Chapter 8 - BUILDING BRIDGES
The weeks leading up to the New Year were a delicate dance. Cole canceled a billion-dollar merger in Tokyo just to attend Finn and Theo’s first hockey practice in Chicago. He learned their favorite foods, read them bedtime stories, and answered their endless questions with infinite patience.
He was terrified of breaking them, and they were fascinated by him.
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One evening, I found Cole in the library, fast asleep in an armchair, with Theo asleep on his chest and Finn curled into his side. Cole’s arm was wrapped protectively around them even in slumber. A stray tear slipped down my cheek. The cold, ruthless billionaire the world feared was nothing but a devoted, desperate father in this room.
My heart, frozen for seven years, finally began to thaw. I realized that my empire, my money, and my success meant nothing if I couldn't share it with the man who still owned my soul.
