Giamini

… “Is something wrong?”

He sighed. He stayed quiet for a few seconds before he spoke. “I don’t think we should continue this partnership.”

His tone sent chills down my spine. 

“What do you mean?” I questioned.

“Your feelings,” he said ‘feelings’ like the word disgusted him, “have changed and it no longer aligns with the agenda.”

“How dare you? Who gave you information that helped get your company back from the Gulfs? Who was it that kept feeding you information about the Gulfs businesses. It was me.” I yelled, my tone no longer friendly. 

I’d met Gabriel when he had recently lost his company to Christian. He was at the brink of bankruptcy and Christian had made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. He’d been stupid enough to sign a contract without reading it because he was desperate, and ended up losing more than they’d originally agreed.

“Now that you have your precious company back and some shares in the Gulf enterprise you think you can dump me with a stupid excuse like our motives no longer align? Don’t you fucking dare. I own you.”

I shook with rage, ending the call before he had a chance to reply to me.


My rage immediately became fear when I turned around and saw Christian standing by the door in my room.

“So you did take me up on my offer.” He was smiling, and the contrast in his words and demeanor only made me more afraid. 

Betraying the Billionaire

I cried into his soaked shirt. Into the collar of the man who broke me and somehow still made me feel whole.

"I'm so sorry," he whispered into my hair. "I messed up. I thought I was doing the right thing. I thought I was giving us a future. I didn't want to lose you."

"You lied," I said into his chest, my voice muffled, raw. "You didn't trust me with the truth."

"I know." He pulled back enough to look at me, his hands warm against my cheeks. "And I'll never forgive myself for that. But if you let me… I'll spend the rest of my life making it right."

I stared at him, the rain still falling hard behind us.

"I didn't want to hate you," I whispered.

"I wouldn't blame you if you did."

"But I don't." My voice broke again. "I can't."

His forehead rested against mine. "You and this baby… you're my entire world, Alora. There's no version of my life without you in it. I was stupid. I was desperate. But I never meant to hurt you."

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