Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

Chapter 1039

To Chloe, this was something deeply personal—something she'd never even discussed with her own family. And yet here was this man, stepping in like it was his place to get back at Grayson for her. It felt like he was crossing a line.

Grant spoke up, his voice steady. "We've known each other since we were eight. Trained together, learned from the same teachers. We're more than just acquaintances."

Chloe shot him a confused look, then glanced over at Connor. He'd already stood up and moved to her side, draping his arm casually around her shoulders.

Connor said, "Chloe and Lucas know each other pretty well too, Mr. Grant. Wouldn't you agree?"

Grant's expression darkened just a hint, and Chloe could sense there was more going on here than what was being said. She was starting to realize that maybe Mr. Grant wasn't really one of them.

Ruby cut in, "People don't just show up out of the blue for no reason, Mr. Grant. What brings you here today?"

Grant looked between Ruby and Neil. "I heard my sister's back in town, so I wanted to see her. And, I'm here to return the engagement gifts for my younger sister."

the room froze, staring at

stood up abruptly. "What's

marry the heir of the Shaw family.

Taylor. "Taylor, come

call off my engagement whenever you feel like it! It's my life-I get to decide who I marry. And I

relieved breath, and whatever awkward tension had

but do you think this is still the old days-when families arranged everything behind closed doors? Taylor is the woman I love. Nothing you say changes

objecting to the match itself. I just don't think the Shaw

frowned. "What are you talking

pendant, a family heirloom that's always passed to the wife of the family head. You're the new head, Isaac, but we didn't

been more interested in politics than the family business, so Isaac had taken over most of the family affairs. He really was the new head

Grant was making such a big deal over the pendant. He had no clue how Grant even knew about it. Honestly, none of the brothers had known much about the pendant themselves—until Lisa once ran off with Chloe's fake version and tried to use it to claim she was family. That's