In Love With My Ex Boyfriend's Billionaire Father

: Morning R

dy enveloped in a warmth that didn't belong to just the bed. Memories of last night rushed back in vivid flashes-the heat of Ale

ss was cool, the imprint of his body faint but there. For a moment, I felt a pang of di

oughts. I sat up, clutching the sheet

oom effortlessly, and I couldn't help but drink him in-the strong jawline, the way his t

e said, his voice

n voice hoarse from sleep-or

u," he said, stepping clos

hand through my tousled hair

something guarded in his expression now, a s

ore you leave?" he asked,

Of course, this was all it could be-a fleeting encounter bet

a smile. "No, I'm fine.

me for a moment before he nodded. "I'll have

, swallowing the

ving me alone with my scattered thoughts an

man named Marcus, didn't pry, for which I was grateful. I sta

eople did to move on? A one-night stand to shake off the hurt, to remind yo

was pressing down on me. Liam's betrayal, my impulsive de

at scrubbing every corner of my tiny apartment w

I'd buried the memory of Alexander in the back o

ty gala one evening. I protested at first, insisting that the last thing I wan

t out, Sophia,"

, you're going to dress up, have a glass of

antly,

diamonds and the air smelled faintly of money. Jenna had lent me one of her dresses, a

second glass of champagne

u have to m

g me toward a small group of people near

exa

osed as ever, his suit impeccable, his expression unreadable. But when his eyes met min

to the tension,

r Steele, one of the spon

ch to the gut. I turned to Alexande

slightly, but he nodded. "Y

own my spine. Jenna beamed, clearly misi

en't you, Sophia?" Jenna said casually, m

ia

had shattered my heart and d

hifted from surprise to smugness. "Sophia,"

in my throat. My ex-boyfriend and the man I'd

d smiles. Liam hovered like a vulture, clearly enjoying my discomf

the exit, desperate to escape the suffocating atmosp

Wa

exander, his gray e

ds tumbling out before I could stop them

a thin line. "And I didn't kn

rong, given everything th

," I said quickly. "Ha

moment, his gaze softening

rds pressing down on both of us. I wanted to say more, to ask h

are you

rd made my s

talk later," he said quietly, then turned and walked away, lea