The Billionaire's Intern (Maya Thompson) novel Chapter 49

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“Thank you, Ms. Janice. I don’t know what I’d do without you. Please… take care. Get some

rest, okay?”

The door clicked shut behind them, leaving a heavy silence that pressed down on her.

Alone with the echo of Beckett’s words-sharp, poisonous, clawing at her from the dark.

“You were so easy. I told you it was goodbye-and you believed me. God, you even smiled! Hahaha… you sweet, tired little fool. All I had to do was turn on the AC. You didn’t even notice.”

I’m such a fucking idiot. Every move I make just drags me down. I’m a mess. A goddamn

burden.

His voice slithered back:

“You don’t have to pretend anymore, Maya. None of it matters now. I’ll erase every trace of his touch from your body. And you’ll crave only mine.”

And then the sickest memory:

“What did you two do during those times, huh? Did he fuck you hard in the break room? Bend you over that fancy desk? Or maybe…. you rode him hard inside the conference room after hours?”

Heat flushed her cheeks, burning deep and unwanted. Her mind betrayed her, drifting to the worst places-the twisted “what ifs.”

What if it’s true? What if Damien did touch me that way? What would it feel like? His hands, his mouth, his body pressed into mine-rough, commanding, consuming. His voice low and fierce in my ear, whispering my name, fucking me hard until I’m trembling, gasping.

A rush of warmth spread in places that should have stayed cold. She bit her lip to stop a shudder.

She shook her head, desperate to stop the flood of thoughts, but the ache tightened her

chest.

This pull toward Damien-how her heart slammed when she thought of him, how every memory of his rare, quiet kindness made her skin crawl and tingle at the same time.

But it wasn’t right.

They were worlds apart.

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He was danger incarnate-unreachable, wild, impossible.

And her?

Broken. Scared. Barely held together by thread.

Invisible to someone like him.

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She swallowed hard, tasting the bitterness rising in her throat, biting back tears that burned

too hot to fall.

He wouldn’t look twice at someone like me, she thought, raw and cruel.

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Panic surged through her chest like ice. She sat up too fast, heart racing, eyes scanning the

room.

“Jamie?” she rasped, voice breaking.

She tried to swing her legs off the bed, tried to move, get up, find him-anything-until a low, deep voice cut through the silence like a blade.

“Ms. Thompson.”

She froze.

That voice.

It couldn’t be.

Her head snapped toward the sound.

And her breath left her.

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