The Billionaire’s Fight For Redemption (Noah and Sierra) novel Chapter 195

Chapter 195

Everything Lilly said lingers in my head. Her question keeps replaying like a broken record. She wrong. So, fucking wrong.

I mean, how can I not have loved Chloe? We broke up a couple of times, but we always got back together. We always ended up mending things. If that wasn’t love, then what was?

If I didn’t love her, why did I stay with her? Why didn’t I date anyone else? Why did I marry her and have kids with her? If I didn’t love her, how came I stayed with her for as long as I did?

And Sierra… fuck! I don’t know what to think. Sure, there was a time I thought she wasn’t as bad as I thought as a kid, but did my feelings go deeper than that? I don’t fucking know. 1

“Look” Lilly sighs, before touching my hand, “Just think, Noah. Think really deep and hard and I’m damn sure you’ll get the answer. I know you think you loved Chloe, and maybe you did in a way, but you weren’t meant to be with her.”

“Just stop, Lilly” I sigh.

“No. Not this time. Not until you wake the fuck up. We all saw it, we all knew it, every single one of us knew you and Sierra were meant to be, including Chloe. Why do you think she fought so hard to keep you and Sierra apart? Why do you think she would come crawling back after you two broke up?” 1

I shake my head refusing to look deeply into what she was suggesting. Maybe it’s my pride or something else, but I don’t want to fucking believe that I was manipulated into loving Chloe. I don’t want to believe that I loved the wrong woman all this time.

“Think Noah, you and Chloe broke up so many times, and let’s not forget she was the one breaking up with you, but she’d always ask for a make–up and it was always after she learned that you and Sierra were getting close… have you never noticed that?”

For a second, my heart feels like it stopped. My mind starts wandering in that direction. Looking for the signs, but there was a force that didn’t want me to look too deep into those memories. I don’t know what it is, but maybe my subconscious is afraid of the truth I’ll find there when I look too deeply.

“Enough,” I finally say, pushing everything to the back of my mind. “Keep me updated.”

I was done listening to her, but before I can leave, I remember something, and stop in my tracks.

“About the man that saved her, any idea who it could be?” I ask, my gut tightening for some weird reason.

Lilly studies me for a moment before answering, “None… What did Sierra tell you?” she asks.

“She just said it was a friend.”

Her eyebrow twitches. “A friend?”

I ignore the implication.

“Did your man get a closer description?” I push.

“Not really,” Lilly says. “He just said he was tall, strong and had fast reflexes. Probably trained. That’s all.”

I don’t say anything else, instead I turn and leave.

The warehouse door slams behind me. The taste of metal in my mouth and anger burning like acid under my skin. The night air does nothing to cool it. If anything, the cold makes my thoughts sharper.

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Chapter 195

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I get into my car, my mind, heart and soul in a turmoil I can’t escape. I was supposed to meet Gunner and Adrian and at first, I didn’t feel like it, but after everything that happened, I need something that feels normal.

My hands tighten on the steering wheel hard enough that the leather bites into my palms as I pull out of the lot. I don’t remember half the drive, only Lilly’s voice, the and the images of Sierra and Chloe.

I hate that Lilly’s voice has weaved inside my veins like poison. Hate that her words are already casting doubt on everything I’ve known and believed.

By the time I reach Gunner’s apartment, my knuckles are still stiff from clenching the steering wheel.

I run a hand through my hair and force myself to breathe as I take the elevator up, trying to appear as normal as possible.

Gunner opens the door before I even knock.

“There you are, asshole,” he says, arms crossed. “We were about to send a search team.”

He’s trying to joke, but his eyes scan my face and the humor fades.

His eyes narrow. “You look like shit.”

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