Page 59 of My Billionaire Neighbor's Secret

But then, I started to feel dizzy. I stopped moving and held on to the nearest wall. The world was spinning, making me shut my eyes. But when I closed them, I felt even more woozy.

My bag dropped to the floor, spilling all the contents.

Drake walked over and guided me to the sofa. “Are you okay? What are you feeling, Leigh?” he asked, his voice filled with concern.

“I don’t know…” I said. “What is this?”

I leaned back on the couch while Drake grabbed a glass of water and helped me drink some. It didn’t help at all. I wanted to just lie down.

I didn’t seem to have the energy to move much. Maybe this was the result of stress, exhaustion, and not getting enough sleep lately. Or maybe I had too much to drink last night and then I forced myself to go out today.

My head was badly throbbing. But at the same time, images of the day were running through my mind. I then remembered the juice he’d offered to me when we went inside this beach house. It must have been spiked with something.

Don’t drink too much when you’re around him.

I could hear Carter’s warning over and over in my head. It was like a broken record.

Carter probably knew something. Perhaps Drake had a history.

Holy shit. I have to get out of here.

I tried to grope for something above my head or on my side, something I could hit him with, if needed. I have to force myself to stand.

Suddenly, there was a huge guy beating up Drake. I was afraid he might kill him, but I couldn’t say stop.

The strange guy eventually stopped and left without even a word to me. I followed him with my gaze, wondering who the hell he was.

Several minutes passed. I was able to call an ambulance for Drake, but I didn’t go with them to the hospital. I only told them that Drake got into a fight with a guy I didn’t know. I did not go into the details. I was so confused.

I called Rasha to ask her to pick me up. She brought me to her apartment because I did not want to go home.

I turned off my cellphone too, not wanting to hear from anyone. I was shaken and trying to recover from the unnerving incident. Rasha didn’t force me to talk about it, but she was there to listen whenever I was ready.

I took a leave from the office and stayed with her for a few days. She eventually told me that both Drake and Carter had called her to look for me. Carter himself had gone to our office, asking about me.

“What did you tell him?” I wondered.

“I just said you went on a holiday, that’s all,” Rasha said. “He didn’t look convinced, though. But he did not say anything else.”

Some part of me was telling me to talk to him. But I was just feeling so messed up that I was in no condition to face anyone.

“What’s your plan now?” Rasha asked.

I shrugged, my mind blank. “I’m not sure yet,” I said. But what I was sure of at that moment, though, was that my plan for the future would not include Drake, Carter, or any other man.

Chapter 26

CARTER

It’sbeenaweeknow since I had last seen Leigh Andrews since I had rushed to that beach house a bit too late.

But it didn’t matter if she had not seen me. What mattered was that Arthur said he’d gotten there in time to save her.

I could feel my blood still boiling whenever I thought of what Drake did to her. How could he have done that to the woman he supposedly loved? He was certainly sick in mind. He needed help. I had actually tried to reach out to him despite my anger because I wanted to help him want to change. He ignored me.

As I drove my car up the driveway of my house, a huge red FOR RENT sign caught my attention. It was standing on the front lawn of Leigh’s house.

I felt a sense of dread spreading across my body. The pounding of my heart became faster and stronger.

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