The Billionaire's Intern (Maya Thompson) novel Chapter 155

Chapter 77 No More Maybes-2

Chapter 77: No More Maybes-2

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Damien’s eyes darkened, a slow smile tugging at the corner of his lips-quiet, almost reluctant, but full of something fierce. He lifted their joined hands to his lips, brushing a gentle kiss over her knuckles.

“Maya…” His voice was low, thick with feeling. “Hearing you say that… it means more than I can say. I don’t want to just be part of your story-I want to be the reason the rest of it matters.”

He searched her face, vulnerability flickering just beneath his usual guarded calm.

“I won’t ever let anyone take what’s ours. Not from your past. Not from your future.”

His thumb traced soothing circles over her hand as he leaned in closer, voice dropping to a whisper meant only for her. “I’m here. I’m staying. Not going anywhere.” He paused, gaze locked with hers. “I chose you, Maya. Only you.”

The weight of those words settled around them, warm and steady like a promise.

Maya’s throat tightened, emotion rising too fast to swallow. She squeezed his hand, voice trembling but clear. “And I chose you too, Damien. Only you.”

Something shifted between them then-gentle, deep, undeniable. Not loud or dramatic, but re al. The kind of moment people search their whole lives for… and sometimes never find.

A quiet vow. A shared truth.

Just the vow in their joined hands. The understanding in their locked gaze.

The unspoken knowing that, here and now, they were exactly where they were meant to be.

Maya broke the silence first, her voice soft, reluctant.

“As much as I want to stay here with you…” she glanced at the time, then groaned, “I’m pretty sure I’m still on the clock. I should go. I might get fired.”

Damien didn’t even blink. “Nobody would dare.”

She raised an eyebrow, amused. “Oh wow. So now I’m getting special treatment from the boss?”

He chuckled, deep and low. “Always.”

Then, more gently, he reached up to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, his fingers brushing her cheek.

apter 77 No More Maybes-2

“Besides,” he added with a quiet grin, “they can’t fire the owner’s wife.”

Maya’s cheeks flushed instantly. “I… I’m not your wife.”

His gaze didn’t waver. “For now. But you will be.”

She stared at him, heart skittering in her chest. “You sound so certain, Mr. Blackwood.”

“I’m confident, future Mrs. Blackwood.”

Flustered, Maya stood, trying to escape the heat in his words-and the way they made her feel. “Enough of your nonsense. We… I… I don’t even know what we are.”

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Damien stood too, closing the distance again. But this time, his expression sobered, voice dropping into something tender. Certain.

“Then let’s make it official.”

He reached for her hand, his fingers threading through hers with quiet certainty. The warmth of his touch grounded her, even as her pulse skipped.

“Maya Serene Thompson..” His gaze held hers-steady, searching, unshakable. “Will you be my girlfriend?”

He hesitated just a breath, then added with a soft smile, “I don’t have a ring on me yet-and if I did, the question would be very different. But for now… I want to do this right. No guessing, no almosts. Be mine, Maya.”

Her heart lodged in her throat, beating wildly as if it had already answered for her.

She stared at him, eyes wide, breath caught-but her soul already knew.

She nodded, her voice soft, but sure.

“Yes.”

A slow smile curved Damien’s lips-one of those rare, unguarded ones that melted the last edges of her resistance.

“Good,” he murmured, tugging her gently back toward him. “Because I wasn’t going to take no for an answer.”

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