My Boss's Hidden Heir (Elara and Marcus) novel Chapter 100

Chapter 100

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Mimi kept pacing around the living room like a caged animal, her feet moving back and forth across the expensive rug. She was wringing her hands, her face filled with concern and worry. Somehow, she seemed even more stressed about this whole situation than Elara, and it was Elara’s life falling apart.

Elara just sat on the couch with her head buried in her hands, trying to process everything that had happened in the last couple of hours. Aurora moving into the guest house, finding out that Penelope lives upstairs. Luca looking like a banker and showing up cleaned up and dressed in a suit instead of a drunk and gamble addict that he was. All of it felt like pieces of a puzzle she couldn’t quite see the full picture of

yet.

“So what do I do now?” Elara finally asked, her voice muffled by her palms. She lifted her head to look at

Mimi.

“You know if it ever comes to light that this marriage is fake and it’s just a contract between me and Marcus, Marcus would lose everything. The company, his shares, all of it. His grandfather’s will said it had to be a real marriage.”

“Mhmmm,” Mimi said, stopping her pacing to tap her forehead with her fingers like she was trying to physically knock an idea loose. “We have to get the signed contract and lock it somewhere safe. Somewhere nobody can access it. Where is the contract?”

Elara thought back to that day in Marcus’s office, sitting across from him and Dante while they explained the terms. “Marcus gave it to me with Dante present that day at the office. I was supposed to sign it and return it back to them, which I did.”

“Okay, good.” Mimi said, nodding quickly. “Good, good.

So it’s with Marcus now. He knows how to protect important documents. He probably has it locked in a safe or with his lawyers or something.”

She started pacing again, her mind clearly racing through scenarios. “Uhmmm, okay. What else could they possibly find out? What other evidence is there that the marriage is fake?”

That’s when it hit Elara. The memory crashed into her brain like a moving train at its highest speed, and before she could stop herself, she screamed.

“Wait!”

The sound was so loud and sudden that Mimi actually jumped, her hand flying to her chest. She spun around to face Elara, eyes wide with alarm.

“Babe, what is it? Why did you scream like that?”

“Oh my God. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck.” Elara stood up from the couch, her hands going to her head.

“What is it?” Mimi rushed over to her, grabbing her shoulders. “You’re scaring me. What’s going on? What did you remember?”

Elara’s breathing was getting faster, panic setting in as the full weight of her mistake became clear. “Okay, so after Marcus gave me the contract that day, I had to make a decision quickly, right? Sign it or walk away.”

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“Right, right yeah so what happened.”

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“Well, before I signed, I photocopied the entire thing. Made like three or four copies and kept them for myself. Just in case, you know? I didn’t know if this whole thing would go well or if it would blow up in my face. I wanted my own evidence of what we’d agreed to, something I could use to protect myself if the deal went south somehow.”

Mimi nodded slowly. “Okay, that makes sense. That’s actually pretty smart. So where are those copies now?”

She looked around the penthouse. “Are they upstairs in your room? In a drawer or something? In your bag?”

Elara shook her head. Slowly: Very slowly.

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