Billionaire's Match

Chapter 672

Nick's words carried a practiced lightness, a self-deprecating humor masking deeper tension. Yet anyone could tell that whatever Henry had said to him had been far heavier, far more hurtful. Nick was simply shielding her from the full weight of it with his calm tone.

Khloe's eyes trembled as she buried her face in his shoulder.

" What did he say to you? Did he... say a lot of harsh things? Did it make you feel awful?"

"Not at all." Nick's hand stroked through her silky hair with the gentle patience one might use on a cat, soft and unhurried.

"I've heard far worse things in my life. Your grandfather... he was. actually fairly polite."

tough with your words..."

mind," Nick said, voice

my father, but I've somehow won his granddaughter's heart... It's only

half slipped into teasing, a playful lilt in his

sending a shiver down her spine. Khloe knew he was deliberately shifting

in the car seat, finally letting out the

all, even if Khloe had caused Henry repeated disappointments, she was still his blood. In his old

even Ralph's pursuit -had been excuses for his selfish desires. But he could never have predicted that Khloe and Nick's bond would be so strong. His tactics

intervene to reap the rewards. ---- Earlier, Henry had finally promised her the power to regain

own goals aligned perfectly with this. Her aim was always to reclaim the Morrison Group and make Khloe suffer. Henry's orders were