Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

Chapter 1034

Betrayed by Grayson, Chloe had every right to feel angry, hurt, and lost when the truth finally came out. She did her heart ached. But there was something else too, buried deep, something she could barely put into words.

It was like the invisible chains around her soul had finally fallen away.

"Mr. Connor," she said quietly, "will you tell me about my past?"

The sky was just starting to lighten, the first hints of dawn stretching across the city.

Connor spoke for four full hours.

He told her everything: how they'd first met, their three years together in Riverbrook, the wedding in Eldridge City. He talked about her real family, the twisted story of two girls switched at birth, and how each of their fates had unfolded. He described her days as a TV host at Riverbrook Station, her leap to creative director at QUEEN, the betrayals by Lucas and Linda, and how Linda had taken a bullet for her at the wedding and never gotten up again.

By the time the sun crept over the horizon, Chloe's entire life had been laid out in front of her-clear and vivid, like the world after a storm.

She sat there, completely stunned.

him, her life was nothing but a string of boring days, remarkable only because she was pretty enough to catch

in Connor's story, her life was wild and unpredictable. She'd been knocked down, nearly broken, but every single time, she'd gotten back up. She wasn't just a survivor-she was a

tears pricking at her eyes. It was like she was listening to someone else's story, a legend she couldn't possibly live up to. But

Her heart wouldn't settle.

that really my past?"

sure. "That's

went quiet for a long time, thinking. Then she looked up at him, her eyes serious, full

didn't know what to do with those words. Fora second, he just stared at her, and

her voice,

Connor's heart twisted painfully, but there was hope in it too. For the first time, it felt like Chloe was really seeing him again. Like maybe, just maybe, he could be

eyes shining, then turned right

apologize," Connor said quietly. "If anyone's to blame, it's me. I'm the one who

felt something stir inside her as she met his

breath. "Can I-can I