My Fake Billionaire Boyfriend Kissed Me in the Garden — But Then I Overheard His Family’s Secret Plan
Part 2
I pressed my back against the cold wall outside the library, gripping the fabric of my dress.
Dan’s voice echoed loudly through the heavy oak door.
The board wants the Jenkins merger finalized this week, Brian.
Another voice, older and gravelly, chimed in immediately.
You have to marry Sarah to secure the international shares.
I stopped breathing, the reality of my fake position crashing down on me all at once.
I’m not marrying Sarah.
Brian’s voice sounded like cracking ice.
I built this company from the ground up, and nobody decides who I love.
The word hung heavy in the air, paralyzing me completely.
He didn’t just mean a fake relationship to fool his grandmother anymore.
Tears blurred my vision as I quietly backed away from the door, terrified of what I was ruining.
I rushed up the sweeping staircase, ran into the guest bedroom, and dragged my suitcase from the closet.
My hands shook violently while I threw my borrowed dresses and worn sweaters inside.
If I stayed, I would cost him the very empire he spent his entire life protecting.
A soft knock made my heart stop beating.
The door pushed open slowly, revealing Brian’s exhausted, tense face.
He took one look at the open suitcase, his jaw tightening immediately.
What exactly are you doing?
I zipped the bag, forcing my voice to remain painfully steady.
I don’t belong in this world, Brian, and I’m leaving.
His eyes darkened as he stepped into the room, closing the distance between us in three long strides.
My world stopped making sense the minute you bumped into me.
You’re going to lose your board support, and your family will resent you.
I stepped back, the pain in my chest feeling almost unbearable.
I grew up watching people walk away when things got too hard.
My voice broke completely as I stared at the floor between us.
If I let myself love you, your world will eventually destroy us both.
His expression shattered, pure vulnerability bleeding through his carefully constructed armor.
He reached out to touch my face, but I grabbed my bag and slipped past him before I lost my nerve.
I walked out the front doors and climbed into a waiting taxi, leaving the only man I ever truly cared about standing in the hallway.
Could I really let him throw away his entire family legacy just for a chance with me?
Part 3
Megan Hayes sat rigidly in the back of the taxi, watching the imposing iron gates of the Caldwell estate disappear into the rearview mirror.
Rain hammered against the windows, blurring the opulent Connecticut landscape into a dreary wash of gray and green.
Her hands trembled uncontrollably as they rested on the worn denim of her jeans.
She had actually done it.
She had walked away from the only man who had ever made her feel entirely seen.
The leather seat of the cab felt cold against her skin, a stark contrast to the lingering warmth of Brian’s touch on her cheek just minutes before.
She squeezed her eyes shut, fighting the relentless tears that threatened to spill over.
Her heart physically ached, a heavy, hollow thudding against her ribs that made it difficult to draw a full breath.
She told herself she had made the right choice, the logical choice, the only choice that wouldn’t end in his complete ruin.
Brian Caldwell belonged to a world of boardrooms, international mergers, and inherited legacy.
She was a graphic designer struggling to pay rent in a crumbling Brooklyn apartment.
Their worlds were fundamentally incompatible, and pretending otherwise was a dangerous illusion.
If she had stayed, she would have forced him to choose between the empire he built to honor his late parents and a woman he had hired just four weeks ago.
She couldn’t be the reason he lost everything he worked for.
She couldn’t bear the thought of his inevitable resentment creeping into their relationship years down the line.
So she ran.
Three months earlier, the idea of falling in love with a billionaire had never even crossed her mind.
Megan’s life had consisted entirely of unpaid invoices, looming eviction notices, and an endless cycle of exhaustion.
She worked sixty hours a week at a boutique design firm that paid her just enough to survive, but barely enough to live.
On weekends, she took up catering gigs just to keep the lights on and the landlord somewhat appeased.
The Pinnacle Gala had been just another desperate attempt to scrape together an extra few hundred dollars.
She remembered standing in the cramped employee locker room, staring at her reflection in a cracked mirror.
The uniform they provided was stiff, slightly too large, and smelled faintly of industrial starch.
Her coworker, Brenda, had spent the entire evening complaining about her feet and gossiping about the guests.
The ballroom itself was a masterclass in excessive wealth.
Crystal chandeliers the size of small cars hung from the vaulted ceilings, casting a warm, golden glow over the imported marble floors.
Everywhere Megan looked, she saw tailored tuxedos, dripping diamonds, and women wearing gowns that cost more than her entire college tuition.
It was an alien environment, a world where the price of a single bottle of champagne could cover her rent for a year.
She navigated the crowded floor with practiced invisibility, balancing a heavy silver tray loaded with flutes of expensive alcohol.
Her sole focus had been on surviving the shift without dropping anything, avoiding eye contact, and collecting her paycheck.
Then Brian Caldwell had entered the room, shifting the entire atmosphere with a single step.
The low hum of conversation had faltered immediately, replaced by a subtle, desperate scramble for his attention.
He was taller than most men in the room, broad-shouldered and possessing a chilling, untouchable aura.
His dark suit fit him with aggressive perfection, emphasizing the sharp, unforgiving lines of his jaw and his cold, calculating gray eyes.
He moved with the quiet arrogance of a man who owned the building, the people inside it, and the very air they breathed.
Lisa, his impeccably dressed assistant, marched beside him like a seasoned general, clutching an electronic tablet and deflecting sycophants with a single, sharp look.
Megan had recognized him instantly from the endless Forbes covers and financial news segments that played on the television at her design firm.
Brenda had hissed a panicked warning into Megan’s ear, ordering her to stay far away from the notorious CEO.
He was known for being ruthless, firing executives on a whim, and dismantling legacy corporations without a second thought.
Megan had fully intended to heed Brenda’s advice, instinctively taking a step backward to melt into the shadows near the catering entrance.
But the heel of her sensible black shoe had caught the thick, raised edge of an antique Persian rug.
Time had slowed to a tortuous crawl as her balance shifted uncontrollably.
The heavy silver tray tilted forward, slipping entirely from her grasp.
Six delicate flutes of vintage champagne launched into the air, tracing a horrifying arc directly toward Brian Caldwell.
The liquid splashed violently against the pristine fabric of his dark suit jacket, soaking his shirt and dripping onto his polished shoes.
The deafening silence that followed was the loudest sound Megan had ever heard.
She stood completely frozen, her heart hammering wildly against her ribcage as the reality of what she had done settled in.
Slowly, painfully, she raised her eyes to meet the terrifyingly calm gaze of the most powerful man in Manhattan.
She began babbling apologies instantly, her face burning with humiliation as she practically threw cocktail napkins at his ruined jacket.
She fully expected him to summon security, demand her immediate termination, or perhaps sue her for the cost of the suit.
Lisa had already stepped forward, her hand raised to signal the imposing guards standing near the ballroom doors.
But Brian had simply raised a single finger, stopping his assistant with absolute, unquestionable authority.
His deep, quiet voice had cut through her panicked rambling, asking if she was always so visibly terrified.
Her honest, terrified reply had surprised him, earning a rare, genuine laugh that completely transformed his severe features.
The cold billionaire mask had vanished for a fraction of a second, revealing something unexpectedly warm beneath the surface.
He had asked for her name, testing the sound of it on his tongue as if committing it to a highly secure mental vault.
He had told her to try not to ruin anyone else before turning and walking away into the crowd.
Megan had spent the rest of the night hiding in the kitchen, convinced she would be fired by morning.
But the firing never came, and she assumed the disastrous encounter was just a terrible memory she would eventually forget.
Two weeks later, the crushing weight of reality had finally caught up with her in the form of a final eviction warning.
She sat at her small, cluttered desk at the design firm, staring blankly at the red ink stamped across the notice.
Her bank account was overdrawn, her credit cards were maxed out, and she had exactly twelve dollars in her wallet.
Heather, her best friend and the only person who understood her financial panic, leaned over the cubicle wall with a cup of terrible office coffee.
Heather tried to offer comforting words, insisting that they would figure something out together, but Megan knew it was a hopeless situation.
Before Megan could fully break down, the frosted glass door of the office swung open.
A man in a sharp, unfamiliar suit marched directly toward her desk, ignoring the curious stares of her colleagues.
He handed her a sleek, matte black business card embossed with the silver logo of Caldwell Industries.
The man informed her that Brian Caldwell required a meeting with her immediately, offering absolutely no explanation for the sudden summons.
A terrifying mix of dread and confusion churned in her stomach as she followed the man down to a waiting town car.
The drive to the Caldwell Industries headquarters was a blur of towering skyscrapers and mounting anxiety.
The building itself was a monument to corporate power, a sleek glass monolith that dominated the midtown skyline.
Lisa met her in the private, top-floor lobby, leading her past rows of silent, terrified assistants and into a massive corner office.
Brian stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking out over the city with his hands casually buried in his pockets.
Without the chaotic backdrop of a ballroom, his imposing presence felt even more intense, completely filling the large space.
He turned slowly as she entered, his gray eyes sweeping over her worn navy blazer and scuffed flats.
He bypassed the usual corporate pleasantries entirely, moving straight to his desk and offering her a seat.
He calmly explained that his grandmother, Mary, was turning eighty and had made it her personal mission to see him settled.
Mary believed he lived like a machine, obsessed with success and entirely devoid of human connection or joy.
Brian needed someone to pretend to be his girlfriend for four weeks, just long enough to appease Mary through the birthday celebrations.
Megan stared at him in utter disbelief, unable to comprehend why a man with limitless resources would choose a clumsy caterer for this charade.
He answered her unspoken question with startling honesty, admitting that she was the only person who hadn’t cowered before him at the gala.
He knew about her bouncing rent checks, her looming eviction, and her desperate need for financial stability.
In exchange for four weeks of her time, he offered to clear her debts entirely and provide enough money to live comfortably for a year.
It was a lifeline she simply couldn’t afford to refuse, no matter how dangerous or insane the proposition sounded.
She swallowed her pride and accepted the deal, but only after laying down three non-negotiable conditions.
She demanded that he never try to control her, never treat her like property, and accept that the arrangement was strictly temporary.
He had hesitated for just a moment before nodding his agreement, sealing the bizarre contract that would ultimately ruin her life.
The subsequent weeks had blurred into a strange, highly orchestrated performance designed by Lisa and funded by Caldwell Industries.
Every evening after she finished her grueling shift at the design firm, a black luxury car waited to whisk her away to Brian’s penthouse.
Lisa had provided a ridiculously detailed binder, outlining their entire fictional relationship timeline, complete with fake first dates and manufactured inside jokes.
They spent hours sitting across from each other in his sterile dining room, memorizing arbitrary facts to present a united front to his family.
Megan learned that Brian drank his coffee black, hated small talk, and secretly loved the classic jazz records his late father used to play.
Brian learned that Megan was fiercely independent, survived on sarcasm, and hated the texture of olives with a burning passion.
The sheer amount of time they spent together began to slowly erode the rigid professional boundaries they had established.
The first crack in his armor appeared during a mandatory dance practice in the empty ballroom of his building.
He had pulled her close, his large hand resting firmly against the curve of her waist, sending a sudden jolt of electricity through her veins.
He had noticed her tension instantly, his voice dropping to a low, comforting murmur as he guided her across the polished floor.
They had joked about her clumsiness, the easy banter flowing naturally between them, entirely devoid of the awkwardness she had anticipated.
When the music stopped, they hadn’t pulled apart immediately, lingering in the quiet space with their eyes locked.
For a fleeting, terrifying moment, Megan had realized she wasn’t pretending to enjoy his touch anymore.
The defining shift in their relationship occurred during the long, rainy drive to the Caldwell estate in Connecticut.
The city skyline faded into rolling green hills and thick forests, the rhythmic sound of the windshield wipers filling the silence of the car.
Brian had spent the first hour typing aggressively on his laptop, his face illuminated by the harsh blue light of the screen.
Megan had finally broken the silence, gently accusing him of using his endless workload to hide from genuine human connection.
Instead of snapping at her insubordination, he had slowly closed the laptop, a look of profound exhaustion washing over his features.
He had asked her to tell him something real, something that wasn’t printed in Lisa’s meticulously researched binder.
She found herself opening up about her parents’ bitter divorce, the loss of her childhood home, and her deep-seated fear of relying on anyone else.
He listened with quiet intensity, never interrupting, never offering hollow platitudes or unearned pity.
In return, he spoke softly about the sudden, violent car crash that took his parents when he was only nine years old.
He confessed that his relentless pursuit of control and success was the only way he knew how to keep the crushing weight of grief at bay.
Megan finally understood the man behind the billionaire facade, recognizing a shared, deeply hidden vulnerability that bound them together.
By the time the massive iron gates of the estate came into view, the dynamic between them had fundamentally changed.
As she stared nervously at the sprawling, intimidating manor house, Brian had reached across the console, his warm fingers wrapping securely around her trembling hand.
He had promised her that Mary would love her simply for being herself, and in that moment, the fake relationship had felt dangerously, wonderfully real.
Mary Caldwell proved to be entirely unlike the cold, judgmental matriarch Megan had imagined during her sleepless nights of preparation.
She was sharp, elegant, and possessed a warm, perceptive gaze that seemed to strip away all pretense instantly.
Mary had embraced Brian with a fierce, protective love, scolding him gently for working too hard before turning her assessing eyes on Megan.
Instead of interrogating her about her pedigree or financial portfolio, Mary asked thoughtful questions about her design work and her passions.
She treated Megan with genuine respect, completely ignoring the massive socioeconomic gap that usually defined the Caldwell family’s interactions.
But the warmth of Mary’s welcome was sharply contrasted by the arrival of Dan Caldwell, Brian’s ambitious and deeply resentful cousin.
Dan had looked Megan up and down with barely concealed disgust, clearly viewing her as a temporary, entirely unwelcome distraction.
He carried himself with the polished arrogance of a man who believed wealth equated to inherent superiority, and he made his disdain known at every opportunity.
During the lavish family dinner that evening, Dan fired subtle, passive-aggressive insults across the table, testing Megan’s composure.
Brian hadn’t let a single slight go unanswered, his voice turning lethally cold whenever Dan attempted to undermine her.
The protective instinct Brian displayed thrilled Megan entirely, blurring the lines of their arrangement even further.
She found herself watching the way the candlelight caught the sharp angles of his face, realizing with sinking horror that she was falling deeply, irrevocably in love with him.
The fragile illusion they had built finally shattered completely on the night before Mary’s highly anticipated birthday gala.
Megan had slipped out onto the secluded stone terrace to escape the overwhelming pressure of the crowded ballroom.
Dan had followed her outside, cornering her near the shadows of the manicured hedges with a cruel, satisfied smirk.
He systematically tore down her confidence, casually informing her that the company board expected Brian to marry Sarah Jenkins to secure a massive international merger.
Dan insisted that Brian was merely using Megan to stall the inevitable, and that she would be discarded the moment the business demanded it.
The words felt like physical blows, confirming every deep-seated fear Megan harbored about her place in this glittering, unforgiving world.
But before she could formulate a defense, Brian had appeared in the doorway, his eyes blazing with an unrestrained fury she had never seen before.
He ordered Dan to leave with a voice so laced with authority that his cousin didn’t dare argue, disappearing back into the crowded house.
Brian stepped toward her, the ambient light from the ballroom casting long, dramatic shadows across the stone floor.
He dismantled Dan’s cruel logic piece by piece, fiercely defending Megan’s genuine nature against the shallow pretenses of his elite circle.
He stepped impossibly close, his hand gently lifting her chin until she was forced to meet his intense, burning gaze.
He asked her to tell him to stop, offering her one final chance to maintain the professional boundary they had agreed upon.
But Megan couldn’t speak, her heart pounding frantically against her ribs as she leaned into his touch.
The kiss was sudden, desperate, and entirely consuming, erasing the contract, the money, and the fake relationship in a single, breathless moment.
It was a confession of everything they had been too terrified to say out loud, a collision of hidden grief and unexpected hope.
But the euphoria of that kiss was violently destroyed the very next morning by the harsh reality of Brian’s corporate responsibilities.
Megan had woken early, unable to sleep, and had wandered down the grand staircase toward the kitchen for coffee.
As she passed the heavy oak doors of the library, the sound of raised, angry voices stopped her dead in her tracks.
She pressed herself against the cold stone wall, her breath catching as she recognized Dan’s voice arguing with two senior board members.
They were aggressively demanding that Brian finalize the merger with the Jenkins family, explicitly linking his continued position as CEO to a marriage with Sarah.
The board viewed the company’s legacy and shareholder value as the only priorities, treating Brian’s personal life as a strategic asset to be traded.
Brian’s response was cold, hard, and utterly unyielding, reminding them that he had built the modern iteration of the company with his own bare hands.
He explicitly stated that nobody, not the board, not his family, and certainly not Dan, would ever dictate who he chose to love.
Hearing him use the word love in relation to her sent a shockwave of pure panic straight through Megan’s core.
He wasn’t pretending anymore; he was actively preparing to declare war on his own empire just to keep her.
The staggering weight of that realization crushed her entirely.
If he chose her, the board would force him out, Dan would seize control, and Brian would lose the company that served as his last connection to his parents.
She loved him far too much to let him destroy his life’s work for a romance that had started as a lie.
Megan fled back to her guest room, dragging her battered suitcase from the closet and frantically packing her few belongings.
Her hands shook violently as she folded her clothes, tears blurring her vision and spilling hot and fast down her cheeks.
She had to leave before he could finalize his decision, before he could permanently ruin his standing with the board on her behalf.
The bedroom door pushed open just as she zipped the bag shut, revealing Brian standing in the frame, his face pale and tight with tension.
He demanded to know what she was doing, his voice devoid of its usual calm control, replaced by a raw, desperate edge.
Megan forced herself to look him in the eye, weaponizing her own insecurities to push him away for his own good.
She told him that she couldn’t survive in his world, that the pressure of his family and his legacy would eventually crush them both.
He stepped closer, closing the distance between them, his eyes pleading with her to stay, to fight the board alongside him.
He confessed that his world had stopped making sense the moment she spilled champagne on him, begging her not to run away when things became difficult.
But Megan’s fear of abandonment, forged by a lifetime of instability, overpowered her desire to stay.
She lied, telling him that if she let herself love him completely, the inevitable resentment would destroy her soul.
The devastating look of betrayal and heartbreak that crossed his face nearly broke her resolve entirely.
He reached for her, but she grabbed her suitcase and slipped past him, ignoring his quiet promise that he would come after her anyway.
She walked out of the estate and climbed into a waiting taxi, leaving her heart shattered on the polished marble floor.
Three excruciating weeks dragged by, each day feeling heavier and darker than the last.
Megan returned to her cramped apartment and her exhausting job at the design firm, desperately trying to force her life back into its familiar, miserable routine.
But everywhere she looked, she saw the ghost of Brian Caldwell.
She missed the quiet strength of his presence, the rare warmth of his smile, and the safety she had found in his arms.
Heather tried relentlessly to cheer her up, bringing over cheap wine and terrible takeout, but nothing could fill the massive, aching void in Megan’s chest.
She refused to watch the news, terrified of seeing Brian’s face alongside announcements of the finalized Jenkins merger and his impending engagement.
She convinced herself that her sacrifice had been necessary, that he was currently securing his legacy and appeasing the board just as he was born to do.
But on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, the quiet hum of the design firm was suddenly shattered by a collective gasp from the breakroom.
Heather sprinted across the office, grabbing Megan by the arm and dragging her toward the small television mounted on the wall.
The breaking news banner flashed in bright red letters across the bottom of the screen, announcing the total collapse of the Caldwell-Jenkins merger.
Several key board members had unexpectedly resigned, sending the financial markets into a temporary frenzy.
The screen cut to a live feed of a press conference taking place on the steps of the Caldwell Industries headquarters.
Brian stood behind a podium, flanked by a barrage of flashing cameras and shouting reporters, looking more imposing and entirely unbothered than ever.
The volume on the television was turned up to maximum, Brian’s deep, authoritative voice cutting through the chaotic noise of the press corps.
A reporter aggressively asked if he had tanked the multi-billion dollar merger due to personal reasons, and Brian calmly, immediately answered yes.
The crowd of journalists erupted into a frenzy of shouted questions, the noise level spiking as they demanded clarification.
Another reporter managed to shout over the din, asking directly if the rumors regarding his relationship with a woman named Megan Hayes were true.
Brian stared directly into the bank of cameras, his expression softening slightly as he confirmed that the relationship was entirely real.
He leaned closer to the microphones, silencing the crowd with the sheer weight of his presence.
He spoke slowly, deliberately, explaining that for years he had treated his life like a business transaction, prioritizing success and legacy above everything else.
He admitted that he had believed power could fill the empty spaces left by grief, but he had been entirely wrong.
He stated, unequivocally and on national television, that building an empire meant absolutely nothing if he didn’t have the woman he loved beside him.
He looked straight down the barrel of the central camera, his gray eyes burning with an intensity that made Megan’s breath catch in her throat.
He addressed her directly, telling her that he was done pretending he could survive in his cold world without her.
He reminded her of her fear that people always leave when things get difficult, and he loudly, fiercely declared that he was still there, fighting for them.
Megan didn’t think, she just reacted, grabbing her coat and sprinting out of the office before Heather could even say a word.
She hailed a taxi, her heart pounding a frantic, hopeful rhythm against her ribs as she begged the driver to hurry toward midtown.
When the cab finally stopped a block away from the Caldwell building, the street was entirely impassable, choked with news vans and screaming crowds.
She pushed her way through the throng of people, ignoring the rain and the flashing lights, her eyes locked on the imposing glass doors of the headquarters.
Security guards were forming a barricade to hold the press back, the chaos reaching a fever pitch.
But then the heavy glass doors opened, and Brian stepped out onto the rain-slicked pavement.
The crowd surged forward, shouting his name, but he completely ignored them, his eyes scanning the sea of faces with desperate urgency.
He saw her instantly, his entire posture shifting as the tension drained from his shoulders.
The noise of the crowd seemed to fade into a dull roar as they stared at each other across the barricade.
He moved with sudden, determined speed, ordering the security guards to step aside as he crossed the distance between them.
He stopped mere inches away from her, his chest heaving slightly, rain dampening his dark hair.
He looked at her with a vulnerability that completely shattered the last of her defensive walls.
She looked up at him, her vision blurred with happy tears, overwhelmed by the magnitude of what he had just done.
She whispered that he had publicly destroyed his own board of directors for her, a shaky smile breaking across her face.
He reached out, his warm hands gently cupping her cheeks as he confessed that he would rather lose every dollar he had than lose her.
He told her she was the best thing that had ever happened to his carefully guarded life.
The cameras flashed furiously around them, capturing the billionaire CEO looking entirely undone by the struggling graphic designer.
He reached into his coat pocket, a subtle smirk playing on his lips as the crowd collectively gasped in anticipation of a ring.
But instead of a velvet box, he pulled out a small, heavy silver key and pressed it firmly into the palm of her hand.
He explained that he wasn’t demanding a lifetime commitment right this second, but he was demanding a real chance to build a life together.
He wanted to share quiet mornings, arguments over terrible coffee, and the mundane, beautiful reality of a shared home.
Megan laughed through her tears, her heart soaring as she closed her fingers tightly around the key.
She pulled him down by his lapels, kissing him fiercely in front of the entire city, entirely uncaring of the cameras or the consequences.
In his arms, she finally found the solid, unshakable stability she had been searching for her entire life.
Six months later, a gentle layer of snow covered the bustling streets of Manhattan, casting a quiet, magical glow over the city.
Inside Brian’s sprawling penthouse apartment, the sterile, showroom perfection had been completely replaced by the chaotic warmth of a real home.
Megan’s vibrant design sketches covered the expensive dining table, and a collection of thriving houseplants dominated the massive floor-to-ceiling windows.
Classic jazz played softly from a vintage record player in the corner, mingling with the sound of Megan cursing loudly at a stubborn pie crust in the kitchen.
Brian leaned against the marble counter, holding a mug of coffee and watching her battle the dough with profound, unabashed amusement.
He laughed freely now, a deep, rich sound that filled the apartment and chased away the lingering shadows of his past.
A sharp knock at the door signaled the arrival of Mary Caldwell, who swept into the room wrapped in an elegant winter coat.
Surprisingly, Dan Caldwell trailed closely behind her, looking distinctly uncomfortable but lacking his usual arrogant sneer.
The tension in the room spiked briefly before Dan cleared his throat and offered a stiff, incredibly difficult apology to them both.
He admitted that he had misjudged Megan’s character, and more importantly, he had misjudged what Brian actually needed to be happy.
Brian accepted the apology with a quiet nod, his eyes finding Megan’s across the room, his expression softening into absolute devotion.
Later, as the snow continued to fall outside, illuminating the dark winter sky, Brian walked slowly into the center of the kitchen.
He reached into his pocket once more, the mischievous gleam returning to his gray eyes as Mary gasped from the dining table.
He dropped to one knee on the hardwood floor, looking up at Megan like she was the absolute center of his universe.
He held up a perfectly cut diamond ring, his voice thick with emotion as he thanked her for giving him something much bigger than success.
He asked her to accidentally ruin the rest of his life, and Megan, laughing through tears of pure joy, enthusiastically agreed.
THE END
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