Billionaire's Match (by Tangy Candy) novel Chapter 376

Chapter 376

It wasn’t until Nick realized that Michelle had never truly been committed to him that he felt a profound, almost liberating relief.

Perhaps from the very beginning, he had placed her on a pedestal that demanded his utmost protection- neglecting his own feelings entirely. He had never considered whether the complex emotions he harbored for Michelle even qualified as love.

“All right, I’ll admit it… You’re pretty good with your words.” Khloe’s face brightened, and a faint, fleeting joy glimmered in her lowered eyes.

“If you don’t believe me, I can swear an oath.”

Nick’s voice quickened, urgent, but before he could speak further, Khloe pressed her lips lightly against his.

“I believe you.” She shook her head in helpless amusement. He didn’t believe in ghosts or gods, yet here he was, swearing an oath like it mattered.

His warmth radiated through her palm, and Khloe, watching the seriousness etched in his features, couldn’t help but murmur softly, “You’d better be careful from now on. No dreaming of her. No calling her name in your sleep… or else I’ll get jealous.”

“Fine,” Nick said. “Even though it makes me happy that you’re jealous for me, I can’t bear to see you unhappy.”

He wrapped his hands around her neck, and their bodies sank together into the corner of the car seat. The city lights outside blurred into darkness.

“So I must be strict with myself… and correct my mistakes.”

“…Mmm…”

Khloe tried to speak but couldn’t find the words. Every promise Nick made was like a military order, imbued with absolute seriousness-but when she looked closer at his expression, there was no harshness at all. Only a gentle, consuming warmth, like a slow-acting poison that could swallow her whole.

At the red-light intersection, the driver caught a glimpse of them in the rearview mirror and panicked, quickly averting his eyes.

By 3 a.m., Alicia had received a frantic call and rushed to the hospital with Stanley.

In the emergency room, Trey and his friends were receiving treatment.

He was the worst off-there was a gash in the back of his head that had been stitched up, a mild concussion, countless bruises and scrapes, and a minor fracture in his leg.

“Trey!” Alicia’s heart ached at the sight. “What happened? Who did this to you?”

Trey had just finished getting stitches. He sat slumped at the edge of the emergency room, pressing his arm where it hurt, utterly exhausted.

Two hours earlier, he had been intercepted at the bar while trying to chase after Khloe. A group had stormed the

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private room. In the chaos, they had thrown out the hotel security, locked the room, smashed bottles, and attacked anyone in sight.

The bar staff couldn’t stop them, and in the end, they called the police. By the time the authorities arrived, the group had already fled.

Police reports and witness statements later confirmed that the attackers were a notorious local debt-collection gang. They wore masks and moved quickly, making it nearly impossible to track them through surveillance footage. The police could only document the incident, calm the victims, and file a case.

Trey’s eyes momentarily glazed over. It reminded him of another time in school when a night out had ended in a hospital visit, thanks to a friend’s conflict.

Khloe had rushed over as well, barely having time to change out of her pajamas, wrapped in her coat.

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