The Billionaire's Heir I Never Knew Was Mine novel Chapter 80

Chapter 80: So, My Suspicious Is Correct

Zoey didn’t have time to linger in her parents’ house. She needed to return to the office. She had a meeting to attend.

Stepping outside the house, she found her car already waiting right before the main entrance.

She slipped inside without a word when the driver opened the door for her, trying to forget her conversation with Zachary, but it felt difficult.

"Ma’am," the driver pulled her back from her thoughts. "We are heading to..."

"Imperial Hotel," she interrupted before being drawn back into her thoughts.

The car moved at a moderate speed, and it didn’t take long before they arrived at the Imperial Hotel.

As the vehicle slowed to a stop at the main entrance, Zoey’s gaze fell on familiar faces right inside the hotel lobby.

At first glance, there was nothing particularly unusual about them, but something felt... familiar.

Her eyes narrowed as she watched a woman and a man walk in a hurry through the lobby. Though she couldn’t clearly see the woman’s face, she was certain she’d seen her before.

’Why does she look familiar...? Where have I seen her?’ she wondered, trying to dig her memories.

However, before she could get a better look, the pair disappeared from her view.

’Guest... or employee?’

Zoey wondered as she stepped out of the car and rushed into the lobby. But they were no longer there.

As she made her way toward the special elevator, she pulled out her cell phone and made a call.

"I need the CCTV footage from the lobby around this time. Hurry!"

...

A few moments earlier, inside the hotel, Sienna paused midstep. Her fingers tightened slightly around the agenda in her hand as a strange feeling crept over her.

She turned her head slightly, her gaze drifting toward the entrance, as if searching for something she couldn’t quite see.

Her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"...Why do I feel like someone is watching me?" Sienna muttered, her voice barely louder than a whisper, yet loud enough for Riley to hear.

"What...? Someone watching you?" he asked, frowning as he glanced at her, then followed her gaze.

Sienna kept her gaze fixed on the glass wall for a few seconds longer, as if expecting someone to be staring back at her. But no one was. Just the usual flow of guests and staff moving in and out of the building, completely normal and harmless.

Still, the strange, unsettling feeling lingered in her heart. She shook it off lightly, as if brushing away an unwelcome thought.

"Nothing," she answered casually, then headed toward the staff elevator. "Let’s go... We need to return to the office."

"Okay..." Riley nodded, though his curious look lingered for a moment before he followed her.

They walked side by side in a comfortable silence, the earlier conversation still hanging faintly in the air.

Sienna tried to focus on work, on the routine, on anything that could distract her from her worry thoughts.

But just as they stepped into the elevator—

Riley’s phone rang.

The sudden, eerie ringtone echoed in the small space, sharp and dramatic, like something straight out of a horror movie. Sienna flinched slightly, her shoulders tensing.

"Riley!" she snapped, glaring at him. "Can you use vibration while in the office? Or at least change your ringtone to something less... terrifying?"

Riley didn’t look the slightest bit guilty. In fact, he looked amused.

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