My Boss's Hidden Heir (Elara and Marcus) novel Chapter 97

Chapter 97

This was going to be a long ride.

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Penelope left with Luca, the door closing behind them with a soft click that somehow felt ominous. The silence that followed was heavy, thick with tension. Elara, Marcus, and Aurora stood in the living room like three points of a very uncomfortable triangle.

Elara turned to Marcus, her voice very low but managed to sound urgent. “Marcus, did you see that? Did you see Luca all dressed up with Penelope? Luca of all people.”

Marcus’s jaw tightened. “I saw.”

“Luca alone is a bad seed. A disaster waiting to happen. But now he’s combined with Penelope?” Elara shook her head, anxiety creeping into her chest. “That’s a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. We need to figure out what they’re planning.”

She shifted her focus to Aurora, who was still standing by the couch looking far too comfortable for someone who’d just caused chaos at six in the morning. “And Marcus, what are we going to do about her?”

“What about me?” Aurora fired back immediately, her voice sharp and defensive.

Marcus held up his hand, cutting off whatever argument was about to start again. “I told you already, Aurora. If you’re going to stay here, you have to give my wife the same respect you give to me. Are we clear?”

Aurora’s lips pressed into a thin line. She nodded, but the grumbling sound she made under her breath made it clear she wasn’t happy about it.

Marcus walked past both of them toward the balcony, pulling open the glass door and stepping out into the cool morning air. He leaned over the railing and called down to the security post below.

“Yusuf! Yusuf!”

A moment later, a man’s voice called back up. “Yes, sir?”

“Someone will be coming down shortly. Please take her to the guest wing and make sure she’s settled.”

“Yes, sir. Right away.”

Marcus came back inside, closing the balcony door behind him. He walked over to where Aurora was standing and gestured toward the front door. “You can go down now. The security guy will show you where to go.”

Aurora picked up her designer bags with more force than necessary, her movements stiff with barely contained irritation. She walked toward the door without saying goodbye, her heels clicking sharply against the marble floor.

The moment the door closed behind her, Elara let out a breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding. She turned to Marcus, running her hands through her hair in frustration.

“Man, this is going to be crazy,” she said, pacing toward the windows. “I can’t be staying here alone every day while you go to the office. Not now that Aurora is here. And now that I know Penelope is literally

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upstairs with Luca, Luca of all people?”

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She stopped pacing and faced him directly. “This is going to be a mad one, Marcus. I need to start doing something. I have to. I can’t stay home anymore.”

Marcus walked over to her, his expression softening slightly. “What do you mean?”

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