Billionaire's Match (Khloe and Nick Hunt) novel Chapter 1028

"Are you… not going to stop me anymore?" Khloe asked.

Nick nodded.

"I can't stop you," he said. "And I don't want to."

Hearing that, and thinking back to her earlier outburst—how she had lost control and said hurtful things to him—guilt stirred faintly in Khloe's chest. She immediately moved back into his arms.

"Just now… I lost my temper," she said softly. "What I said… don't take it to heart."

"A husband is there to take your temper," Nick replied lightly. "If you don't lose your temper, how am I supposed to coax you afterward?"

His casual teasing eased the heavy atmosphere in an instant. With him, the patience and tolerance she felt seemed endless. And perhaps because of that… she was still holding something back from him again.

Even though he had said they would find the people from Lacuna together, she still hadn't told him everything.

Their target was clear—they were after her. They would come for her sooner or later. If that was the case, then as long as she wanted, she could use herself to exchange for T7.

But if Nick knew, he would stop her at all costs.

'I'm sorry…'

She wrapped her arms around him silently. This time, even if it went against fate, she would do it.

By evening, Khloe's people had found a lead.

The man who had bumped into her outside the café was not from Lacuna. But his encounter with her that day had not been accidental either. He was someone who regularly took bounty jobs on the dark web. The person who contacted him had instructed him to wait outside the café.

Only just before Khloe came out did he receive further instructions—to draw her attention. It was a tactic they were all too familiar with.

Tracing it back was tedious and time-consuming, yet it yielded almost no useful leads.

"Where is that man now? Bring him to me. I'll question him myself," she said.

Khloe was not willing to give up so easily. Since she had spoken, Nick naturally had no objections.

Yet, no matter how she questioned him, the man could only provide useless fragments. He didn't even know who had hired him.

The account he had been contacted from had already been deleted.

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