Chapter 275

The study was quiet. All Vivienne could hear from the listening device were the occasional sounds of paper rustling and keyboard typing. Up until bedtime, aside from a few work-related phone calls that Sebastian answered, she didn't catch anything useful. Still, she wasn't surprised. He was a busy man, and there was no way he would be in contact with Melanie all the time. She checked the time. It was close to midnight. Deliberately avoiding the time he usually returned to the bedroom, she waited until she was sure he would be asleep before heading to the bathroom for a shower, ready to call it a night. The moment she stepped into the bedroom, she froze. There Sebastian was, leaning against the headboard and scrolling through his phone. He had returned to the room, after all. Vivienne's footsteps faltered. Maybe it was guilt, or instinct, but her nerves tensed up before she could stop herself. She wasn't afraid of him; during the rare times he came home, most of those nights ende