Billionaire's Match

Chapter 1018

The reagent bag lay quietly inside the box.

Nick glanced at it, then handed the box back to her.

“Khloe.”

“Mm?”

“Don’t go out alone these days.”

Khloe looked at him.

His expression was calm, but his tone was serious.

“Lacuna members are in Swinterland,” he said. “They wouldn’t appear here without a reason.”

Her heart sank slightly.

“You mean…”

“I’m just telling you to be careful,” Nick cut her off. “Nothing else.”

Khloe said nothing. She leaned back into his embrace, the small box still in her hand.

Night deepened outside the window.

Two hours later, after spending an entire evening in the kitchen, Khloe finally brought out four dishes and a soup.

Nick sat at the dining table, looking at the full spread, the corners of his lips faintly curved.

“Are you sure we can finish everything?”

“If we can’t finish it, we’ll heat it up tomorrow,” she said, sitting across from him. “Try it.”

his fork

“How is it?”

“Good.”

say that every

Nick looked at her.

eyes curved slightly when she smiled, and there was a bit of sauce at the corner of

reached out and gently wiped

froze for a moment,

“What are you doing?”

was a smudge,”

pressed her lips together and continued

watched her without

she was

knew what was inside that

wasn’t saying because

From the moment Lucas sent him that message-T7, developed in

into it.

those two words truly meant… he didn’t

watching her moving around the kitchen, smiling, sitting quietly eating, he suddenly felt that

finished cleaning up the kitchen, Nick

entered the bedroom and saw him

same

couldn’t help

haven’t finished

have,” he said,

are you still reading

the book

“Waiting for you.”

the bed. She thought

moment of hesitation, she still didn’t take

returned home-until

she lay

light. In the darkness, he pulled her into