Page 421 of Billionaire Temptations

“I know all about his reputation. It’s sweet that the two of you worry about me, but you don’t have to. I can take care of myself where Sebastian Bennett is concerned.”

Ellery scrunched up her nose. “I know you can,” she said, gripping my shoulders.

“I do have a question for you, Connor.”

“What is it?”

“Pretend you and Ellery weren’t married, and you just started seeing each other, and you took her on a trip with you. Would you have a problem if she paid the hotel bill?”

“I would never let her. So, it wouldn’t be a problem.”

“Let’s say she threw some cash in an envelope and sneaked it down to the front desk without you knowing.”

His eyebrow arched. “Well, if that were the case, I would have a problem with it. I invited her to go with me, so I amresponsible for paying the bill. Why? Did you pay the hotel bill?” He smirked.

“Sebastian gave me some money before he left for his meeting in case I wanted to go down to the casino. I tried to refuse it, but he was very adamant that I took it. So I played a little blackjack and won a lot of money. After arguing when I tried to give him all the money since I won it with what he gave me, he took back the amount he gave and told me to keep the rest and buy something nice with it.”

“How sweet.” Ellery smiled.

Connor looked over at her with a frown. “I do that all the time.”

She patted his arm.

“I didn’t feel right keeping it, and Sebastian wouldn’t take it back, so I paid the hotel bill. After all, it was the casino’s money, so I was just giving it back to them. The hotel called Sebastian and told him about it, and he was a bit angry.”

Connor scratched his head. “You gave the money back to the hotel?”

“Technically, since it was their money I won.”

“Aw, that was so nice of you to do that, sweetie.” Ellery smiled.

“It wasn’t my money to keep anyway, but Sebastian can’t understand that.”

“I don’t blame him. I can’t understand it either,” Connor spoke.

“Of course you don’t, Connor. You’re money hungry.” Ellery frowned. “You did a great thing, Chloe, and if Sebastian is angry over it, too bad.”

“My friend Sienna said that he probably feels emasculated.”

“I’m sure he does,” Connor spoke.

“Well, he did lose a crap load of money the night before. I warned him not to gamble since we were in the beginning of a Venus retrograde.”

“Huh?” Connor cocked his head.

Ellery stood there and shook her head at him. “Come on, Connor, you have a meeting to get to and I have some shopping to do with Peyton. We’ll talk later and see you tonight at dinner. Per Se at seven-thirty.”

“Looking forward to it.” I smiled.

I was meeting Connor and Ellery for dinner. It wasn’t just any ordinary dinner. It was a celebratory dinner for the success of opening night at the gallery. Both had felt bad that they didn’t get a chance to do it sooner, but as far as I was concerned, they didn’t need to do it at all. After they left, I examined the swatches one last time and finally picked a color.

Sebastian

After our little discussion about the hotel bill, I hadn’t contacted Chloe all week. I was still pissed off that she would do that and not even tell me. As I was sitting at my desk, my phone rang. It was Serena.

“Hello, Serena.”

“Your voice is music to my ears, Sebastian. I haven’t heard from you in a while. How about dinner tonight?”

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