Billionaire's Match

Chapter 979

Listening to the steady rise and fall of the breaths against his chest, Nick felt a warmth seep through his heart.

The past few days, Khloe had not been able to fall asleep early. So falling asleep like this was rare for her.

After a while, he gently freed the arm she had draped over him and carefully lifted her horizontally into his embrace. She stirred slightly, murmuring a soft, unintelligible sound, then sank deeper into sleep.

Nick smiled and carried her upstairs.

The bedroom was dark. By the faint glow filtering in from the hallway, he laid her on the bed, pulled the covers over her, and leaned down to press a kiss to her lips.

“Khloe, I love you.”

She, of course, could not hear him.

But being with her, he could never hold it in.

He smiled and was about to climb into bed when an unexpected, metallic-sweet taste surged in his

chest. It came suddenly, violently-he had no time to suppress it.

He lurched upright, staggering toward the bathroom, and as soon as he bent over the sink, blood gushed out.

spattered across the white porcelain basin, shocking in its intensity.

the sink’s edge,

beaded across his forehead. The gentle warmth that usually lingered in his eyes at night had vanished, replaced by

letting

happening? Wasn’t the medication supposed to be working?

doctor’s warnings about potential reactions, and clung to

surged again, and blood crawled up

covering his

seeped through his fingers, looking horrific in

tightened with

couldn’t be just a side

an eternity, all his

his vision blurred, his legs

to slip

she didn’t even notice herself

bedroom was silent. Moonlight filtered softly through

reached to

Nick wasn’t there.

from the bed and switched on the

the foot of the bed, but