The Billionaire's Game
“I was shaking. I didn’t want you to see, but I was terrified. That number… 1 billion dollars. I thought, ‘What the hell am I doing?’”
Theodore gave a soft hum of agreement. “And I thought, ‘She’s going to say no.’ I watched you with that pen in your hand, and for a second, I thought you’d walk away.”
“I almost did,” she admitted, staring back up at the stars. “But then I thought of Chris. His tiny hands, his smile even when he was in pain. I couldn’t walk away. I couldn’t afford to.”
The silence stretched between them, heavy with the weight of memory.
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