One Weekend with the Billionaire novel Chapter 86

Braxton’s face has my heart leaping up into my throat. After my initial statement, letting him know that I have to go, I don’t know how to explain myself to him, to tell him that I can’t stay or why.

"What do you mean you have to go?" Braxton asks, taking a few cautious steps toward me but stopping well short of touching me. "Why would you need to go?"

I clear my throat, swallowing hard. "Because… it’s for the best if I do."

His eyes widen in shock. "For the best? For who?"

"For everyone," I tell him. "Especially you."

"No, Julia," he says as he shakes his head emphatically. "It is most definitely not best for me."

I disagree with him. "Braxton, I heard what happened today. Jeff didn’t take the settlement, right?"

He doesn’t answer, only continues to stare at me, unblinking. I don’t need him to answer. I already know I am right.

"For him to turn down that sort of money, it tells me he will be relentless, Braxton. He’s never going to stop. Never. He won’t leave us in peace. I need to go back and figure out a way to convince him to let me go. If he thinks it’s his idea, then he’ll be much more likely to throw me out or just walk away. But like this…." I can hardly bear to finish that sentence. The words just don’t want to come out of my mouth. I force them. "This way, it goes on and on forever."