Billionaire's Match

Chapter 1023

Khloe’s sudden movement jolted Nick awake. His voice was hoarse as he asked, “You okay?”

The moment he spoke, his strong arms had already drawn her into his embrace.

“I don’t know. I just feel uneasy. I think I had a nightmare…”

“Having nightmares more often lately?” he asked, frowning with concern as he reached up to feel her forehead. It was cold, covered in a fine layer of sweat.

She shook her head and tightened her arms around him.

Feeling his steady heartbeat and breathing in his familiar scent, her restless emotions quickly began to settle.

“Maybe it’s just pregnancy hormones. Let me comfort you two. Want to hear a story?”

He sat up, adjusted his posture, and pulled her comfortably into his arms, gently patting her back.

“What kind of story?”

“A fairy tale?”

faintly. “You can tell fairy

Prince,” he said softly. “Want to

head. “I want to hear

“My story?”

child, or everything before you met me… anything about you, I want to hear

quite dull. Only after I met you did it feel

child, or one happy little moment-anything boring, anything at

wanted to hear it, he naturally obliged. After thinking for a moment, he began telling her a few childhood memories that had stayed with

first was about

was young, there was a kind of candy he desperately wanted. It was beautiful, expensive, and every child around him wanted it. The children in the foster family he stayed with all had it one

he wanted it. That night, he found one on

happened next?” she asked,

the candy was missing. They made a fuss, and the

you admitted it, would

the thief. But I was terrified-not