ACCIDENTALLY MARRIED TO A MAD BILLIONAIRE novel Chapter 65

Chapter 65: I WANT TO MARRY THE MADMAN

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Penny froze. Her heart thudded in her ears. What did he just say?

Penny panicked. She couldn’t let him see her. She was hideous, Osvaldo might even puke at the sight of her.

He was close now, too close, and the way he looked at her... Penny instinctively clutched her jacket tighter around her body, retreating like a skittish kitten.

"You really don’t want to do this, Mr. Osvaldo," she said in a rush, shaking her head. "I’m not... I’m not something you’d want to look at."

Her voice cracked at the end, and she hated how weak she sounded. She was too scared to even notice the frown that marred his beautiful face but on for a few seconds.

He hated that way she looked down on herself.

Osvaldo stopped a few feet from her, calm as ever, his voice low and steady. "Why not?" he asked gently. "I see you every day, Penguin."

"That’s... that’s different," she whispered, taking another step back. "You see the version I let you see. Not... this one."

He paused at that. For a second, his expression softened. Just a little. Just enough.

"I told you you weren’t ready," he said, almost like he was disappointed, but not in her. In the fear that kept her hiding. "That’s why we start small."

He turned his back to her and walked away, giving her space again. The moment felt lighter instantly, like he knew exactly when to pull back.

"Now, back to affirmations, Penguin," he said without turning. "No more complaints." She began to recite again, her voice barely above a whisper. "I am bold. I am confident. I am beautiful."

She couldn’t believe this was what she was doing right now. When she signed up for this, she’d thought he’d invent some wild scientific formula to melt fat instantly. Or maybe a drink that would shrink her waist by dinner.

But no... Affirmations?

Osvaldo Adkins, the man she thought was a genius and terrifying recluse, had her standing here, chanting like a nervous girl at summer camp.

Her mind started drifting again until...

"I can’t hear you, Penguin," his voice rang out, smooth and teasing.

Penny startled and quickly repeated louder, "I am bold. I am confident. I am beautiful."

There we go," he said, finally turning back to look at her.

"You’re going to say that every single day," he told her, resting one elbow on the lab table. "Until you believe it. Until you say it without hiding."

She looked away, embarrassed. "That might take forever..."

"We have a year together, Penguin," he said with that small, secret smile that made her stomach flip. "That’s long enough. Don’t you think?" Penny said nothing to him.

"I am bold. I am confident. I am beautiful." She continued while Osvaldo moved around.

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"Don’t tell me you’re still here?" Ariana walked over to the front of the penthouse where Stacey still knelt.

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