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The Billionaire Who Never Let Me Go
img img The Billionaire Who Never Let Me Go img Chapter 4 Something About Him
4 Chapters
Chapter 6 Unexpected Reunion img
Chapter 7 Eyes That Follow img
Chapter 8 Lingering Moments img
Chapter 9 Moments Between Words img
Chapter 10 A Name I Don't Know img
Chapter 11 Unexpected Connection img
Chapter 12 Messages That Won't Let Go img
Chapter 13 The First Look img
Chapter 14 The Week That Changed Everything img
Chapter 15 Lines That Blur img
Chapter 16 Shadows of Jealousy img
Chapter 17 Closer Than Friends img
Chapter 18 The Moment Before img
Chapter 19 When It Became Real img
Chapter 20 The Moment We Almost Crossed img
Chapter 21 The Space You Leave Behind img
Chapter 22 Conversations That Don't End img
Chapter 23 More Than Just Friends img
Chapter 24 The Night We Told the Truth img
Chapter 25 Everyone Could See It img
Chapter 26 The Pull I Couldn't Ignore img
Chapter 27 She Chose Me img
Chapter 28 Everything Had Changed img
Chapter 29 I Couldn't Let Go img
Chapter 30 Don't Get Too Comfortable img
Chapter 31 She's Mine img
Chapter 32 You Don't Own Me img
Chapter 33 The Shift I Couldn't Stop img
Chapter 34 The Control I Was Losing img
Chapter 35 Falling Without Permission img
Chapter 36 Too Close to Breathe img
Chapter 37 No More Almost img
Chapter 38 After He Left img
Chapter 39 Visible img
Chapter 40 In the Open img
Chapter 41 The Pace img
Chapter 42 The First Crack img
Chapter 43 The Things We Don't Say img
Chapter 44 Control Is a Dangerous Thing img
Chapter 45 Whispers Travel Faster Than Truth img
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Chapter 4 Something About Him

I should have walked away.

That would have been the normal thing to do.

Thank him for the umbrella. Smile politely. Disappear into the crowd and forget about the handsome stranger who happened to rescue me from a rainstorm.

Instead...

I stayed.

We stood near the entrance of the building for a moment, watching the chaos outside as students rushed past us, dripping wet and laughing.

The rain hadn't slowed at all.

It came down in thick sheets, turning the campus into a blur of gray and motion.

"You came alone?" he asked.

His voice was casual, but there was something underneath it.

Curiosity.

Interest.

I nodded. "My friends ditched me for food."

A small smile tugged at his mouth.

"Tragic."

"I know. I might never recover."

He chuckled softly.

The sound did something strange to my chest.

God, why does everything feel so... intense?

We barely knew each other.

Actually - we didn't know each other at all.

And yet standing next to him felt comfortable in a way that didn't make sense.

Like my body had skipped past the awkward stranger phase entirely.

"So," I said, glancing up at him, "are you always rescuing random girls in the rain, or am I special?"

One eyebrow lifted slightly.

"That depends."

"On what?"

"If you're planning to fall again."

I laughed, surprised.

"Oh wow. Confidence."

He shrugged lightly.

"Preparedness."

Our eyes met again.

And there it was.

That pull.

That strange, magnetic awareness.

Like there was an invisible thread connecting us.

My stomach fluttered.

Okay. This is dangerous.

We moved further inside together as the crowd shifted, still talking - about school, classes, the ridiculous weather, the terrible food vendors outside.

Nothing important.

But somehow it felt important.

Because every time he looked at me, my pulse jumped.

And every time I caught him watching me when I wasn't speaking...

Something warm spread through my chest.

At one point our hands brushed accidentally.

Neither of us pulled away immediately.

Electricity shot up my arm.

Did he feel that too?

His jaw tightened slightly.

Yep.

Definitely felt it.

"Are you new here?" he asked after a moment.

"First year," I said. "You?"

"Second."

That explained the confidence.

"And what are you studying?"

I told him.

He nodded, listening in a way that made me feel like what I was saying actually mattered.

Which was ridiculous.

We had known each other for maybe ten minutes.

Still...

I liked it.

I liked him.

The realization hit me suddenly and without permission.

And it scared me a little.

Because attraction was normal.

This?

This felt bigger.

Deeper.

Like the beginning of something I couldn't control.

Voices called his name again from across the hall.

He glanced over briefly, then back at me.

And for a split second...

I had the strangest thought.

He doesn't want to leave either.

The idea sent warmth through me.

But moments like this don't last forever.

Eventually reality pushes in.

People find their friends.

Schedules happen.

Life moves.

"I should probably find mine," I said softly.

Something flickered in his expression.

Disappointment?

Or was I imagining it?

"Yeah," he said. "I should too."

Neither of us moved.

Why is this suddenly hard?

I smiled awkwardly.

"Well... thanks again. For the umbrella."

"Anytime."

Our eyes held.

One second.

Two.

Three.

Say something.

Ask for his number.

But the words stuck in my throat.

Fear.

Shyness.

Timing.

I wasn't sure which one stopped me.

So instead, I gave a small wave and turned to leave.

I didn't look back.

If I had...

I would have seen him still standing there, watching me walk away.

I didn't know it then.

But that moment would stay with me for years.

Because sometimes...

The people who change your life forever start out as strangers you almost didn't talk to.

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