The Billionaire's Intern (Maya Thompson) novel Chapter 175

Chapter 86: Her Tears Brought Me to My Knees-1

Damien’s POV

I’d been stuck in this room all day-signing documents, attending back-to-back meetings, handling the mountain of responsibilities two weeks away had left behind. Not the kind I could delegate.

Still, my mind hadn’t left her.

Last night had been brutal.

Ashcroft and I ended up on the balcony. The silence between us was thick with tension. He stopped me just in time, before the weight of my emotions tipped too far.

And then I said something I shouldn’t have.

“I’m starting to wonder if this is even worth it.”

I hated those words the second they left my mouth-ignorant, reckless.

It’s worth it. Of course it is.

She’s worth every damn second.

Who would’ve thought Ashcroft would make sense when it came to love?

Cliché, coming from a guy who’s never been in a serious relationship. He’s cold, calculated, ruthless. But with women? He never holds back. That’s exactly how he earned his playboy

reputation.

Maybe that’s what makes him an expert-at least in understanding women better than most.

He talked some sense into me. Pulled me back before I spiraled. Helped me see things clearer, helped me understand Maya’s reaction-what was really behind it.

All the tangled reasons I’d been too blind to see.

Just before we went back inside, Ashcroft got a call from one of our men tailing Orion. They found someone-a desperate bastard drowning in gambling debt, no loyalty to speak of. The kind of guy who’d sell out Orion’s side for protection and a fat envelope.

I should’ve been on that helicopter this morning, wringing the truth out of him myself.

But I didn’t go.

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Because Maya was here.

Claim

Because of the way she looked at me-frightened, confused, like I’d become the very monster she’d spent years trying to avoid.

And because fucking Miller was still here.

I wasn’t leaving her-not when that smug piece of shit might try to slide in, like he ever belonged.

Ashcroft saw it all over my face and told me to stay-he’d handle the rat, get the intel, and be back before the end of the day or tomorrow at the latest.

When we got back inside, they were gone.

I opened the door, still rubbing water from the back of my neck, towel draped over my shoulders. “James, make sure to send a copy of that contract by-”

I stopped.

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The dim lighting caught something in my peripheral-a different figure, not where it should

My gaze lifted.

And there she was.

Maya.

The woman I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about since last night… standing in the glow of the candles, wearing a soft white dress that fluttered around her knees like something out of a dream. Her hair fell in waves around her face, lips glossed, eyes wide-but she didn’t look away.

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