Page 59 of Billionaire Unforgettable: Tanner

“You realize that you’re offering me everything I want right now with absolutely no downside to accepting that offer. The risk is all on you.”

Obviously, I knew that.

I wanted this to be an offer she couldn’t refuse.

It wasn’t a risk for me. While Hannah knew I was a billionaire, I didn’t think she had a good grasp on just how wealthy I was now.

Me funding her business was no different from her buying a cup of coffee at The Mug And Jug in the morning.

It was literally nothing to me.

It meant everything to her, and I’d dump my entire fortune to make her happy if necessary.

I could make more money, but there wasn’t another Hannah for me.

I grinned at her. “I didn’t get rich by not taking chances with a lot more money than it would cost to fund this new business venture of yours.”

“Twenty-five percent,” she said firmly.

“Not happening,” I answered as I folded my arms over my chest, too.

This was her business, and I wanted her to feel like it was hers.

“Twenty,” she said hopefully.

“Nope,” I replied as I sent her a look that would terrify anyone else I was negotiating with.

She let out an exasperated breath. “Don’t give me that look, Tanner Remington. I’m not one of your potential buyouts or your employee. I know you. There’s always room for negotiation.”

Fuck!I loved her boldness and her lack of fear in challenging me, but she was not going to win this particular argument.

I shook my head. “Not this time. That’s my final offer. Take it or leave it.”

Her body relaxed and her arms dropped to the armrests on the seat of the jet. “I think you know I want to accept. You’re offering my dream with very little risk. But it’s not fair to you.”

“It’s completely fair,” I replied. “Considering how much you supported me at one time, this is practically nothing from me in return. Is it really so hard for you to believe that I want to support your dreams without gaining an enormous profit?”

“Maybe it is sometimes,” she answered bluntly.

Okay, that hurt, but I knew I’d never given her a reason to believe that I cared about her ambitions before we’d broken up.

I’d been a selfish prick about what I’d wanted without giving a shit about what she wanted at one time.

While I hated the way I’d been years ago when it came to Hannah, there was nothing I could do about that behavior now.

All I could do was show her that I did care.

Someday she’d realize that her happiness meant everything to me now.

The tears of confusion that I saw forming in her eyes nearly gutted me.

“Hey,” I said in a gentler tone as I wrapped an arm around her shoulders. “I thought we agreed to start over as the two people we are now. This guy cares about you, Hannah. He wants to support you in any way possible. The amount of money you need means nothing to me. I know we struggled together for a long time, and you only got to see the beginning of KTD’s success. I’m a billionaire now with unlimited resources.”

Rationally, I knew she understood that, but having spent so many years with me when I was struggling, I wasn’t sure she’d totally internalized that fact yet.

She sighed. “I’m not sure that’s totally sunk in for me,” she admitted. “Everything changed so fast for us at the end of our relationship.”

Yeah, things had happened so fast that I’d never gotten the chance to make sure her needs were met before we’d separated.

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