The Billionaire's Voice

CHAPTER 18

"He's going to break your heart. When he's ready to go, he'll

leave and he won't look back," Liam told Tessa as they sat at

one of the sadly for tables at Sullivan's Steak and Seafood

the next evening.

Tessa had filled in for one of their waitresses who'd needed

the night off. Micah had texted that he'd be home the next

morning, and she couldn't wait to see him.

Honestly, she knew that her brother was right. She would

pay for indulging herself in Micah's passion. But even now, she

wouldn't trade the experience to avoid the inevitable pain. "It

will be my issue to deal with," she told her brother sternly.

Liam shrugged as he took a gulp of the beer in front of him.

"I don't want to see you hurt."

Her heart squeezed forcefully in her chest as she looked

at her forlorn sibling. "You can't protect me from everything,

Liam. I'm almost twenty-eight years old. I like Micah, and he's

the first guy I've wanted to spend time with since Rick."

"He's the first guy who ever got the chance," Liam argued.

Tessa shook her head. "He's the only one I wanted." Des-

pirate to change the subject, she told him, "I finally looked in

my bank account. Liam, there has to be a mistake. Where did

all that money come from? Is it yours?"

"No. The money is yours. Tessa, Mom,  and Dad were far

from being poor. And they got the restaurant and money from

Grandma and Grandpa when they passed away. Plus, we

make a good profit here. That's half of your inheritance

and the profit from the restaurant. Once I sell the house, you'll

get half of that, too."

"But there's almost a million dollars in my account. That

can't possibly be right. I almost had a heart attack when I

looks earlier today."

Liam lifted his eyebrow. "You just noticed? Tessa, we've

had the joint account with the inheritance and profits for years.

How in the hell did you not notice?"

"I didn't look. I didn't want to look."

"Why the hell not?"

"I don't know." She sighed. "Never mind. I do know. I think

I was making excuses not to try to have the implants again. I

wanted you to take the inheritance from Mom and Dad. I didn't

care how much it was. Neither of them talked much about