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?”

and smiled faintly. “You can

Prince,” he said

head. “I want to hear your

“My story?”

everything before you met

heart. He smiled. “My life isn’t very interesting. It’s quite dull. Only after I met you did it

if it’s just what you liked to eat as a child, or one happy little moment-anything boring, anything

moment, he began telling her a few childhood memories that had stayed

first was

was young, there was a kind of candy he desperately wanted. It was beautiful, expensive, and every child around him wanted it. The children

more he couldn’t have it, the more he wanted it. That night, he found one on the kitchen floor.

she asked, suddenly

was missing. They made

“If you admitted it, would you have been

the thief. But I was terrified-not of