The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Noel's voice quivered with frustration, "So she knew all along, and I was the only one kept in the dark?"

"I mean, even if my brother doesn't trust me, he should consider that I'm his own flesh and blood. Why wouldn't he tell me?"

"Noel," Mr. Salter has been through a lot. He didn't tell you because he wanted to spare you from getting dragged into it," Nathan tried to explain on Isaac's behalf. "As for Ms. Lynette, she was also in the dark initially." But Noel wasn't having any of it. "I'll be heading to Craneville as soon as possible. I need to talk to my brother, one way or another."

Ignoring Nathan's protests, Noel had his assistant book him a flight, determined to leave his work behind and confront his brother in Craneville.

...

Nathan sighed as he looked at the disconnected call.

Noel was as impulsive as ever.

After a grueling twenty-plus-hour flight, Twila was exhausted, curling up in her leather seat and sleeping soundly.

Hestia sat by the window, her bandaged wounds making her look even more frail and ghostly.

Nathan handed her a cup of warm water. "Ms. Bennett, rest assured, we'll do everything in our power to ensure your safety."

Hestia clutched the cup tightly, her lips trembling slightly as she whispered a barely audible "Thank you."

asked the flight attendant for a light blanket and draped it over Hestia, who closed her eyes,

nightmares, a culmination of years of fear

Nathan realized Hestia was sweating profusely, especially her forehead, which was dotted

nightmare, struggling vainly until she

murmuring pleas for mercy... clearly,

aback by her resemblance to Brittany, momentarily

reconcile the woman before him, who couldn't even find peace in sleep, with the vibrant, rebellious

have happened to cause such a drastic change in

through the

felt like

as she was, couldn't

they disembarked, heading straight for the hotel they

a realm Hestia hadn't

place but managed to maintain her

her a

cash, and a

can rest here for now. If you need anything, just

concerned. "I was exiled by the royal family. Coming back now,