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CHAPTER TWELVE
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THE BILLIONAIRE WHO CAME CRAWLING BACK CHAPTER EIGHTHEEN
ETHAN'S QUESTION Part One"The way you used to look at him."The words sat in the quiet room between the two of them. Outside the window, a siren rose and faded somewhere far below.Mia put down her chopsticks very carefully, as though they might break."That's not fair," she said."I know.""Then why say it?""Because it's true.""It was three years ago.""I know when it was.""I was twenty-four. I didn't know any better.""You knew a lot better than most people.""Ethan.""I was there, Mia. After." He said it gently. "I was the one who found you at your kitchen table with thirty browser tabs open and a cold cup of tea. I remember what you looked like."She looked away. "Please don't.""I'm not trying to hurt you.""You are, a little.""Maybe a little." He rubbed his jaw. "I'm sorry. I'm bad at this.""At what?""Saying the thing without saying all the things."She let out a breath that was almost a laugh."Say the thing," she said."I'm afraid he's going to do it again.""Do what?"
THE BILLIONAIRE WHO CAME CRAWLING BACK CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
LATE NIGHT Part OneAcross the city, Mia was still at her desk.It was nine o'clock. The floor outside her office had gone dark an hour ago. She had a spreadsheet open on one screen, an email draft on the other, and a cold cup of tea that she had forgotten about at five.She rubbed her eyes and kept typing.A knock came at the glass."Mia."She didn't look up. "I'm busy.""I can see that.""Then you know.""I brought food."That made her look up.Ethan stood in the doorway with a paper bag in one hand and a drink carrier in the other. He had taken off his tie. His sleeves were rolled up. He looked like he'd been there as long as she had, which he probably had."What kind of food?""The kind from the place on Fifty-Second.""The noodles?""The noodles."She closed her laptop halfway. "You're a bad influence.""You're welcome."He came in, cleared a space on the desk without being asked, and set out two containers. The smell filled the room, garlic and ginger and something sweet. Her s
THE BILLIONAIRE WHO CAME CRAWLING BACK CHAPTER SIXTEEN
NO THANKSPart One"Papers. Old files. Anything from before."Alexander didn't answer. He looked at Victoria sitting in the orange chair with her hands folded in her lap and her smile held perfectly still."Why?" he asked."Why what?""Why do you want to know?""I told you. I'm trying to help.""How does asking about files help me?""Because they might." She said it easily, as if it were obvious. "If you've got something from before, a record, a note, a copy of anything, it could be useful. My father's lawyers are very good. They could look at it.""Your father's lawyers.""Yes.""The same ones who called me two months ago to say the engagement was over.""They were doing their job.""And now they want to help me.""Not them. Me." She leaned forward a little. "Alexander. You're in trouble. Real trouble. They're going to take you to court. I don't want to see you go through that without any support.""How do you know about the court?""Everyone knows.""I haven't told anyone.""It was
THE BILLIONAIRE WHO CAME CRAWLING BACK CHAPTER FIFTEEN
VICTORIA Part One"Hello, Alexander."He didn't answer right away. Rain dripped from the edge of the awning and landed in a dark line on the pavement."Victoria.""You look tired.""I've had a long day.""I can see that." Her eyes moved over his coat, his shoes, the bag over his shoulder. She did it quickly, the way she'd always looked at a room. "You look like you've been running.""Something like that.""May I?"She tilted her umbrella to make space. He stepped under the awning but stayed an arm's length away."How did you find me?" he asked."It wasn't hard.""Nobody knows I'm here.""I asked around." She smiled a little. "People like to talk to me. You know that.""What do you want?""Can't I just want to see you?""No."She laughed softly. It was her real laugh, light and quick, and for a second it reminded him of the early days, before the galas and the guest lists and the careful way they had always spoken to each other.Then it stopped."All right," she said. "I'll be honest.
THE BILLIONAIRE WHO CAME CRAWLING BACK CHAPTER FOURTEEN
ONE MINUTE Part OneShe didn't say anything.Alexander straightened up slowly, still breathing hard, and waited. Mia looked at him through the glass. Then she turned and went back to her desk.He walked to his own. He sat down. The printer hummed beside him.He lasted until ten.At ten he stood, crossed the floor, and stopped outside her door. It was open. She was reading something on her laptop.He knocked on the frame."Yes?""Do you have a minute?"She didn't look up. "Is it about work?""Sort of.""Sort of.""It's about this morning."She closed the laptop and looked at him."Come in."He came in and stood in front of the desk. He didn't sit. He had learned that much, at least."I was late," he said."I noticed.""By one minute.""I noticed that too.""I'm sorry."Mia tilted her head. "I didn't say anything.""I know.""I didn't write you up. I didn't tell Daniel. I didn't even look at the clock.""You looked at the clock.""Fine. I looked at the clock.""That's why I'm here," he
THE BILLIONAIRE WHO CAME CRAWLING BACK CHAPTER THIRTEEN
THE SUBWAY Part OneAlexander didn't know she had been there.He finished the page he was working on at five fifty-five, saved it, and rubbed his eyes. It was still dark outside. His feet hurt. He had walked forty minutes to get here, because a cab was too expensive and he hadn't yet figured out the subway.He looked down at his shoes. The left one had a small hole in the sole."Right," he said to the empty floor. "Enough."He took out his phone and opened the map. It showed a red line and a green line and a blue one, all tangled like string.He stared at it for a long time.The next morning he left the hotel at five. It was still dark. The station was a block away, down a flight of dirty stairs that smelled like rain and metal.He stopped in front of a machine.It had a screen. It had a slot. It had a lot of buttons and none of them said what he needed."Single ride," he read out loud. "Unlimited. Reduced fare. Refill." He frowned. "What does refill mean?""It means you put money on
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