Giamini

Drego killed his wife when he found out she betrayed him and had caused the accident that killed his parents. He shot her in his mansion, and ever since, no one was allowed into his home. He lived with the guilt for years until Nichole came into his life. She worked for him for four years but he doesn’t even see her. Nichole pined for him for four years and after she changed herself and he still didn’t notice her, she goes off on him and tells him she loves him and quits. 

When Drego told his friends what happened, everyone tells him that they all knew she liked him. He was the only oblivious one. They tell him to get her back, cause she’s a competent employee and she’s been going out of her way to help him. Drego soon begins to see Nichole in a different light after a series of events. And when she gets shot by his dead wife’s brothers while they were trying to harm him, he takes Nichole to his haunted house to care for her. Unfortunately, things end badly and Nichole leaves the house after a week.

Drego soon realizes he can’t live without her, but Nichole has given up. He may not be able to get her back. 

The Billionaire’s haunted house

When Drego said he didn't want me to leave, my heart did a backflip, my stomach had butterflies. Despite my brain telling me to leave, I couldn't bring my heart to agree. And then he admitted to avoiding me. 


At first I thought it was because he hated me. But the look in his eyes now, it wasn't hate. I'd seen hatred before, this wasn't it. This was something else. And maybe I was jumping to conclusions. Maybe I was seeing what I always wanted to see. Maybe this was a misunderstanding. 


My brain kept reminding me of Chris's words. To be more forward. To make my move. So I scooted closer, my finger almost laced with his. I noticed he flinched, but he didn't move away from me. And the look in his eyes, the emotions only grew. 


I dared to think it, but had Drego been avoiding me because he wanted me? He had almost kissed me that night of the attack. Initially, I thought he was just being cruel to me. But he had the same look he had then. 


Chapter nineteen