Damaged Billionaire Boss: Second Chance Romance by Anny Tye

Author:Anny Tye [Tye, Anny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anny Tye
Published: 2022-12-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Christian

I felt her stare on my face before I opened my eyes. She had a look I could not explain, but the second my eyes opened; her full lips broke into a wide smile.

“You look pleased to see me,” I said, and she smiled even wider.

“I missed you.”

Her admission threw me off, as I did not expect it. I saw how uncomfortable she’d been when I told her about my feelings, so I thought it might be wise to tread with caution for now. I did not want her to know how much I wanted to make her mine. That would definitely scare her off.

“Right back at you, baby.” I leaned down to press a soft kiss to her lips.

We were both fully clothed. She was in her leggings and sweater. She had way too many of these things. While I was still in the clothes I’d been wearing when I boarded the private plane back home. She already felt like home to me, so it was not a struggle when my father asked me when I would be ready to come back. I told him my stay was still indefinite.

I could see my answer did not please him, but it did not bother me. There was a time when I cared what he thought of me, not so much that he controlled my life, but to a certain degree that he thought controlled it.

My decision to date Gigi had thrown him off balance when he dangled all the other heiresses my way and I shunned them all. His matchmaking ploys with Thea Wright at the event two nights ago were no surprise to me, even though I had told him clearly that I was not interested. My father, in his usual way, did not listen, and I knew he would make more ploys soon.

“How was your party?” She asked when we finally draw back from each other. I heard a hint of jealousy in her voice, although it might be wishful thinking.

“Boring. I did not plan to go, but I had to go represent my company.” I said to her.

“Oh. Your father could not do it?”

“My father runs his own company and I run mine. We might intersect down the line, but the two run on parallel lines.”

I felt she wanted to ask me something else, but something was holding her back.

“What’s on your mind?” I finally asked, and she sighed.

“Nothing, it’s stupid.”

“Tell me anyway.”

“It’s nothing. I was just wondering about something.” She sounded off; unlike her, and I knew for a fact now that there was something on her mind.

“Vanessa,” I called her name, looking down at her until she raised her doe-eyes to mine. Tell me anyway. I said to her, her smile is chagrin as she debates internally whether to tell me before she finally decided to.

“I was just curious about… you know… Thea Wright. You guys looked close, and I was just curious if she’s like a friend… or…”

She was stuttering a little and I could tell it was killing her to bring this up.

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