Billionaire's match novel

Chapter 31 +25 Bonus Khloe understood well enough. They'd only met once before-there was no real connection between them. His coming here tonight could only mean one thing: Nick was giving her respect, showing her she mattered. Still, she couldn't help feeling touched. From the corner of his eye, Nick noticed the distance in her expression. His mind drifted back to the night before. Khloe had suddenly sent him a message, and he hadn't known how to respond. He rarely interacted with women and had no idea how to behave with someone he was meant to be engaged to. So he'd asked Lenny for advice.

Lenny told him, "When a woman messages first, it usually means she's saying, 'I miss you.' Nick was a man of action-decisive, straightforward. If she missed him, then he would simply come see her. And so, as soon as work ended, he boarded a flight to Celosia. The way Nick and Khloe leaned close, talking softly, drew quiet attention from nearby tables. No one dared to stare outright, but curiosity hummed through the room. What exactly was going on between them? Did they have some kind of private relationship? But that couldn't be. No one had ever heard of Nick being close to any woman. "Mr.

Hunt, do you know Khloe?" Finally, Veronica couldn't stand it any longer. She leaned forward and asked the question outright. Her voice was steady, but her heart was pounding. Nick's presence was so commanding that even speaking to him made her uneasy, but she couldn't just sit there in silence. Two years ago, she had seen Nick once, from afar. Just one look had ruined her for every other man since. She had tried everything she could think of to form some connection to the Hunt family. Even the time she'd fought Khloe over that apartment... It wasn't really about the property itself.

It was because the unit Khloé bought happened to be directly across from Chrystelle Tower-Nick's office building. But clearly, Khloe had no idea about any of that. She was just a woman who had inherited a fortune-an illegitimate daughter, a sudden heiress. How could someone like her catch Nick's attention? "I'll be staying here tonight," Nick said suddenly. "Leaving tomorrow morning. There's a ball tonight. Will you come?" Khloe turned toward Veronica, waiting for Nick's answer, but he spoke again before she could say anything.

He completely ignored Veronica's question, as if she didn't exist. "I'm not very good at dancing," Khloe said after a pause. 1 Since he was clearly avoiding the topic, she saw no reason to respond to Veronica either. Besides, from his demeanor, it was obvious he didn't want whatever this was to be made public. Their marriage arrangement was still only verbal-nothing official yet. 1/2 Chapter T +25 Bonus "I'll teach you." The words brushed past her ear, low and close. His breath grazed her neck, and something flickered through her chest like a spark catching fire.

Heat spread from her ear to her face, and she quickly lifted her drink to hide the flush. "Okay," she murmured. Veronica, ignored completely, shot up from her seat. Anger and humiliation burned in her chest. Yet, no matter how much noise she made, Nick didn't spare her so much as a glance. Her eyes filled with tears, and she stormed off. A few of her friends hesitated before one of them finally followed. At another table, Winnie lowered her head, pretending to eat. Through her lashes, she watched Khloe and Nick talking quietly, a faint smirk curving her lips.

This dinner, she thought, hadn't been a waste after all. She'd witnessed something far more interesting than she expected. Nick, as always, managed his time precisely. He took a few bites, set his utensils down, and his assistant appeared almost immediately to remind him of an upcoming online meeting. "See you tonight," he said to Khloe, his dark eyes calm yet magnetic-impossible to look away from, and just as impossible not to fear.

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