The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

"Collaborate?"

Shock flickered briefly across Tallulah's face.

"Yeah, you've been with me for years, and I don't dislike you." Noel was, in fact, notoriously elusive.

Growing up dependent on distant relatives, even though his uncle and grandfather were kind to him, the absence of his parents' love left him with a deep-seated insecurity.

Over time, this bred in him a devil-may-care attitude and a penchant for living in the moment.

Tallulah had followed him for five years, step by step, to become the heir to the Salter family. She knew better than anyone the loneliness deeply ingrained in Noel, as well as his wild nature. The more she understood him, the more she found herself drawn to him.

As if bewitched.

Noel had never been in a relationship; his world revolved around racing, work, and his brother.

Isaac's departure hit him hard.

Others might only see Noel's decisive and ruthless side as the head of the Salter family, but Tallulah had seen him drunk in the dead of night, sobbing over a photo of Isaac.

She had also seen him challenged by shareholders, spending nights by Isaac's grave in silent conversation, as if speaking volumes without uttering a single word. Logic told her to refuse.

Because Noel didn't love her, he just thought she was suitable... He didn't even bother to deceive her; he bluntly told her it was a transaction.

into Noel's eyes, the words of refusal on

"Name your price."

have anticipated this: "I can promise to have no contact with other women. Whether

her lifetime with someone, Tallulah

blew past Tallulah's ear, leaving behind

first time she met Noel, then a

the blink of an eye, he had become a shrewd businessman, always talking about profits and

working alongside Noel would

she was

understood Noel, the closer she

a relationship, a marriage, how could

nearly hoarse: "Noel,

million

best

no issue with this,

warmth flow into his hollow

even hear its beat, growing

a moment, he grabbed an umbrella: "Let's

umbrella handle he had held, making her eyes well up, barely daring to look at Noel's

suite door, Tallulah handed over the umbrella, its