Billionaire's Match

Chapter 40

The voice carried a sharp edge. Khloe turned toward it and saw a face that felt vaguely familiar. She couldn't recall the woman's name, but she remembered she'd once been Angela's student-someone from the same class as Trey. "Denise, you're just bitter," Tina shot back without hesitation. "You haven't had a boyfriend in years. Maybe try a blind date before running your mouth." "Please, Tina, you don't understand anything, so stay out of it," Denise Parker sneered.

"Everyone knows Trey only married Khloe because he couldn't have the woman he really wanted." The moment those words left her mouth, the room fell silent. The laughter, the chatter-all of it evaporated like mist. One by one, the smiles vanished from people's faces. The classmates who'd been so eager to talk to Khloe just moments ago suddenly found their drinks or their phones very interesting. The air turned cold. Khloe froze for a moment. She didn't need Denise to tell her Trey had someone else in his heart-she had always known that much.

Angela's relationship. ༠༥ She thought of the blessings, the envy, the congratulations she'd once received, and for a second, it all struck her as absurd." How funny-how pathetic-that she had once believed she was the happiest woman alive. Tina's face flushed bright

admit it!" "I'm just telling the truth," Denise said coolly. "Whether there's love or not, I think the person involved know best." Her lips curved into a thin smile as she cast a deliberately provoking glance at Khloe. "Besides," she added, her tone dripping with disdain, "what's there to be jealous of now?" "You're jealous of her beauty, her success,

of their department. But somehow, she was always compared to Khloe. Every spotlight that once shone

resentment. Khloe had never known any of this. To her, Denise had simply been one of Angela's bright, ambitious students- always active, always showing up at every event. But looking at her now, seeing the sharpness in her gaze, Khloe finally understood Tina's words. The jealousy was written all