Billionaire's match novel

---- Chapter 599 "She knew that if she did this, you would rush to come find me. And if you come to me now, you won't be able to explain yourself to Henry." Nick's line of thinking always aligned perfectly with Khloe's- often even more clearly than her own. She hadn't even told him about the promise she had made to Henry, yet from the current situation alone, he had already guessed most of it She had to admit that nothing could be hidden from him. "So can you tell me now what exactly is going on?" Nick asked again in a low voice.

He knew that if it weren't something extremely serious, she would never have kept it from him. And that only meant one thing-the matter she was hiding had to do with him. The moment he saw the news, he hadn't thought about himself first, but about Khloe. He was certain she must be feeling the same way. "It has something to do with George and my father... but before anything is confirmed, it's still just speculation." ---- Khloe didn't want to explain too clearly, yet she also knew that. continuing to hide it would only make him imagine worse possibilities.

As soon as she said that, Nick fell silent. Listening to his heavy breathing through the phone, her heart rose straight to her throat again. "Your father's death... wasn't natural?" Suddenly, it was as if Nick had understood everything. His voice sank, and it pierced straight through her heart. Her lips parted, but no sound came out. Her brief silence was enough to confirm his suspicion. With the current relationship between their two families, it couldn't be shaken by something trivial. Whatever it was had to be big enough-and tied to Niel as well. That meant it could only involve death.

Niel had been his lifesaver. If his father's death was connected to Niel's... how was he supposed to face Khloe? "Nick... matters of our parents' generation are beyond our control. Before we know the full truth, neither of us can draw conclusions. And now, someone is deliberately targeting me- ---- you're only being dragged into this because of me. | don't believe in coincidences, so I've already asked Grandpa for permission to investigate. If-" "Khloe, you don't need to explain," Nick interrupted her softly. His voice sounded low, but still calm-far calmer than she expected.

"If the Hunt family becomes a burden to you, promise me this: choose yourself first. Protect your own interests, Protect yourself. Love yourself well." "Nick... why does that sound so wrong to me?" A trace of fear crept into Khloe's chest. "Is what the news said true? Your health-you're not really..." "I'm fine." Nick chuckled softly. "Be good. Listen to me. | said | would always stand on your side and support you. So no matter what choice you make, choose yourself.

Because | will always choose you." She didn't want to cry, but every time Nick spoke so lightly, he managed to pull tears from her eyes and twist her heart painfully tight. Her voice trembled. "You're still at the hotel, right? I'll come to you now. Let's talk in person." ---- "Don't come," Nick said. "I'll be returning home soon. I'll go back to Goldmont. You stay here and finish what you need to do." "Nick... tell me the truth. How is your health really? | feel like you're hiding something from me." Her intuition was screaming in alarm. The news could be fake, but his condition couldn't be.

Lately, she had felt that Nick was putting all his strength into being with her-as if every farewell might be their last, as if they might never see each other again.