Billionaire's Match (by Tangy Candy) novel Chapter 331

Chapter 331

“That day… the person I bumped into… was you?”

Khloe could hardly believe it.

“Yes,” Nick said, a faint smile tugging at his lips, his eyes reflecting the tremor in hers. “I recognized you the moment I saw you. You usually seem so composed… how could you walk so carelessly? You hit my chest so hard I nearly winced.”

Though the words sounded like a gentle rebuke, there was a teasing lilt to them. The emphasis on chest was soft, but it sent a shiver down Khloe’s spine as she recalled it, a tingling warmth spreading through her body.

“It was raining… and the light was poor…” Khloe reached out, lightly touching his chest. “Does it still hurt? I can rub it for you.”

Nick laughed, a clear, ringing sound that made her heart flutter.

“No, not at all,” he said, gripping her wandering hand. “That day, I didn’t leave immediately. I stayed near the car and watched you for a while.”

“You… watched me secretly?”

“After bumping into you twice in a row, there’s only one woman who leaves an impression like that.”

That day, Nick hadn’t left. Seeing Khloe taking shelter from the rain, he had told someone to buy her an umbrella. But before it could be delivered, she had dashed back into the downpour.

She had noticed an old man scavenging across the street in the rain, his belongings scattered everywhere. Khloe had rushed to help him.

Halfway through picking up the items, a few well-dressed men approached, umbrellas in hand, and helped out, even giving them each an umbrella. Khloe had found their sudden appearance a little odd at the time.

“Oh… they were your people?” she realized, suddenly understanding why they hadn’t accepted her payment for the umbrellas.

Nick didn’t confirm or deny. “It seems your attention was fully on the task at hand.”

“Indeed…” Khloe reflected, feeling a flush of embarrassment at her own obliviousness. Then, with curiosity bright in her eyes, she asked, “And the third time?”

“The last time was when you went to buy a house.”

After seeing the news of Niel’s death, Nick had learned about his illegitimate daughter inheriting his estate. Niel and Nick had little interaction, but he could tell Niel had always longed for children. Only near the end of his life did he discover he had a daughter, so he left his inheritance entirely to her.

Nick had only intended to see if he could repay a favor to Niel’s family, never expecting that the daughter of his benefactor would turn out to be Khloe.

Three encounters with a stranger were already fate enough, but on top of that, they shared this hidden

connection.

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Even for Nick, someone who didn’t believe in destiny, gods, or fate, he couldn’t help but feel the pull of inevitability.

“So it was all just coincidence?” Khloe asked softly, marveling at the strange twists of fate.

“There was coincidence, yes… but also gratitude,” Nick said. “And the decision for our marriage… it’s because of you, and only you.”

When he had first considered the arranged marriage, he had rationalized it as careful calculation-Niel’s connection, business considerations, the pressure from his grandparents. But now, in retrospect… it was simply because he liked Khloe.

After their shower, Nick had Lenny bring Khloe one of his own shirts to wear.

She hadn’t brought extra clothes, and being in the mountain village, shopping wasn’t convenient. A trip to buy something suitable would take at least an hour or more.

Nick’s shirt was large on her, draping loosely, its empty expanse inviting exploration. As Nick watched her slip it on, he felt a heat ignite low in his abdomen, a dangerous, immediate fire he could barely contain.

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