Bab 585: Fat Paycheck

Villain Ch 585. Fat Paycheck

Allen, sensing Emma's growing concern, threw up a verbal lifebuoy. "Chill, Emma. It's just a gig, okay? Nothing permanent," he reassured her, attempting to ease the tension that had crept into the air. The weight of his recent rise in status gnawed at him, an awareness that this freelance modeling job might raise more eyebrows than he'd bargained for.

His mind raced with the potential consequences. 'Wait... I can't imagine if they found out I was a harem author,' he thought, a bead of sweat forming in the recesses of his forehead. The clash of worlds – the young master of a gaming empire moonlighting as an author of steamy harem tales – threatened to unravel the careful façade he'd crafted.

His internal scream echoed in the hollow corridors of his thoughts. 'I need to keep that thing a secret,' he told himself.