Billionaire's Match (Khloe and Nick Hunt) novel Chapter 13

Chapter 13

“Why are you saying this again?”

Trey turned back and pulled Angela into his arms. “If I had feelings for her, I wouldn’t have married you and had Pete with you. But right now, Khloe has to be kept in check. We can’t handle any more instability right now.”

Angela fell silent. She understood the pressure he was under. Even if he had developed some attachment to Khloe, now was not the time to press the issue. She had to be the understanding one.

The next morning, Trey was up early. He’d barely slept, his mind churning over Khloe.

At the first light of dawn, he headed for her room, but his phone rang before he could get there.

He answered, his voice rough with fatigue and tension. “You didn’t come home last night?”

“Mhm. Drank too much with a client. Stayed at a hotel.”

Khloe’s voice held not a shred of apology, only the cool detachment of someone just waking up. “Did I keep you waiting?”

Trey froze. All the restless anxiety that had plagued him all night suddenly felt like a pathetic joke. “You stood me up for this?“!

“Not just that,” she continued, utterly unfazed. “I’m thinking of taking a few days off. I need a break.”

His voice shot up. “Time off? Do you have any idea what’s going on right now? The company just lost a major project! This is the critical moment to recover, and you-”

“I’ve been working nonstop under unbearable pressure. I’m not feeling well,” she interrupted, her tone sharp and cold. “Or is the company going to collapse without me?”

She didn’t give him a chance to respond. “Yesterday, while our assistant was shoving documents at me to sign, I was in the middle of negotiating a multi–million dollar compensation deal with a client. I didn’t have a second to breathe. And then? Your mom called me over and over, demanding I drop everything to cook for Alicia because she only likes my food.”

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