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“Don’t say anything. Just look at it. My offices are listed on there. And you have my number. Thing is, I’ve gone and fallen in love with you, Zoey. I never said that. I never realized until everything fell apart. I’m not a great guy, I know that. But you make me better and…well, I hope to hear from you.”
And then I do one of the hardest things in my life.
I walk away.
My meetings are done for the day and I haven’t heard from Zoey. Did I really expect to?
“Magnus?”
Shit. I realize my mother’s been in my office, talking to me for a number of minutes now, and I barely noticed.
“What?”
“I was saying that I’m here unofficially on official business. Your time is up and you showed you have heart. To Jenson and his people, anyway. You met all the requirements laid out by your father.”
She hands me a small box and an envelope.
I toss them both down on my desk and tap my finger against the top.
“The contents of the envelope are something you might need to discuss with your brothers. It’s to do with the meeting.”
Ryder and his fucking the wrong women. Jesus, those people on the board are puritans, but if I passed the test, then they can’t do anything. I’m not worried. They can stew or resign and sell their shares. I really don’t care.
Then I look at my mother. “So my foundations worked? Showed them I have heart.”
She smiles. “Zoey.”
“Excuse me?”
“Your test passed because you changed all your plans for Zoey. Congratulations, Magnus. You did it because of her.”
A small noise catches my attention and I swing my gaze to my office door.
Zoey stands there.
And her face tells me she’s heard everything.
I get what my mother has been saying now. What it means to show I have heart. Zoey.
She’s my heart.
I’m a book of clichés in love with her. Zoey showed me I have a heart.
But the thing I didn’t know was that they shatter.
Because I might just have gone and destroyed my heart.
Zoey holds everything.
I get to my feet.
“Zoey?”
Chapter Thirty
Zoey
Magnus looks at me like I’m his world, like I hold his happiness. And the woman he told me was his mother stands there, smiling like she’s just pulled off the match of the century.
