Married to the CEO: A BILLIONAIRE unlikely Love

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all the air had been sucked from her lungs and the world had stopped spinning for a moment. He

oice barely audible. It trembled, reflecting how difficult it

lways carried hadn't faded. His trembling hand reached out, trying to

etheart. I want yo

om. Tall, neat, stiff-wearing a gray suit and thick glasses that mad

d?" Rachel looked at her father wi

in my life," David said firm

n know him!" Rachel nearly shouted. "

aiting outside for a mome

the door clicked shut behind him, the silence that follow

st your mind, Daddy?" s

He gazed at the ceiling, as if s

the only thing I care about now... is ma

those words. Hated accepting the fact that

still get better, Daddy. We can look for treatment abroad

his daughter's hand. "I'm not gi

row in her father's eyes-eyes that had a

air. It's full of traps. I want someone by your side. Someone w

e him," Rach

Your mother and I were arranged too. But look at

es. David, the man who had faithfully raised her alone after his wife passe

he world. And Rachel felt like a little girl

o?" she asked, h

r option," David replied calmly. "Yo

at remote part of Italy? No, Daddy! That

ife with no social media, no distractions... ju

rubbed her temples. "I'd rath

sets," David replied. "And I won't hand over ever

our insurance for all this wealth? Am I

es. "You're not an asset. You're everything. A

ck her pride, yet also melted the w

... and run away later?" she

rt. But I hope you'll decide wit

. Only the beeping of the IV and

about this?" Rac

id replied. "A

someone who doesn

ve you-even if it takes t

ll this chaos, one thing was clear:

just a little longer?" she asked quietly,

y. "If that makes you happy...

er father tightly, as if that embrace co

head. He hadn't heard the conversation inside. But in

marriage not born of love... but of a father's des