Billionaire's Match

Chapter 858

If Nick hadn't left this time, Barney probably wouldn't have stood a chance. That thought reminded Khloe of something else.

"By the way, what was it you used to threaten Barney last time?"

"Threaten Barney?" Nick paused, as if recalling the details, before explaining the information he had uncovered about the Lemont family.

Even before Barney had shown interest in the bid, Nick had already sent people to dig into both him and the Lemont family. Families like theirs always had secrets.

What Nick needed was something Barney deeply cared about- something he would do anything to protect Growing up, Barney's parents had never had a good relationship. His father had many women outside the marriage and rarely came home, so Barney had been closest to his mother. But because of his father, his mother's mental state had always been fragile.

When Barney was six, she fell into depression and passed away. A few years ago, Bamey had begun quietly hiring private investigators to search for a younger sister.

his mother had secretly had an illegitimate daughter. If that truth were exposed, it wouldn't just be a scandal-it would deal a devastating blow to his

she herself was also an illegitimate daughter-one of

both Niel and her to the core. At times, Khloe couldn't help but feel a quiet, gnawing doubt-as though her very

are innocent. The ones at fault are irresponsible

know." Khloe buried her face in the curve of his shoulder, drawing in a deep

I feel like I was born carrying an original sin.

you call it 'original

and gentle,

his fingertips brushing softly against her cheek, as if he wished he could melt every ounce of his tenderness into her bones, soothing even the faintest trace of