Heartbreak Billionaire: He Should Never Have Let Go

edroom at Crest

brushed his lips against the small mole on Mi

ched voice, "Let'

e encounter, turned to him slowly, a

ar. What did he mean by sudden

nly six months left to live," Bra

n slow spirals a

be my wife," he adde

unned. Silence spread ac

g long shadows across the wall, making

at her and gav

ained. "We'll remarry after six mon

ched, like someone passing along

wordlessly, her eyes

rds were instruction

e-sided. She had chased it from the s

years, moving through each ro

, Brandon had stood between her and her stepfather, gripping a cracked stick

art. Even when she was weak and bleeding,

oint on, sh

s with everything she had, carrying them out

ght and warm, and say in a low v

ed, and whatever affection they shared always felt just ou

d her naive, she staye

even years of h

alth. The family, hoping to lift his spirits, decided Brandon should marry.

ent on to ma

he vows, something changed. He began to pull away. S

andon scowled as he caught the

be like this?"

d, he said, "She's going

tightened. "And

His eyes, dark and steady, flick

we were married, and she didn't want to hurt you, she never let things go too far between us. Even when I tried to make i

lmly, pierced her more

th a married man, who promised to hold b

ted to keep her husband t

face she had fallen for-intense ey

ngs started

he day the wom

hat you want?" Millie a

nothing, purs

d his mouth to re

cut him off before

ly surprised. He frowned

tion in his voice. "You know I need your consent to go throug

stared at the white wall, watch

d said no more, pulling on his c

. Nor did he pause to acknowledge how h

e couldn't

erly sure

ammed shut

e that, Mill

bed, staring at the door a

buzzed b

lit up t

ed up th

iar number. "He cam

in the reflection of a glass door, a soft smile playin

d upward through the previous messag

y for me because he's here

never his first choice; you were just the one he settled for. He s

ed that way, proving

istance these past seven years had appare

e. "You should know who I am. Do you like the flowers in your

Millie knew

illing her wealthy clients' grand villas and lavish pa

efore. He'd brushed them off and said t

trouble. Most of the messages didn't have pictures, and the

y's. Today's

Then her eyes drifted toward the bedside d

ancy test result she'd

randon's child. At the

aking the paper an

more? Brandon's heart had

e lighter he'd left behind. Flames flicker

es to the divorce would be the fi

he owed-not in money, but in

never love