A Billionaire's Undoing: The Night He Couldn't Forget

her exhausted face. The hum of the phone line was constant, the click of the keyboards relentless t

ing to see a miracle and she w

11 June.

years since her world shattered. It felt like a lifetime ago. And yet, the pain still felt so fresh,

pell. She reached for it instantly and forced a bri

k tomorrow," Nathan said, his voice as

ot even for a second. He never cared for her or anyone's personal life, never cared abo

ember, I don't

nto its cradle, rubbing her temples. I'll never get out of here, she thought bitterl

phone buzzed w

out tonight. It's been a while. Y

friend had always been the one to drag her out of her shell, but tonight. To

s not the right ti

there. I'm picking you u

he did need the distraction. Tossing her phone into her bag, she grabbed her coat,

r hand. The quiet hum of conversations was filled in the air, yet her mind was somewhere else. Tonight wa

the music, the soft clink of glasses. But it didn't work. The pain was alwa

d waved her over. "Come on, stop sulking," Chloe implored drunkenly. "

er lips as she leant against the ba

she s

ight caught the edge of his jawline as he spoke to the bartender. Dark hair was just a little tousled, an

front of her. But her heart still drummed in her

ed up again and hi

ng magnetic in his stare-a curious and intense combination o

eaning more into the bar, as i

His voice was deep, smoot

no and walk away Sophia. But something inside of her stirr

softer than she had intended. Then she caugh

her he slid, his presence undeniable. "A conversation it

pain, the disappointments. She simply looked up at him, intri

her phone buzze

l, Who's th

and when she looked up, he was staring at

ering a word, he

roduced myself. I'm Adri

nd of hung in the air. Something told her there was

ok his

aid, her voice bare

elt a jolt of something unfamili

mounted between them. Every word, eve

him into this bar, she saw the flicker of recognition in

new

them, and just as she opened her mo

from across the room, what

him talking to the b

oing To Sleep