LOST IN THE BILLIONAIRE'S SCANDAL
I bent, smiled, praised her masterpiece of scribbled flowers and purple suns, though my lips felt stiff around the words.
And then Sami appeared. Quiet as always, but his dark eyes landed on me and didn’t move.
He didn’t speak, he rarely did but after a moment, he walked to the table and set down his own page of the drawing.
Not as colourful as Leila’s. Simple lines, soft pencil shading. A tree with roots spreading wide beneath the ground. Two small figures beneath it—one taller, one smaller, hands almost touching.
I stared at it, my chest tightening so sharply it hurt. He didn’t say a word. Just stood there, waiting. Watching.
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