Billionaire Pretends to Be Homeless, But the Poor Girl Knows His Biggest Secret
Chapter 14
One year later, the coffee shop where Lily had worked became part of the Carter Foundation.
It was still small.
Still warm.
Still had the same crooked front window.
But now nobody went hungry there.
Every morning, free breakfasts were served.
Every evening, local workers could use the back room for classes and meetings.
The place became known as the Carter House.
Alexander sometimes worked there.
Not because he needed to.
Because he liked being ordinary.
People still recognized him.
Children occasionally asked for photographs.
Older customers shook his hand.
Some remembered the scandal.
Some remembered the billionaire who gave away his fortune.
But Lily remembered the man beneath the jacket.
One rainy morning, she found him sitting beneath the station awning.
Again.
She walked toward him.
“You’re doing it on purpose now.”
He smiled.
“I missed this place.”
She sat beside him.
“Why?”
“This is where everything changed.”
She handed him a sandwich.
He looked at it.
“Again?”
“You still haven’t learned?”
“What?”
“That I’m not sharing.”
She laughed.
He opened it.
A note was written on the wrapping.
You looked hungry.
He stared.
“You stole my line.”
“You stole my entire life.”
“That isn’t fair.”
“You’ll survive.”
He smiled.
“Probably.”
She leaned against him.
“Do you regret pretending?”
He thought for a moment.
“No.”
“Even after losing billions?”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because I found something worth more.”
She rolled her eyes.
“Don’t become sentimental.”
“I married you. It’s too late.”
She smiled.
Then he kissed her forehead.
Across the street, a man watched them.
A former employee of Reed Holdings.
He held a photograph.
On the back was a familiar black symbol.
The same symbol Lily had seen all those years ago.
But this time it was crossed out.
The man smiled.
Then walked away.
The network was gone.
The past was finally buried.
Or so they thought.
