The Billionaire's Indecent Proposal
I will show you to the terrace. The weather is too nice to dine inside." He
saw the sugared stoned floor perfectly aligned and stretching throughou
the sparkling water of t
ng me how half of it was indoors. "The glass goes down into the water to form a tunnel you can swim through from the outside to the inside," he explained. As beau
a rock wall aligned on one side and water flowed down into the
iful, Mr. R
in and his enthusiasm
I did notice that you en
inside his house. "You have a lovely home. Thank you for inviting me."
e dining table. "We should get seated so that dinn
e on the small table. Hints of gold shimmered in his hard hair as the light from
the time to get a grip on myself before I did something stup
from my thoughts. She placed the salad
ed for you?" I asked aft
nce I was a child. She worked for my parents before that, but when I bought this house, I asked her to
her. I took a bite of the salad and eyed the glass of wine within my reach. E
catching up with what was happening. Perhaps my clarity of
ee y
efore I could say
ut his elbows on the table. He
t about yours
bout me already." He had sent Virgil to do a background check on me. Of course, he knew
ework. But there is a lot
the smug smile away. Or
more frustrated with my
ut?" I asked with a hint of irritation. I point
d what you would look like when you talked
lost my appetite but I still thanked her. It wasn't her fault that the man she worked for was frustrat
s fill my glass back up and arched a brow when he went back to hi
try the food, Willo
" I took another sip of the wine and f
a side. "You haven't
ything out. If you could please tel
leaned forward. "It's sim
ir. My head was spin
I couldn't dismiss how fast my heart race
and Lory's flight of f
I grabbed the glass of wine with shaky hands and downed it at once. I was well past being tipsy. It seeme
of wine and poured myself more. Who cared? I n
f me wanting you di
lievable... impossible. But not disgusting."
rk on your self-confidence some other time," he said f
ad. Ask
d so you could get out of Atkins and
ave said it b
ation and that you fought for wh
few times as a few thoughts popped
eeping you at Atkins. The only person c
said te
e coming to Quentin to
es
e yourself in five years' time? What d
d doing something with my life. I had never wanted to
ticular subject I had a desire to pursue. I knew I liked reading so the thought of studying literature or getting a teaching license would suit me just fin
sure of
thinking. "May I share what I thought wh
I would receive critici
ant something different, I can see what. And then it struck me
erfectly? The need for affectio
continued, "We are more al
e of food but didn't say anything. After the dishes were cleared, only a
He sat down close enough that our knees touched. The butterflies in my
ed my eyes and bit it. I almost moaned at how good it was. When I opened my eyes, I
much. Are you scared of me, Willow?" His tone was soft and h
n my head, I was beggi
uching and our eyes were
I kis