Chapter 13 - The Billionaire Who Could Buy Anything Got Down on One Knee and Asked Me for Something Money Couldn't BuyLeo proposed two years later.
No cameras.
No media.
No grand event.
He took me to the lake.
The place where we had first looked at our house.
Lily was asleep with her nanny.
Our other children were with family.
Just us.
Leo held my hand.
“I have spent my entire life acquiring things.”
I smiled.
“That's the billionaire part.”
He laughed.
“Yes.”
“I bought companies.”
“Buildings.”
“Airplanes.”
“Things I never needed.”
He looked at me.
“Then I met you.”
My eyes filled.
“You didn't ask for anything.”
“I didn't.”
“You saved my daughter.”
“She saved me too.”
He knelt.
I covered my mouth.
“Don't.”
He smiled.
“I know you're afraid.”
“Yes.”
“I know your past makes trust difficult.”
“Yes.”
“I know you don't need me.”
“I don't.”
“But I want to be beside you.”
He opened the ring box.
“Not as your protector.”
“Not as your employer.”
“Not as the man who saved you.”
“As the man you choose.”
My tears fell.
“Yes.”
He smiled.
“Yes?”
“Yes.”
He stood and kissed me.
The engagement was quiet.
The wedding was even quieter.
My children stood beside me.
Lily carried flowers.
Leo's son held the rings.
My mother attended.
My father was gone.
But I carried his final letter with me.
It said:
May you like
Choose a life where you can breathe.
I had.
