Chapter 510 Billionaire's Lies

• And then, at last, they pulled away, both of them panting, their foreheads against each other's, the world outside still and silent except for the sound of their two breaths together. The silence between them was no longer awkward or tentative. It bristled with hope, it was alive with the knowledge that they were no longer in fear of what might happen next.
• Saben looked at her, his eyes full of a raw kind of affection. “I don’t think I’ve ever been more sure of anything in my life, Clarisse,” he said, his voice soft but steady. “This is it. This is us. And nothing is going to take this away again.”
• Clarisse smiled, her hand still resting against his chest, feeling the thrum of his heartbeat against her palm. “I feel the same way,” she whispered. “We’re not going anywhere this time. I’ve never been more certain of that.”