Page 39 of Billionaire Devil

THAT WOULD BE A HUGE MISTAKE!!!!!!

HE IS THE KING OF HEARTBREAK!!!!!!!!! He’ll rip your heart out and eat it for breakfast!!!!!

Shit.

She’s right.

Heisthe king of heartbreak. She’s described all the headlines to me in excruciating detail.

And now I know why he’s earned his title.

It would be so very easy to fall for him.

He tastes so damn good. He feels like carnal ecstasy, as though every cell in my body is on fire from his effect. And it’s only been one kiss. Imagine how hard I’d fall if Ididgive him everything?

Can I do this without getting broken into a thousand tiny pieces?

I can.

You can’t. You’re already half in love with him. If you let him cash in your V-card, it’ll break your heart to watch him walk away and straight into the arms of his next supermodel conquest, like you mean nothing to him. Like you never did.

No, it won’t. I hate him. He’s a jerk and a bully.

You’ve had some of the deepest, most meaningful conversations of your life with him. You’ve told him more than you’ve told your best friend. You’ve laughed more in the past 24 hours than you have in the past 24 months.

It doesn’t matter.

Of course it matters.

Damn it!

I pull away from him. My heart hurts because I don’t know if I can do thisonlyphysically. He’s too gorgeous. Weclicktoo much. I don’t know if I’m strong enough to separate orgasms from falling in love.

You can at least try! You’re so close!

I climb off of him, sliding over to the underwater seat a few feet away from him. “I can’t.”

“You can’t what.” Pissed off. He picks up my phone, where the texts are still lit up. “Those fuckers.”

I take my phone from his hand and I climb out of the hot tub.

“Lila—”

“Goodnight, Colton. I’m going to bed.” I don’t bother bargaining with him for the bedroom. I’m not schlepping out to the parking lot in my bikini. I’m on the verge of tears and I don’t want him to see me crying. He’ll think I’m crying over him and I’m not.

I’m crying because he’s fun and hot and I don’twantto love being with him as much as I do. I don’t want to be so crazily turned on by him that it feels like a new addiction I’m scared I won’t be able to break after only one taste.

King of Heartbreak, you can add one more to your fucking score card.

I text Sloane because I don’t want her to worry about me all night.

He offered me a ride because he has business in LA. IT’S JUST A RIDE. NOTHING IS GOING ON. Please don’t worry about me. I promise I’ll call you soon

Okay, it’s a small white lie but I’ve fixed it now. I resisted him and I’ll continue to resist him because she’s right about him. I caved a little bit tonight but I won’t make that mistake again.

Oh shit. Honey, please please please be careful. He’s dangerously hot and absolutely non-committal. DO NOT BE FOOLED!!! I hope you’re ok. CALL ME xx

How am I going to survive four more days?

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