Bound by the Billionaire's inconveniencing demand

hat seemed both welcoming and unfamiliar to Emily. The restaurant's opulent decor, featuring shining cha

and the elaborate floral displays on the table, sensi

le, placing two hot plates of food on the surface. He set a glass of wine in f

The very man who had previously guaranteed her everything, only to disappear completely. The man who had broken

he same chiseled jawline and the same piercing eyes. However, there was something unique about him. His previously

y seen in magazines, someone who reached the great heights he had once vowed to attain with her beside him. H

d them. She couldn't permit herself to break down in his presence, not at this moment, not after a

e eatery. "Sebastian, two years.Two years have passed without hearing from you. No

re he swiftly concealed it with an expertly feigned indifference. He lifted his wine glass, a

their shared history was merely a faded recollection. "Yet at times, love

me to this in the end? All the commitments, all the arrangements they had created together, diminished to this unfee

was better than being tossed aside like a... a neglected object

gazed at her, his face revealing no emotion. His eyes, which were once warm and

asy, Emily

e as if this isn't important. You disappeared without a sign. You simply walked out, without saying a word. An

of regret. It felt like everything they had shared, all the love between them, was meaningless to him. Emily sens

of the glass. He reclined in his seat, observing her closely. The atmosphere was charged, and Em

ords, his voice icy a

tone lacking any warmth or compas

he for real? After all, they had experienced, after all the hurt he had inflicted

at. She didn't want to remain there and act as if everything was okay, as though the two years o

ice hardly more than a murmu

othing. It felt as if the burden of their past, their collective experiences, hel

he echoed, his tone steady, nearly

He couldn't possibly be proposing to her after all that had taken place. After everything t

e joking," she murmured, her voice trembling. "Do you really believe I can jus

fered her a faint, expressionless smile, a

he repeated, his tone resolut