All Chapters of After 666 Betrayals, I Chose His Billionaire Rival: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

With that, Nathan held out the roses.Lily didn't answer. She simply walked around him, opened the passenger door herself, and climbed in.His hand dropped back to his side.The corner of his mouth curved, barely visible.He got in behind the wheel.The Maybach pulled up outside the Belmont Club, and a valet rushed to open the door.Nathan circled around personally.Opened Lily's door himself.One hand braced against the frame as he guided her out, then tossed the keys to the valet with instructions to park it.The moment they stepped inside, a host approached. "Which private room will you be needing tonight?""The Chancellor Room," Nathan said.The host led the way with practiced deference. "Right this way."They followed.Nathan took Lily's hand.She resisted instinctively.His grip tightened, voice low and rough. "Grandma arranged Nadia's date tonight. She wants your read on whether the two of them actually suit each other your opinion carries real weight with her, you know that."

Whisper something to the second person on your right: "You have a great figure."The first person to Lily's right was Nathan. The second Adrian.Heat flooded her face instantly.Simon kept egging her on from the sidelines. "Come on, come on, don't stall!"Lily shot a glance at Adrian.He was looking down at his phone.The line of his profile, sharp and precise even in that glow.He looked completely detached from the chaos around him.Like none of this had ever touched him at all.Nathan patted her knee, gesturing her forward. "It's just a game. There are consequences. Don't drag it out and make everyone wait."Lily shoved his hand off.Stood.Those few steps felt oddly weightless, like walking on air.By the time she reached Adrian, he'd finally noticed.Set the phone down.Looked up at her.For a split second, nothing registered then his eyes caught the card in her hand, and Simon's unbearably eager expression behind her, and understanding dawned.He tilted his head slightly, voice

Lily ran through her schedule for the day."I've got things to handle right now," she told Nadia evenly. "Studio this morning, then this afternoon I'm shooting promotional photos with your brother for the bid. No idea how long that'll run I don't want to throw off your evening."Nadia considered it. "Let me call him, sort out timing directly. Dinner's not until around six-thirty, so I don't think it'll be an issue."Lily smiled."What's got you this excited about a dinner, exactly?"Nadia laughed, clearing her throat. "The last auction went so well that the company's got me organizing a major charity gala now top-tier donors, the works, big closing event."Lily's pulse ticked up. "Who's on the guest list tonight?"Nadia's voice went shy. "Who else runs in that tier around here, besides the Sterlings?"Lily's breath caught."I really do think Adrian and I have some kind of connection," Nadia said, a flush of girlish hope in her voice. "Met him last night, and now tonight too. Oh and I

Lily stared straight ahead. "People change."Nathan shook his head. "I accept change. I accept people changing for the better."She pushed back. "And what counts as better, exactly? I remember back in school, you genuinely couldn't stand Melissa. Her own parents threw her out, and I brought her home for dinner"He cut her off, impatient. "Enough. Melissa, Melissa I sent her away, Lily, and you're still bringing her up constantly. What's the actual point here? When does this end?"Lily's voice rose, sharp and immediate. "Whether it's pointless or not, I'm the one talking right now. Not interrupting people is basic decency. Who's actually the one lacking manners here me, or you?"Nathan turned away.Pressed his whole back against the car door.The distance between them stretched wider.A short, disbelieving laugh escaped him. "Fine. Go ahead, then. Since you clearly want to talk about Melissa, and you're not worried about making yourself angrier bringing her up say whatever you want. I'

Lily pressed her lips together, color rising and fading across them. "I visited the welfare home today, and seeing those kids living in total silence it broke my heart. I wanted to do something."Nadia laughed. "That's all? I thought it was something serious! Just ask my brother. He listens to you more than anyone funding dozens, even a hundred hearing aids wouldn't even register for him."Nadia doesn't know the full story yet. Not about Nathan. Not yet.Lily let it go without explaining.Worst case, she thought, once the divorce finalizes and Beatrice's sixty million lands, I'll pull two million out myself and get proper mid-range hearing aids for all sixty-three kids.Right now, the pull toward divorce only grew stronger by the day.Lily let out a slow breath.Just as the conversation seemed to hit a dead end, a low, even voice cut in from the side. "The Sterlings already have something planned."Lily's head snapped up.Her eyes met Adrian's, dark and steady.He continued, voice mea