Chapter 216

• The laughter overtook my tears, and I wiped them away as he continued.
• “I’m almost forty, a freaking billionaire, and I still haven’t found a way to deal with feeling like I’m not enough for them. Are you kidding me, Tess? Look at you. Look at all that you’ve accomplished. You fucking went and got your Ph.D. and invented something that will make people feel confident and amazing in their natural skin.”
• A weight dissolved in my chest at his words. I sniffled and took a deep breath. “You know, my original intention was only just to help everyone get clear skin. The youthful elements of the cream, the reducing wrinkles, they were just a fortunate side effect.”