The Billionaire's Intern (Maya Thompson) novel Chapter 77

There was a strange kind of silence that came after a storm-the kind that didn’t feel like peace, but pause. A breath held. A war waiting to resume.

And Damien sat in it now.

Maya’s message still burned in his chest like a brand, soft and disarming. Too gentle for the kind of man he was. Too honest for the world he lived in.

But it had reached him. Somehow.

And that scared him more than he’d ever admit.

His phone screen lit up.

He started typing-a quick, clipped message. Then deleted it.

Typed something softer, almost too soft for him. Deleted again.

His thumb hovered, restless.

The words wouldn’t come right.

Frustrated, Damien glanced up at James through the rearview mirror.

“James,” he said, voice low but curious.

James didn’t flinch. “Yes, sir?”

“Do you have a girlfriend?”

James blinked, caught off guard by the unexpected question.

“Um… no, not at the moment, sir. But Finn here,” he nodded toward the driver in the front seat, “he’s married.”

Finn, the seasoned driver, was pushing sixty-he’d been with the Blackwood family since he was twenty-five. He’d started working for Damien’s father and had stayed loyal through the years, witnessing Damien grow from a boy into the man he was now.

Damien’s gaze lingered on Finn briefly-an unspoken acknowledgment of the long years of service, stability, and quiet presence in a life filled with chaos.

Finn cleared his throat in a gruff, fatherly tone. “Thirty years… and still happily married. What I’ve learned about marriage is-it’s like owning a very expensive car. Beautiful, sure, but you

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better be ready for the maintenance. Lots of patience, a little sacrifice, and the occasional… stubborn engine trouble.”

Finn gave Damien a steady, knowing look through the mirror. “I’ll tell you what I told my son,” he said quietly. “Love… it’s a wild thing. Beautiful, yes-but dangerous too. It stirs up every feeling we’ve got-joy, pain, hope, fear. It can build you up or tear you down.

But here’s the thing: love’s a battle you choose to fight every day. And if it’s worth fighting for, then fight like hell. Scared? Of course you will be. Nobody knows how it’ll end unless they take the chance. So don’t hold back, kid. Sometimes, you just have to dive in and see where it takes you. And when it’s real? Hold on tight, because it’s worth every moment.”

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