The Glory of the Billionaire

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itting two seats away from him

out because there was nothing to see except plain white clouds. It was like she had retreated into her own world, and whatever thoughts haunted her had h

o know what made her so scared,

yours when you w

e clearly punched him in the nose. His conscience seemed t

is thoughts. Her pale skin, her big, hazel eyes that were always hiding something behind their wide gaze, the way she looked so small in the seat next to h

had seemed to occupy his mind so much that he hadn't even written two words. His finger

with a soft hum, revealing the small wine collection he had acquired over the years. Choosing a bottle of Pinot Noir, he swiped two glasses from the s

way she had looked at him when he told her she was coming with him-like she had nowhere else

n hand. She didn't even notice when

to each glass and held one

rin

hadn't even registered he was there. She was so

shook her lightly, but it startled her. She jumped, eyes wide

faster, her chest rising and falling as though

ok at me," Zach's vo

race of exhaustion. She wasn't a stranger to fear, he realized. She carried it with her, like a heavy cloak she couldn't shrug

. It was the kind of smile you give someone when you're trying to make them feel safe,

Everything's f

e tension in her shoulders begin to ease, her

-filled wine glass as he pick

lass before looking back up at him. "Y-yeah,"

o hear the words to know she wasn't oka

voice of his friend-slash-pilot crackle

lts, people. We'll

ing feeling in his chest. It wasn't like him to get so tangled up in someo

licked the buckle into place. Zach watched her, his mind racing again. She was broken. He didn'

lier hung in the air,

sked softly, her voice carryin

words tasted like a lie on his tongue, but they were all he

window again. The silence stretched between the

her that made him question everything? Was it just because he had taken her away

rina made him feel like he should try. He d

he decision he'd made earlier that day settle

e couldn't go back from. Somew

as no turni