Page 47 of Billionaire Unexplained: Kaleb

I bumped his shoulder playfully. “Says the man who has more money than God.”

“Unfortunately, I’ve discovered there are some things even I can’t buy,” he said in a self-mocking tone.

Tanner and Devon joined us before I could ask Kaleb exactly what he meant.

He was, after all, Kaleb Remington.

What could he possibly want that he couldn’t pull out his checkbook and buy instantly?

I laughed as I watched Kaleb, Tanner, and Devon as they jabbed at each other about who had done the most work volunteering.

I tucked my work issues away as I listened to the now familiar banter between the brothers.

Right now, I was going to savor the rest of the day just being an ordinary visitor in Crystal Fork, Montana.

Anna

“You sound so much better,” Kim said about a month later as we chatted on the phone.

“I feel better,” I confessed to my best friend.

I’d started seeing a virtual grief counselor at Kaleb’s suggestion right after the fundraiser.

I’d seen a counselor right after my parents’ deaths, but I’d had to go back on the road to complete my tour.

I’d found someone in Los Angeles who did virtual counseling and was used to working with high profile clients and keeping their secrets.

We’d met three times a week for the last month by video, and even though I had been feeling happier since Kaleb and I had met at the cabin, the specialty counselor was helping me work through a lot of my issues.

She made me feel like all of my feelings were normal and part of the grief process.

Even my mental meltdown after my last concert.

She thought that I had been in denial about my grief in the beginning, and when I’d found out that my parents were murdered, it was a trigger that made everything hit me all at once.

I suspected she was right. I’d stayed so busy that I’d never allowed myself to really grieve my parents right after they’d died.

I hadn’t truly dealt with the pain of that loss until I’d absolutely been forced to do it when I’d learned that they were actually murdered.

I hadn’t wanted to accept that I’d never see them again or that I was now alone in the world without close family.

“How’s that hottie man you’re staying with,” Kim teased. “Girl, I swear, I don’t know how you keep your cool around all those gorgeous Remington men. I dug up pictures of all of them. Billionaires are rarely that hot.”

Kim knew everything.

She was one of those best friends who would pull your secrets out of you if you didn’t tell her everything.

She was also the one person, other than Kaleb, who I knew would always have my back.

“He’s just as amazing as he was a few days ago,” I confessed as I sat on the bench for the piano in the music room.

I’d been working, but I’d decided that I needed a break.

Kaleb and I had spent almost every day together for the first few weeks that I was here, but he’d needed to go back to work.

He did come home every night at a very reasonable time, and I’d been fine with staying here alone so I could get caught up on writing my music.

“You sound like you’re even crazier about him than you were a few days ago,” Kim said, her voice amused. “Maybe you should just seduce the guy.”

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