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.

of meters underground? It

she forced herself to

until he finds

voice-he was hurt bad, maybe worse than he'd let on. Her heart

to reassure her, his voice gentle

going anywhere.

crawled by, each minute colder

quietly, "let's just

"Yeah. Of course."

you a secret? I actually liked you from the

Bluewater Bar, when you thought I was

in the

"Nope.

I was five,

on the hospital lawn. You used to

just to

'How can there be such a good-looking boy? Even better than

get you to

clip near the bench so I could come look for it. Every

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

why someone so pre

you might jump, I

gave you a lollipop? I'd been saving it since the

laughed a little at

you were the mastermind in our story, but really, it was just a little five-year-old girl who'd already picked you

let out

a shame I forgot about you for

He'd always thought the river was where it all began. He never realized Chloe had been