Reborn at Eighteen The Billionaire's Second Chance novel Chapter 244

Chapter 244

The certainty in his voice should have been reassuring, but instead, it triggered something else a deep, nagging fear I’d been trying to suppress. I looked at him, really looked at him, taking in the exhaustion etched into his face, the careful way he was holding himself to minimize the pain from his wounds, the

absolute conviction in his eyes.

‘Are you sure about this?” The question came out quieter than I’d intended, almost vulnerable. “Are you really sure you want to help me take down Sinane?”

“My choice hasn’t been obvious enough?” His response was immediate, almost sharp.

I bit my lip, feeling the familiar anxiety rising in my chest. “I’m just worried that- I stopped, struggling to articulate the fear.

“You hurt me before because of her. You chose her over me, again and again. You made me feel worthless because I wasn’t her. And now you’re choosing to hurt her because of me. I forced myself to meet his eyes. “What happens if someday you stop wanting me? Will you turn on me the same way? Will I become the next person you sacrifice for whoever comes after?”

Pain flashed across his face, sharp and unmistakable, but it was quickly replaced by something harder, more determined. He didn’t answer with wards. Instead, he pulled out his phone, his fingers moving quickly across the screen. A moment later, my phone buzzed with an incoming file.

I know I have no credibility with you,” he said quietly, his voice rough: “I know I’ve broken your trust so many times that words don’t mean anything anymore. So I won’t give you words.” He gestured to my phone. “Open it.”

My hands were shaking slightly as I pulled out my phone and tapped on the notification. The file opened, and for a moment, I couldn’t process what I was seeing. Financial documents. Strategic plans. Legal agreements.

“This is-” My voice came out as barely a whisper. “This is Vane Group’s Q1 strategy. These are your investment portfolios. These are- I looked up at all, shock making my thoughts slow and sluggish. “Julian, if these leaked-”

“Vane Group would be destroyed within seventy–two hours,” he finished calmly. “Our competitors would know exactly where to strike, exactly which deals to undercut, exactly which weaknesses to exploit. The company would be gutted. And I would lose everything–my position, my inheritance, my standing in the business world.” He paused. “But I’m giving you that power. I’m putting my entire future in your hands.”

I stared at the screen, at the documents that represented everything he’d worked for, everything his family had built over generations. My throat felt right, my eyes burning with tears I refused to let fall. “Why would you–how could you-

‘Because I need you to understand that I’m not playing games anymore,” he said, and his voice was raw with emotion. I need you to know that at all in that I’m choosing you even if you never choose me back. These documents are my insurance policy–not for me, but for you. If I ever hurt you again, if I ever choose someone else over you, if I ever make you feel the way I made you feel before you have the power to destroy me completely

He took a step closer, and I could see the exhaustion in his eyes, the pain from his wounds, the desperate sincerity that made my chest ache. Ta not asking you to trust me. I know I haven’t earned that. But I’m giving you control. Your happiness, your safety, your future–those matter more to me than Vane Group, more than my family’s approval, more than anything else in this world.

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