Billionaire's Match

Chapter 530 Nick analyzed the consequences with painstaking care-but in all the scenarios he imagined, as long as Khloe came through unscathed, he felt no fear, no regret. Khloe's chest tightened, a mixture of gratitude and anger rising in her. "What if you... if you get hurt while protecting me?" Even imagining the possibility made her chest ache. She could still see the mountainside, the peril, the way her heart had stopped-she would never, ever go through that again. One near- loss was enough. "| won't get hurt." Nick understood her thoughts before she could finish speaking.

He didn't wait for her protests, instead starting to soothe her, brushing her cheek and neck with gentle kisses and tender caresses. But Khloe wasn't in the mood. She pushed him back slightly. "How can you say you won't get hurt? Do you think you're made of steel? Even steel breaks when the sky falls... didn't you almost die saving someone?" He had risked everything for that little girl. If he had... if he had truly given his life, what would she have done? ---- Khloe knew the fire in his heart, and she felt the weight of every word he spoke about protecting her.

love me, it shouldn't be this way. Protecting yourself first is a

never actually face such dangers. But today was different. The risk was real, tangible, and unavoidable. If it happened,

word Her hand lingered in midair, staring into the depth of his dark, almost obsessive eyes. Slowly, her fingers curled and retracted. She understood him. Because she understood, she also knew-some things were etched into his bones, impossible to change. "Nick... have you ever thought about what would happen to me if you