Winning Offer by Mel Teshco

Author:Mel Teshco
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: billionaire romance series, friends to lovers, adult contemporary romance, auction romance, forbidden romance
Publisher: Mel Teshco
Published: 2024-02-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Liam’s chest expanded as her pain became his pain. She hadn’t finished grieving, not by a long shot. And he wasn’t even sure it was just her father that she mourned. She’d lost her mother, too. The only difference was that her mother was likely still alive.

Either way, it was obvious this property was steeped in memories and emotions for Harper, her heart attached to this place she called home.

“You’ve never thought about finding your mother?” he asked gently.

She shook her head. “Why would I want to find someone who doesn’t want to be found? She didn’t just leave her husband; she left her only child, her own flesh and blood.” Her breath shuddered out. “I don’t know about you, but to me that’s unforgiveable.”

He grimaced. Not even his own father had disowned his illegitimate daughter from an affair no one except Galan and their mom had known about. His parents’ marriage might have made a mockery of their vows, but the love they’d had for their children hadn’t been a lie. If he believed in nothing else, he had to believe that.

“You’re right, it is unforgiveable. But do you know what is even more unforgiveable?’

She shook her head as he stepped toward her, his conviction burning the edges of his vision. “Holding onto the rejection and abandonment you have for your mother, and allowing your emotions to cripple you from trusting anyone else.” He cocked his head to one side. “Including me.”

She blinked. “That’s not true.”

“Isn’t it? You ran from me just like your mom ran from you,” he said softly, but with such loud intent it thrummed the very atmosphere of the room.

She took a step back, then gritted, “I’m nothing like my mother.”

“Prove it then,” he said, stepping toward her. “Show me you’re not scared to take a chance on us.”

She crossed her arms, adopting a defensive position. “I don’t need to prove anything to anyone. Least of all to a man I had sex with for one night only.”

Her words were like a punch to his gut. But he wasn’t without his own weapons. “Tell me one night was enough for you and I’ll walk away right now and not look back.”

Her eyes flashed, then she blinked away the need he’d glimpsed and covered it with distrust. “That’s not fair.”

“Life often isn’t.”

He and his brothers had learned that lesson, as had she. That she was also fighting to make something of her life, just like he and his brothers had, was just as evident.

If only she’d let him help her. He’d love to pay it forward. After all, he had all the money in his bank account to make her present situation less stressful. But he doubted that she’d thank him for the offer. Though she mightn’t have had any issue taking money from Sheikh Korian, he’d bet she’d have an issue taking it from Liam.

He wasn’t the stranger she’d expected. They’d had a year of thinking and dreaming about one another, a year before they were reunited once again, their chemistry heightened thanks to their absence.

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