The Billionaire's Chosen Bride
"But I've spent twelve years building a career on rational decisions, Layla, and very few of them have taught me anything about the kind of partner I actually need in my life. I watched you kneel on a filthy sidewalk for a stranger without a moment's hesitation, and something about that has stayed with me since. I can't fully explain it. I only know I haven't been able to stop thinking about it, or about you, since it happened."
Layla's cheeks colored slightly, though her expression remained guarded, careful.
"There's something you should know," she said. "My family is in serious financial trouble. My father left behind an enormous debt, and we're facing foreclosure on our home in a little o