Billionaire's match novel

---- Chapter 609 When Khloe turned back, he reached out to her. The IV had already been removed, but the bruising on his hand had darkened, and his palm felt icy from the medicine seeping into his veins. She gently clasped his hand and leaned in to wrap an arm around his shoulder. "Does it hurt?" hme "You're lying again." Nick denied it almost without thinking Under his instructions, no one dared mention the side effects of the medication in front of Khloe. And Nick was not only good at enduring pain-seeing her truly made him happy.

All his attention shifted to her, and the pain did ease somewhat. But Khloe lowered her head and began to massage him slowly. From his open collar, to his shoulders, to his back-inch by inch. "Really," he said softly, "it doesn't hurt that much anymore." ---- A shadow passed through Nick's eyes as he met the tender look in hers, and his heart stirred even more. "Because I'm here," Khloe asked quietly, "it hurts less?" Her voice was low and gentle, brushing against his ear and neck -comforting and faintly teasing. Yet she had no intention of being flirtatious.

Her eyes were filled only with concern, and her movements remained restrained, limited to careful massage and light caresses. "Mm," Nick answered honestly. "Then hold me tighter." Khloe rested her head on his shoulder, trying to keep her voice from sounding too sad. Nick did as she asked, tightening his arms around her. Even though it was a VIP ward, the hospital bed was still narrow. With the two of them on it, turning over was almost impossible. Yet, this bed was the safest and most comforting place they had known in days. Nick held Khloe close, his heartbeat steady against his chest.

He greedily breathed in the scent of her hair and the familiar ---- warmth of her body. He also felt the dampness in her eyes as she pressed closer, holding him more tightly. The female doctor had been right. When pain could be spoken aloud, it lost some of its power. The medicine had reached its peak-this should have been the worst of it. But with Khloe in his arms, he felt more joy than agony. Even when it hurt badly, it no longer seemed unbearable. Khloe sensed the tremor in his body and immediately tightened her hold, as though the harder she hugged him, the more his pain would fade.

"Nick... does it still hurt?" "It really doesn't." He answered with a smile. Tears welled in Khloe's eyes. She tried not to let them fall, but she couldn't stop them The doctor had just said this hour would be his most painful His clothes were soaked with cold sweat, his body rigid and trembling-yet he still forced a smile. "Khloe, don't be sad. For you, I'll hold on until the very end... Even if one day | really can't anymore, you still have to-" ---- He didn't finish. "There won't be such a day," Khloe cut in.

Nick paused for a few seconds, then said gently, "Sometimes, when you meet someone truly wonderful, you use up all your luck and happiness at once. Being with you-even if it's only for a few short days-I already feel content." Her tears finally broke free, falling like beads from a snapped string Still holding him, she had no free hand to wipe them away. She could only take a deep breath and steady herself. But they were so close-how could Nick not feel her crying? He frowned. "Promise me that no matter what happens to me, you won't give up on the life you want.

Don't stop moving forward." Happiness and sorrow are both fleeting. Even if he were gone, she must go on living better and better- just as decisively and bravely as she had left her last relationship behind.