Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

Chapter 1013

Chloe's heart was pounding. She locked eyes with Connor, her face turning serious.

This was ridiculous, she thought. He sounded so casual, almost joking, like none of this really mattered. But that one unexpected sentence-out of nowhere-set off fireworks inside her chest.

Connor knew she wouldn't believe him. Who would? He was just testing her, feeling things out. He'd been waiting for this moment, planning it for a long time. He was determined to find his way back into her life.

He couldn't lay out the truth all at once. It wasn't just because he thought Chloe wouldn't believe him. He didn't want to hit her with that much heartbreak in one blow. If she found out now that Lucas had secretly taken her away... If she learned Aaron wasn't her real son, but Tim was... Could she really handle it?

Maybe the old Chloe could have. But now? Would she fall apart, spiral into pain she couldn't get out of?

Connor couldn't stand the thought of her suffering. That's why he was stuck, torn between what to do. How could he help her remember? Only their shared past could give her the strength to get through this-wasn't that the truth?

don't joke about things like that again. You're

inappropriate flirtation. He didn't say a thing. Just turned away

make sense of any of this. Ever since he'd shown up, her quiet

kept telling herself he must

Her house was a little different from the other ones in the neighborhood. She'd picked this place because of the garden-a rare find, and big enough to fill with all

somewhere else. Connor's words kept replaying in her head. He said she was his wife? He hadn't sounded like he was joking. Tim always called her "mom." Connor talked about living in a carefully built cage. None of it could be

was that look in his

It felt like her life was slowly starting to crack, piece by piece. She didn't realize that, as she sat there lost in thought, someone else was standing on the

Lucas. No answer. A sense of unease settled in her stomach. She texted