The Billionaire�s Secret Desire

Chang saw his guilt, and it was common among family to feel responsible, but unless you were a doctor, the signs weren‘t easy to see. ―The last thing you need to do is blame yourself Mr. Shayne.She‘s young and breast cancer is not common in her age group. The lump is barely detectable, but it‘s significant enough to raise a flag.I won‘t lie to you.If you combine that with her symptoms, I‘m afraid there‘s a high percentage that it‘s malignant, but we need to do a biopsy if the blood tests are conclusive to see how aggressive it is.‖

―does she know?‖

―No, I needed to speak to you first.‖

‗Don‘t tell her yet.‖ He said pulling his mobile out of his pocket, ―I need to call her fiancé. He‘s going to want to be here when we break the news to her.She‘s not going to take this well.‖

Max was in the middle of dictation when the phone rang.

―Hold that Nance, I need to get this, it‘s Luke.‖ He said looking at the caller id. Luke said he‘d call when he got some information of Lily.

―Certainly Mr. King.‖ She said patiently noticing that he glanced at his watch again.He‘d been doing that constantly since he called her into the office as if anticipating this call. Then there was the slight urgency in his tone when he spoke to her.

―Luke? How‘s Lily?‖ He said before his friend could even get a word out.

―Max, do you have a pen?‖

―I do.‖ He said hearing the tone of his voice. He sounded 120

The Billionaire‘s Secret Desire oddly subdued, ―What‘s wrong?‖

―I‘m going to give you the address of the clinic that we‘re at. I need you here. I think Lily is seriously ill.‖ He said giving him the address unable to stop his voice from cracking.

Max scribbled it on a piece of paper while doing his best to squash the dread that washed through him.Luke sounded worried, and it took a lot to worry his number one man.

However, Lily being sick would do it for both of them. ―I‘ll be there in twenty minutes.‖He hung up, ―Nancy cancel my appointments for this afternoon and get Oscar to bring the car around.‖

She stood up, ―Is everything okay? Is Lily all right?‖

Nancy remembered how upset she was when she left there the last day, followed by Max‘s bellowing voice as he fired one of the office girls publically which was completely unlike him.

Whatever went on between the two women had been witnessed by Max and had obviously hurt Lily deeply.Shortly after Brittney, red faced and weeping, packed up her desk but Nancy didn‘t feel sorry for her at all. She knew the young woman had been drooling after Max and obviously had gone too far in belittling Lily.

Apparently as she found out from the other office girls that this had been going on for some time under Nancy‘s nose and she didn‘t see it.She would have fired Brittney herself if she‘d known. She knew how much Max coveted Lily and rightly so.The girl was a complete doll.Nancy couldn‘t help feeling protective of her also.Then when rumour reached them about her and Max‘s engagement she wanted to jump for joy. She was perfect for him.At least that‘s what Nancy thought.She had time to ask Luke about it the next day when he was waiting patiently for Max to finish a meeting.

Luke sat on the corner of Nancy‘s desk with one foot on the floor while flipping through a magazine.

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―So, when‘s the date?‖

Luke glanced down at Nancy who had her spectacles shoved to the end of her nose and was eyeing him intently over them. ―Date?‖

She pursed her lips impatiently, ―The wedding Luke, don‘t play dumb.Everyone here has seen the rock on Lily‘s finger, and Max is floating on air.‖

He laughed, leaned over and kissed her on the cheek like he would his own mother, ―Nothing gets by you does it?‖

She acted indifferent to his bold affection for her, and if he didn‘t know her any better he would have thought so except for the warmth that filled her eyes,