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?

eyes turned cold. "Mr. Connor, please don't joke about things

some kind of inappropriate flirtation. He didn't say a thing.

Instead, the silence left her strangely unsettled. She couldn't make sense of any of this. Ever since he'd shown up,

telling herself he

their nap. Chloe slipped outside to water the flowers. 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

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

there was that look in his

crack, piece by piece. She didn't realize that, as she sat there lost

No answer. A sense of unease settled in