The Billionaire's Intern (Maya Thompson) novel Chapter 161

Chapter 80 Crash Course in Love-2

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Chapter 80: Crash Course in Love-2

He paused, letting the words settle before going on, softer now.

“I get it. You’re being careful. But if you say you’re taking the risk-then you have to really take

1. You can’t halfway love someone and call it brave. That’s not risking anything. That’s staying safe.”

His gaze didn’t waver.

“He took the leap with you. Dropped every shield he’s ever had. I just hope… you’ll meet him

halfway. Only then will you know if it’s love-or just fear holding you back.”

Maya just sat there, heart pounding. Guilt tightening like a vise around her ribs.

She hadn’t meant to hurt him. But she had.

His words hovered like a quiet verdict-honest, unforgiving.

A mirror held to her fear.

Then Harper’s voice cut through the stillness-quiet, but steady.

“Well… I guess that was their first official lover’s quarrel.”

Maya turned, startled by the weight in her friend’s voice.

Harper wasn’t teasing. No sarcastic smile. No arched brow. Just a calm steadiness in her eyes… and a quiet urgency beneath it.

“Come on,” she said. “Let’s take a walk.”

Maya hesitated.

Her eyes flicked to the closed balcony door. Behind that thin pane of glass stood the man everyone seemed to agree had already given her more than she was ready to accept. The man who had asked for nothing in return but honesty. Trust. A chance.

And she’d hurt him.

Not because she meant to-but because fear had a grip on her.

And now… she wasn’t even sure she deserved the look he gave her-that quiet kind of devotion. That unshaken kind of promise.

Her fingers curled slightly, like she needed to grip something-anything. But all she found

Chapter 80 Crash Course in Love-2

was the shame coiling in her chest.

Then slowly, she stood-less out of certainty and more because her legs moved on instinct, pulled by something deeper than logic.

“I… I don’t know.”

The words scraped from her throat, raw and uncertain. Her eyes stung. She tried to blink it away, but seeing Damien’s face-his anger, his disappointment-knowing she was the reason

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… it cracked something deep inside her.

Then the floodgates opened.

“I’m so stupid, Harper,” she choked out. “I’m scared I can’t match what he’s giving me. Scared I’m just taking and have nothing to give back. And if I let myself feel all of it-if I stop holding back, if I go all in-it’ll vanish. Like everything else I’ve ever let myself want. And I’ll be the one who ruins it.”

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