The Billionaire's Heir I Never Knew Was Mine novel Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Should I Text Him?

Orchid Garden Apartment.

Sienna’s heart refused to calm down even after she stepped out of Zachary’s car.

The cool night breeze usually calms and clears her chaotic thoughts, but not tonight. His face kept appearing in her mind, nearly uninterrupted, drowning other thoughts. That calm expression. That cute, faint smile. The way his voice softened when he spoke to her.

She pressed her lips together as she walked toward her apartment building, her steps slower than usual.

’This is bad,’ she thought. ’Very bad.’

Because no matter how hard she tried to think about something else: work, her schedule tomorrow, even her annoying boss, her mind kept circling back to him, Zachary.

Even his name sounded... dangerously attractive now.

She let out a quiet sigh as she stepped into the elevator, leaning lightly against the wall.

’You just met him twice,’ she reminded herself firmly. ’Twice, Sienna. Don’t act like this is some kind of drama.’

But her heart didn’t seem to care about logic.

And that was what worried her the most.

Because she knew herself well enough.

She knew how things could spiral if she wasn’t careful.

’I don’t even know him properly,’ she continued, arguing with herself. ’And what if this feeling grows into something I can’t control?’

The thought made her frown slightly.

She didn’t dare to imagine that path.

The soft ’ding’ of the elevator pulled her out of her thoughts when the elevator reached the tenth floor. The doors opened, and she stepped out, dragging her tired feet toward her unit.

By the time she reached her door and stepped inside, she should have felt relief, warm and safe.

Instead, her feet halted.

Still standing near the door, her hand loosely holding her phone, her expression blank as if someone had pressed pause on her.

Her gaze dropped slowly to the screen in her hand.

The debate in her starts again,

’Text him.’

’No!’

’Yes.’

’No!’

Her brows slowly furrowed.

’It’s just a simple message,’ her heart whispered. ’Just asking if he got home safely.’

’Exactly,’ her mind snapped back. ’Just a message... that clearly shows you’re thinking about him.’

’So what?’ her heart argued. ’That’s called basic manners.’

’No,’ her mind replied coldly. ’That’s called unnecessary attachment.’

Sienna sighed quietly, her shoulders slumping.

’You’re overthinking,’ her heart insisted. ’People do this all the time. It’s polite. Normal. Civilized.’

’You’re not trying to be civilized,’ her mind shot back. ’You’re trying to text him because you want to.’

That thought hit her hard.

She can’t help but take a deep, long sigh.

’...Okay, maybe a little,’ her heart admitted weakly.

’Exactly.’

Silence.

’But what if something happens to him?’ her heart tried again.

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