The Billionaire's Secret Deal
rsations, clinking glasses, and the occasional burst of laughter. Her heart raced from the da
s presence lingering like a shadow, a
ng. But Tina couldn't shake the feeling that something had shifted. Not just in the room, but within her. She felt alive but t
and on her shoulder. She tensed for a second, thinking it might be Je
ing her in the way they used to when they were together like he w
id, his voice
urged within her anger, betrayal, pain but she wasn't sure which
managed, her voice betraying her,
as if he didn't want to have this conver
? Somewhere
im there was nothing left to talk about. But another part of her wa
de rooms off the ballroom. They slipped through the crowd quietly,
losed the door behind them. The noise from the party was
gaze. She had imagined this moment so many times, what she would say to
softening as he reached out. "Tina, I n
p back, avoiding his touch. "Don't act like
escaping him. "I didn't plan
d to keep her composure. "Just stop. You don't get to s
red, guilt flickering in his
You chose my step-sister. You let me believe that we had a future, that we were
his voice rising slightly. "I didn't plan t
ed. Their entire eight years together could be summed
r pregnant," Tina snapped, her voice breaking slight
get this out. She had been holding onto this pain, thi
"You didn't even have the decency to tell me yourself. I had to find out from h
t, Tina saw a flicker of regret in his expression
ed to explain." "Explain what?" Tina shot back. "Explain how you were sleeping with my sister behind my
his eyes pleading. "Tina, I ne
to keep the walls up. "Don't lie to me. Y
and for the first time since they entered the room, Tina felt like she had some control. She
oice steadier now. "You don't get to keep me in your lif
th a desperation she hadn't expected. "
anything, because we're done. We've be
nt them. It was over. Truly over. Whatever love or hope she had once
t the door suddenly creaked open, and the
elly, her eyes wide as she looked between them. The
started, her
topping her. "Don't. I
but Tina didn't care. She had no
w concerned, and just like that, he was back to being her protector. The man she had known for eight years now
The air felt different now and lighter. She had said what she needed to say and faced the pai
e spotted Jesse standing by the bar, a drin
asked as sh
of release she hadn't expected
nt in his eyes. "Good. Now
ballroom, leaving Nathaniel, Linia,
go