Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

Chapter 1093

Connor's voice echoed in the darkness, and Chloe broke down, sobbing uncontrollably.

He sounded more panicked than she'd ever heard him, trying to calm her even though his own voice was barely there.

"Hey, don't cry, babe... I wish I could reach over and wipe your tears right now."

Chloe could picture exactly what was happening-he was pinned under the rubble, totally stuck. She was almost sure he'd thrown himself over her when everything came crashing down. He had to be in terrible pain.

"Are you okay? Does it hurt?" she asked, voice shaking.

Connor let out a soft laugh, trying to sound tough.

"No, it doesn't hurt. Not at all."

But Chloe could hear it-the way he was forcing himself to sound okay, the weakness in every word.

She wanted to cry even harder, but held it in. If she lost it now, it would only make things worse for him.

Everything around them was pitch black. Only their shallow, uneven breaths broke the silence.

Neither of them knew how deep they were buried, or what was happening outside, or if there was even a chance they'd make it out alive.

A sick feeling settled in her chest. The odds weren't good.

"Connor... we might really die in here," she whispered.

"We won't," he said, as if sheer willpower could make it true. "My brother will find us. He won't give up."

She wanted to believe him. She could picture his brother-probably tearing the earth apart to get to them.

hundreds of meters underground? It

forced herself to

me, okay? Hang on until he finds

the weight of earth and stone. Chloe could hear it in his voice-he was hurt bad, maybe worse than he'd let on. Her heart was pounding, every second ticking by like a countdown she

tried to reassure her, his

I'm not going

each minute

she said quietly, "let's just

"Yeah. Of course."

breath. "Can I tell you a secret? I actually liked you from the very first moment I saw

at Bluewater

in the darkness,

"Nope.

I was five,

the first time by the river-it was on the hospital lawn. You used to sit on this bench every morning at nine, catching sun. I'd

just to

be such a good-looking boy?

how to get you to notice

look for it. Every day I just wanted to

coincidence, either. I followed you. You looked so sad,

why someone

took so lost. When I thought you might jump, I couldn't stay quiet-I

you a lollipop? I'd been saving it since the first time I saw you. I told myself, someday I'd

little at the

in our story, but really, it was just a little five-year-old girl who'd already picked you out. I had my eye on you

out

a shame I forgot about

thought the river was where it all began. He never realized Chloe had