.

With a frown fighting to appear on her temple, Chloe thought, ‘Why is he ignoring me? I wasn’t the one who kissed him.’

She looked at the man again. He was being very chatty with Lucille, who kept responding to him with extreme joy.

“I’m going to clean your room,” Chloe announced.

He ignored her even harder. It was like she was talking to a wall.

And, as if rubbing salt into her wound, he reached for Lucille’s right shoulder. With a light squeeze, he said, “I’ll see you later.”And worse, he winked after that statement.

As Lucille’s eyes turned dreamier, Chloe’s eyes widened in shock because she couldn’t find a way to explain Nathaniel’s neglect. For what reason would he so openly ignore her like that?

"I think Nathaniel likes me," Lucille happily announced after they watched Nathaniel descend the stairs.

“Does he?” Chloe still couldn’t believe Nathaniel’s behaviour.

“Oh, please. Don’t tell me you’re jealous? That’ll be too pathetic.” The contempt in Lucille’s voice curled her lips, and soon she walked away.

And Chloe, to no one in particular, asked, “Am I? Oh, fuck.” She instantly remembered she had a room to investigate. So every thought of that man’s weirdness was pushed aside.

Steadily, she approached Nathaniel’s room. On entering, she could not help but notice how moderately huge the white coated walls were. The whiteness matched the black, grey and white theme in his room.

His room was different from Amir’s and Gabriel’s. It was obvious his style was simpler. As her eyes roamed, just as she was about to approach the balcony ahead, she noticed a brown item tucked between two denim jackets on his bed.

Ecstatic to have found what she was looking for easily, Chloe approached carefully. But her steps were interrupted by a furious rattle of the doorknob.

Worried that Nathaniel came back earlier than she wished, she grabbed the cleaning materials she had dropped on the floor upon entering.

“Hurry!” That feminine voice was not expected, nor was the sensual tone in it.

Since Chloe didn’t wish to be caught, without thinking, she flung herself under the huge bed.

“Yes,” the woman cried harder. “Touch me right there.” The woman and whoever she was with were aiming for the bed.

When they reached their destination, the mattress sank a little, and the lady moaned with excitement. “Oh… Yes. Yes, Amir.”

Chloe, who was nearly worrying that Nathaniel was sleeping with another woman, almost laughed at the mention of that name.

Amir truly keeps acting like the tacky person he is. First, he attempts to sleep with her. And now he’s making out with someone in Nathaniel’s room? Very disgusting behaviour.

"What on earth is going on here?" Nathaniel's voice suddenly walked in.

“Nathaniel. We… We got carried away.”

"What the heck?" Nathaniel questioned. “Why are you with Lucille?”

And Chloe paused her mind for a second. Lucille was the one with Amir?

“What is the meaning of this, Amir?” A confused Nathaniel asked further, and Chloe figured it would be better to just lie low. “Wait, where is Chloe? She said she would be cleaning my room.”

“We did not meet her here,” Amir responded.

“So, where the heck is she?”

“How do you expect me to know? I’m not her manager or babysitter.”

“Amir…”

“I am here,” Chloe confessed with gritted teeth before the conversation could turn to something else.

“Where?” Nathaniel asked.

“Under your bed."