Billionaire's Match (Khloe and Nick Hunt) novel Chapter 858

Chapter 858

If Nick hadn’t left this time, Barney probably wouldn’t have stood a chance.

That thought reminded Khloe of something else. By the way, what was it you used to threaten Barney last time?”

“Threaten Barney?”

Nick paused, as if recalling the details, before explaining the information he had uncovered about the Lemont family.

Even before Barney had shown interest in the bid Nick had already sent people to dig into both him and the Lemont family.

Families like theirs always had secrets.

What Nick needed was something Barney deeply cared about-something he would do anything to protect.

Growing up, Barney’s parents had never had a good relationship. His father had many women outside the marriage and rarely came home, so Barney had been closest to his mother.

But because of his father, his mother’s mental state had always been fragile. When Barney was six, she fell into depression and passed away.

A few years ago, Barney had begun quietly hiring private investigators to search for a younger sister.

What Nick’s people uncovered was this: during her marriage to Barney’s father, his mother had secretly had an illegitimate daughter.

If that truth were exposed, it wouldn’t just be a scandal-it would deal a devastating blow to his mother’s reputation.

Barney would never allow it to come to light,

“An illegitimate daughter…’

The words stirred something deep inside Khloe. After all, she herself was also an illegitimate daughter-one of Niel’s children born outside his marriage.

Because of her existence, the Morrison family had been thrown into turmoil lately. Clarice hated both Niel and her to the core.

At times, Khloe couldn’t help but feel a quiet, gnawing doubt-as though her very existence had been a mistake, something never meant to be

“Don’t overthink it. Children are innocent. The ones at fault are irresponsible parents.”

Nick sensed the subtle shift in her emotions and spoke quickly,

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when Nancy needed support, she faced it alone. Her close friends often borrowed money without repayment, demanded emotional attention for years, or manipulated her when she was hurt, twisting the blame back onto her.

Nancy was kind but without sharp edges; she absorbed everyone else’s pain, never venting her own. But her tolerance only invited further harm

“I never had any romantic interest in Nancy,” Ethan said, “It’s just… very few people were this persistent, sending me letters constantly.

“So,

out of idle curiosity, I read some of them. And I realized… in some ways, she’s not so different from me.

“We’re both lonely, hollow at times. Sometimes we don’t know why, but we want to hold onto something, anything, just to feel some sense of comfort.”

He coughed lightly, a subtle reminder of his own weakness.

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