Billionaire's Match

Chapter 352 As for intimacy, Nick's pursuit of perfection bordered on the exacting. The two of them rarely even held hands... let alone kissed. Yet, everything he cherished so carefully meant nothing to Michelle. In that moment, Nick's heart shattered into a thousand pieces. But he had been accustomed to abandonment since childhood. Perhaps he had struggled along the way, yet when the moment finally came, he felt... nothing. He simply waited calmly until Michelle noticed him. Amid her panicked explanations, he ended things-he broke up with her.

On the day of the engagement party, Michelle attended, but Nick was absent. Without a single word of explanation, he had whimsically canceled the engagement, drawing the scorn of both families. The childhood bond they once shared-their innocent, entwined past-was over. Time passed, and Michelle and Nick met again three years later. During those years, Michelle had two boyfriends, both brief affairs. She could never forget Nick. Though she had been the first to waver, in the end, she was the first to regret it. And with each passing year, the regret only deepened.

learning that no other woman had come into his life after she

a cause like this. Michelle knew him too well-he would separate personal from public matters, and with the families' history and mutual respect, he wouldn't embarrass her in front of everyone. Sure enough, he didn't refuse. Michelle hoped to use the dance to draw closer to him,

she could only watch his back, her feelings for him growing stranger by the minute. A faint vibration broke her reverie. Michelle loosened her grip on her phone, then her despair gave way to a spark of hope. Nick had replied to