My Fiancé Skipped Our Wedding for His Assistant — Then I Married the Billionaire Who Had Loved Me
Chapter 4
The documents revealed something more complicated.
Daniel hadn’t suddenly fallen in love with Victoria.
He had been planning to transfer company assets into a new venture.
Victoria was helping him.
The wedding had been convenient until it wasn’t.
Natalie felt sick.
She had spent two years believing she was building a future.
Daniel had been building an exit.
Alexander offered to help Natalie recover money she had invested in the wedding and their joint apartment.
She refused.
“I don’t need your money.”
“I know.”
“Then why keep offering?”
“Because helping isn’t the same as buying you.”
She looked at him.
That distinction mattered.
Alexander never asked for anything in return.
He didn’t ask her to date him.
Didn’t ask her to forgive him.
Didn’t even ask her to stop loving Daniel.
He simply remained nearby.
One evening, Natalie asked:
“Why did you love me?”
Alexander smiled faintly.
“I didn’t mean to.”
“That’s not an answer.”
“You were different.”
“Different how?”
“You never treated people according to their status.”
She laughed.
“You barely spoke to me.”
“I was afraid.”
She stared at him.
“Billionaire Alexander Sterling was afraid of me?”
“Very.”
That made her smile for the first time in weeks.
