Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover

Chloe quickly nudged Connor, "Are you done yet? Someone's coming."

Connor furrowed his brows, fully absorbed in his task. "Three more minutes. Just three more minutes."

Chloe's eyes were glued to the figure approaching in the distance. Luckily, the corridor was long enough. The footsteps still sounded far away.

A minute ticked by. Chloe could now make out the silhouette. "It's the butler."

The butler was one of Claire's people. Given all the recent mishaps, he always seemed to have a hand in stirring the pot. If he caught them, everything they had worked for would go up in smoke.

Chloe clung to a shred of hope. Maybe the butler wasn't headed to the study.

Thirty meters from the study, a nanny happened to come up the stairs and bumped into the butler. "Sir, where are you headed?"

"Off to the study to fetch an antique vinyl record for madam."

"Let me get it for you."

"It's okay. I'll do it myself."

Chloe's heart skipped a beat. What a stroke of bad luck-he was actually coming to the study.

She warned again, "Only thirty meters left."

Chloe had already shut the door. From the outside, it looked untouched. She scanned the room. There was nowhere to hide. The area under the desk was empty. The three walls were lined with bookshelves that reached the ceiling. Besides that, there was just an antique sofa.

If the butler walked in, they'd be sitting ducks. And now, it was too late to do anything. The door was already shut. They couldn't just leave.

Meanwhile, Connor had finally hacked into thework and sent an email to Teddy. He erased all traces of his presence on the computer and closed the laptop.

Connor stood up. "Let's go."

Chloe was frantic. "The butler's almost here. How do we get out?"

Connor glanced at the only wall without bookshelves. It was covered with thick drapes. Pulling them aside, he revealed a window. It opened easily.

Connor leaped up to the window and

took a bold jump down. Chloe was stunned. She rushed to the window They were three stories up, and in this castle, that was more like six stories. How had Connor managed to jump down?

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When she leaned out to look, Connor had already landed. He moved with the agility of a black panther, completely unharmed. Chloe was floored. Her first thought was that she had been deceived. With skills like us, he was definitely a top-notch expert, on par with international special forces. Yet, for years, he had played the part of the delicate, incapable Trophy Boy in front of her.

Chloe's brow furrowed. He had hidden his true self so well. What else didn't she know about him?

In the next second, Connor stretched his arms out towards her. "Jump down. I'll catch you."

Chloe could hear the butler

unlocking the door. She didn't haveThis belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

choice She quickly scrambled

outside the window, drawing the

curtains and closing the window behind her.

Chloe looked down. Her training was in Taekwondo. She had never jumped from such a height before. How was this different from jumping off a building?

But Connor mouthed silently, "Trust me!"

For some reason, Connor made all her fears evaporate. Chloe didn't hesitate. She leaped.

In that moment, she didn't feel danger. She felt like a graceful butterfly.