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60. Something Borrowed
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2026-10-31 21:12:33
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MY DOMINANT CEO 61. Green
LILY'S POVI woke before dawn the next morning and found the bed empty, the sheets still warm. I wrapped myself in a robe and went looking, and I found Nicholas on the balcony, barefoot, holding his grandfather's watch up to the first grey light."You're awake" I said softly."I couldn't sleep." He didn't turn. "I keep looking at it. Fifty years on one man's wrist, and he never said a single honest word about what it cost him."I came to stand beside him and held out my hand. In my palm lay the little silver forget-me-not, its blue enamel glowing faintly in the dim. "Your mother gave me this last night."He looked at it for a long time. Then he laughed, short and unsteady. "We're a pair, aren't we? Two people standing on a balcony at dawn, holding other people's heirlooms.""Borrowed" I said. "Something old, something blue.""I like that better." He closed his fingers over mine, the watch and the pendant together in our joined hands, cool metal and warm skin. "I used to think old thin
MY DOMINANT CEO 60. Something Borrowed
LILY'S POV *CONTINUE *"Can I tell you something that's been on my mind?" Nicholas said quietly."Always.""I keep imagining what this house would sound like with more children in it." He said it carefully, watching my face. "Not yet. Not for a while. But someday. I used to think a family was a burden, a legacy you had to defend. Now I think it might be the opposite. Something you build on purpose."My heart gave a slow, warm turn. I'd been thinking about it too, in quiet moments I hadn't dared say out loud. A small voice in the kitchen. Little feet on the stairs. A child who would never have to wonder whether they were loved."I'd like that" I said softly. "Someday. After the wedding. After we've had time to just be married.""A few years" he said."A few years" I agreed, smiling. "With a lot of practice runs with Amara in between."He laughed, and kissed the top of my head, and across the room Amara looked up from the photographs and announced to nobody in particular that she was g
MY DOMINANT CEO 59. Coming Home
JACOB'S POVThe first thing I noticed when the car turned into the driveway was how small the estate looked after two weeks of rice paddies and river boats. Not small in a bad way. Small like a place you know so well that your eyes forget how to see it, and then suddenly remember. The gates, the long curve of the drive, the garden where Lily had planted her roses. It all looked softer than I remembered."You're doing it again" Jayden said from the seat beside me."Doing what?""Smiling at a driveway.""It's a good driveway."He laughed and slid his hand into mine, and I let him, and for once I didn't check the window to see who might be watching. That was one of the things Thailand had given me, a small, quiet freedom I hadn't known I was missing. I could hold someone's hand without bracing for a reaction.The front door flew open before we'd even stopped, and a small blur of dark curls and blue ribbon shot down the steps."You're back!" Amara skidded to a stop in front of the car, bo
MY DOMINANT CEO 58. Spring Colors
LILY'S POVNobody warns you that an engagement comes with homework.By the end of the first week, the kitchen table had disappeared under bridal magazines, fabric swatches, and a growing stack of business cards from florists who all promised to make my dream garden wedding come true. Maya had claimed the head of the table like a general planning a campaign. Tatiana sat at her right hand with a laptop and a spreadsheet, because of course she had made a spreadsheet. And Amara sat cross-legged on a chair between them, wearing her seashell bracelet and flipping through a magazine upside down because she insisted the pictures looked better that way."First decision" Maya announced, tapping the table. "Season.""Spring" I said without hesitation. "I want the garden in bloom. I want the roses Jacob keeps pretending he didn't help plant.""I heard that" Jacob called from the doorway, where he was leaning with a mug of tea and a smile he wasn't hiding well."Spring it is" Tatiana said, typing.
MY DOMINANT CEO 57. The Question
NICHOLAS POVI'd been carrying the ring around for nine days, and in that time I had hidden it in four different places and moved it three times. First in the study drawer, then inside a shoe in the closet, then in the glove compartment of my car, and finally, in a moment of pure panic, back in my jacket pocket where I could feel its small, square weight against my ribs every time I moved.I had bought it on an ordinary Thursday afternoon, after a board meeting that ran too long. I'd told my assistant I had a dentist appointment, which was a lie so clumsy I was embarrassed by it, and walked into a small jeweler's shop on a quiet street where nobody knew my name. The man behind the counter was old and patient. He laid out tray after tray of diamonds, each one flashing under the lights, and I felt more lost than I had in the warehouse facing Vance."Tell me about her" the old man said finally, seeing my face."She isn't flashy" I said. "She never asks for anything. She bakes when she's
MY DOMINANT CEO 56. Sunday Dinner
LILY'S POVNicholas told me about the dinner over breakfast, in the careful voice he used when he'd already made up his mind and was only waiting to see how I'd react."I've invited my parents on Sunday" he said, stirring his coffee though he hadn't added anything to it. "Jacob's been seeing them on his own for weeks. I think it's time I stopped letting him carry that alone."I set down my toast. "Are you sure?""No." He gave a short, honest laugh. "But I'm tired of avoiding a conversation I already know I need to have. If I wait until I feel ready, I'll be waiting forever.""Then I'll be right there" I said. "Tell me what you need.""Just stay close. I have a feeling I'll need someone steady in the room."The next three days felt like preparing for a storm that might or might not arrive. Maya planned a menu, scrapped it, and planned another. Jacob walked laps around the living room until Jayden gently steered him onto the sofa and made him drink water. I tried to keep busy, polishing
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