Todos los capítulos de Nora and Her Unexpected Billionaire : Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 50

The next two days passed in a slow, gray blur of complete isolation. Nora spent the entire forty-eight hours indoors, completely lacking the mental energy to step outside her cottage doors even once.Her friends were scattered across the continent; Regina had unexpectedly flown out to Cambodia for an urgent regional tourism summit, while Maya's textile production meetings in Bangkok ran longer than originally planned.Even Arlo was gone, having driven down to another part of southern Thailand for an emergency overview. He had briefly stopped by her place to say goodbye before leaving, but she had retreated back into the shadows of her living room the exact second his car pulled away.She was still bed-rotting in her oversized shirt on Sunday morning when her phone suddenly vibrated violently against the sheets. It was a direct text from JJ.> Are you busy today? I located the hospital building.Nora sat up instantly, the heavy fog in her brain clearing in a split second. She rapidly t

For a few seconds after their lips parted, neither of them moved.The silence between them had changed completely. Only minutes ago, Nora had been furious with him, ready to walk away and leave him standing in the park.Now she was still close enough to feel the warmth of his body, her fingers resting lightly against his chest as though neither of them had quite figured out what to do next.Arlo seemed to have no intention of moving either.Instead, he lowered his head until it rested gently against her shoulder. For several seconds, she could feel the faint movement of his shoulders."Is something wrong?" she asked."No," Arlo whispered, his voice muffled by her shoulder.He lifted his head slowly, a boyish grin lighting up his eyes. "I'm just really happy right now."Nora looked at him. The angry man who had been shouting about protecting her just minutes ago was gone.Without thinking, she stood on her tiptoes, reaching up to ruffle his messy hair."You're really cute," she murmure

The car drove slowly uphill, trying its best to maneuver around broken branches on the road.Nora sat quietly in the back seat, watching the wet trees pass outside the window. She still hadn't completely processed the fact that she was going to spend the night at Arlo's house again. The last time she'd been there, she had been a stranger who had accidentally ended up in his care.When the car finally stopped, Arlo got out and opened the rear door for Maya before walking around to Nora's side.“You can leave the bag. I'll get it.”“I can carry my own things.”“I know.”He took it anyway.Nora followed him inside with Lilly's carrier in her hands while Maya came behind them with her suitcase. Ben had already taken the dogs ahead, and they disappeared down the hallway the moment they were released.The house felt different from the last time Nora had been there. Maybe it was because she wasn't arriving exhausted and embarrassed after being stranded outside in the rain. Or maybe it was si

The car that pulled up outside the main house didn't need to announce itself. Arlo was already on the steps when she got out — white hair streaked through dark, pinned back with a gold crest. "Grandma." He came down and kissed her cheek. "Didn't think you'd actually come out here yourself. You could've sent someone." " I’d rather come myself” she said giving him a stern look. "This house was a gift from an old friend and it is older than your father." She said it plainly, already looking past him toward the cottage through the trees. "I have a great deal of history in this building” “Hearing it had been destroyed wasn’t good news” she said in a low tone. "It's not destroyed” he said shrugging “A tree just came down. It's being fixed." She wasn't listening. She was already walking. The workers tried to stop her going in "The floor isn’t stable ma’am , there is debris all over" they all clamored, panicking at the sight of her walking in. She looked at each of them in tur

By the following morning, Nora had decided she needed to find somewhere else to stay. She couldn't stay with Arlo indefinitely. Staying under Arlo's roof for weeks could easily turn one complicated situation into several others. She sat at the small desk in her guest room with her laptop open, scrolling through accommodation listings. The first hotel she checked looked perfect. It was close enough to Chiang Mai, had good reviews, and the price was within what she was willing to spend. She clicked on the booking page. Unavailable. Nora frowned and refreshed the page. Still unavailable. She tried another date. Nothing. The next one had suddenly stopped accepting online reservations entirely. Another showed plenty of vacant rooms on the main search page but threw an error code the moment she actually tried to book. Nora leaned back in her chair, sighing. This was ridiculous. She spent another twenty minutes searching, widening her radius and adjusting the price range. The further