THE BILLIONAIRE'S SECRET SON: BETRAYAL AND BLOODLINE

wind blowing on my window. The house

g; it all felt dreamy-an agonizing em

ll just a nightmare. If I could just hold my eyes shut long enough,

existed; the pa

in my chest, the words of t

ealth is extremely poor. She must be

ying to forget the incident,

ble for an urgent surgery. Late pa

will pay for the money, please. My mom's life is important

st one thing in mind-to get th

ith them, but all I received was sympathetic stares and empty

ese are diff

ne. We know it's a question of saving your mother's life,

but to visit my b

g and begged her to h

let out a deep breath before looking a

id my tuition fees a couple of days ago, and you

y to get that kind of

re? Just tell me something, please. I wi

, wait, let me get this out. Don't stare at me like that," she said under her breath. "All I am saying is that if we go there

ding. "Kattie, what am I listening to? Do y

ed the money, Sophie. Remember, it's your mother's life we're working with here. Go, get a coc

I had no other option. My mother's life

had previously known. When we walked in, the atmosphere shifted,

. A massive, swinging chandelier hung in the center, c

ng as luxurious men in smartly tailored attire leaned in, their cocktails mixing in crys

Kattie's arm. "I don't belong here. This is m

just as vehemently. "But we ha

d already feel my heart racing against my chest. My little black dress was

glance,

by other men who smelled of power and

molded to his muscular, tall physique. His watch glinted in the

nt of stubble shadowing it, gave him a roughn

attention as being dangero

pped his glass by a f

r and leaned into my ear-"Hey, look a

everything in my body screaming for

he was sitting. "Hi, may I sit close to

a look of amusement f

me-make yourself a

posite him, taking very car

rd a little. "Hey, you're not the usual type of w

kes me different?" I trie

"Because you look like you've got something

be careful about what I said. I couldn't jus

oze seeped into my nerve endings, and I got lost. I didn't even realize when I was l

o me. One drink followe

t I didn't care. For the first t

on me, his warm breath on my ear.

ng. I knew that. I k

or, my thumping heart-not of fea

mother to die. So I silenced the voice yelli

when I had last been at the hotel. I only knew that I h

ney. I did it. I saved my mom's li

excitement. I pushed into the hospital

ospital doors, hope was lost. The look

y looking for the doctor.

w him-his expr

ou all look at me like this? Where is my mother? Here's the m

eep sigh, his eyes b

r. We couldn

I interrupted, nervously. "

assed away an

world. The letter dropped

echless. W

might have saved your mother's life. But yo