Page 213 of Billionaire Temptations

“What are your plans for today?” he asked.

“I have to go to the shop. I told Katie I’d be there by eleven, and seeing what time it is, I really have to go.”

“Me too. I have some work to do at the office. I’ll see you around.” He kissed my forehead and hailed me a cab.

Chapter Eleven

Emily

As I walked into the shop, Emily and Noelle looked at me as they heard the bell on the door ring. I would admit that I was a hot mess and didn’t have time to go home and change. Neither one of them said a word, but I could feel the glares from across the shop as I grabbed a dress and a pair of shoes and went into the fitting room to change. When I was finished and stepped out, the two stood there with their arms folded.

“What?” I asked.

“Last night’s clothes,” Katie spoke.

“And no makeup,” Noelle chimed in. “Not to mention your crazy hair.”

“And? Jackson and I ended up staying the night at a hotel. We had breakfast, and then I came straight here.”

“You slept with him?” Katie followed me to the counter.

“I did, and do you know what the best part was besides the amazing sex we had?”

“What?” She narrowed her eye.

“There was no ‘I’ll call you soon’ or ‘I’ll be in touch.’” I grinned.

“He didn’t act like he was going to call you after being with you all night and this morning?” Noelle asked.

“Nope. Isn’t life grand?”

“So does that mean you won’t be seeing him again?” Katie asked.

I shrugged. “I don’t know. We’ll have to see.”

“Do you want to see him again?” Noelle bit down on her bottom lip.

“Yeah. I wouldn’t mind. He’s a great guy, and we have so much in common. Spending time with him was fun.”

The store was getting crowded, so Noelle walked around and interacted with the customers, asking if they needed any help.

“Today is Alex’s birthday,” Katie spoke.

“That’s right. I completely forgot. Tell him I said happy birthday.”

“You can tell him yourself because we want you to go out to dinner with us tonight.”

“You two don’t want to celebrate alone?”

“We can do that later. Actually, a couple of Alex’s friends are tagging along and—” She looked down as her tone became serious.

“And what? What’s wrong?”

“Elizabeth and Keith will be there.”

“Elizabeth? As in, the one you think Alex has feelings for? I told you just to come out and ask him.”

“I did, and he got all mad at me and asked how I could even think something like that. He said they were just friends and that she was his best friend’s girl. Then he told me he loved me, and we had awesome sauce sex.”

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