The Billionaire’s Fight For Redemption (Noah and Sierra) novel Chapter 389

We talked about everything. Not just what happened, but everything before it too. We talked about Chloe, about Brook and Noah.

We talked about things I had pushed aside long before all of this. Things I had ignored. Things I thought I had already dealt with.

We unpacked it slowly, piece by piece, until I could sit with it without feeling like it was going to consume me.

I’m not done; I know that. I still have sessions. Still have things I need to work through, but I’m not where I was before and that’s enough for now.

I open my eyes again, staring at the ceiling for a moment before pushing myself up from the couch. I walk slowly across the room, my thoughts shifting as I move.

I can’t go back to Bio-Renew; that much is clear, but I do need a job. I need a new start.

For a moment, I consider working somewhere else. Starting over in a different company, somewhere I don’t have history tied to every corner, but the thought doesn’t sit right.

I pause near the window, looking out without really seeing anything.

I’ve spent too much time reacting. Too much time adjusting to things happening around me. I don’t want to do that anymore. I want control. I want a place where I can control everything that happens around me; that way nothing will ever fall apart ever again.

The idea pops in my head before I can even stop it.

What if I build something of my own? I have the credentials, the knowledge and the research.

I never thought about it that way. I’ve been working on it for a while now, something I never got the chance to fully develop, but I always thought that I would sell it to the highest bidder, but what if I don’t have to?

It’s something I believe could change things, shake up the medical field… so why develop it and sell it when it can be the engineering component of my own company?

I start pacing slowly, my mind already moving ahead, even as the idea digs it claws deep inside me.

Starting a company isn’t simple. It needs structure, planning and a lot of funding. And yes, sure, I have the money from Bio-Renew, but that money isn’t enough for something like this.

I exhale slowly, already thinking. I need investors and partnerships.

Lilly is the first name that comes to mind, but even that isn’t something I would go into unprepared. She taught me this part, so I know for something like this I’d need a proposal.

I stop mid-step, my mind already on grabbing a notebook, when a knock sounds at the door. I move towards it, expecting to see Lilly, but I pause when I find Adrian standing on the porch, hands in his pockets, looking unsure.

My mind goes back without warning to the last time I saw him before everything fell apart. I push the thought aside before it can settle because none of it matters now.

“Hi,” he says, his voice low and unsure.

“Hi,” I reply.

He studies me for a second, like he’s trying to read something in my face.

“Can I come in?” he asks.

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