Page 22 of Arrogant Playboy

Rosie: Yes.

Rosie: I’ve only been on a couple of planes in my life. Also, this is a small one.

“Sorry, excuse me, ladies,” Daniel says. The three of us stop playing on our phones and look over at him. “Rosie, do you have a sec? Ivy’s sent over some files and wants us to go through the art for the project.”

I stare at him, what project? Georgia elbows me to go, and I jump up and walk over to where he’s sitting, feeling Ava’s glare on my back the entire way. Daniel smiles at me as I take my seat and he leans in with his phone, his hand landing on my knee.

“If you get worried about anything during the flight, I’ve got you.”

Is he serious? This man did that to get me sitting beside him the entire way so that he could hold my hand if I became scared on the flight.

Damn him.

My stomach flip-flops.

The flight wasn’t long,and there’s a car waiting for us with another handsome man waiting beside it.

“Matthieu,” Daniel calls out, and he walks over and hugs him, they start speaking in French.

“Who is that guy?” Georgia asks.

“His cousin, I think. Daniel mentioned he was going to meet us here when we landed,” I answer.

“What a gene pool.”

“Daniel spoke to you the entire flight, what was that about?” Ava asks.

“He had questions about a project we’re all working on,” I say.

“And that’s all it was?” Ava says.

“Yes.”

“You’re not seriously laying claim over a man, are you?” Georgia questions Ava.

“No. But they did seem close,” Ava states.

“Do you think I’m flirting with him?” I add, trying to throw her off.

“He seemed to be flirting with you,” Ava says.

“He’s French, Ava, him reading a menu sounds flirty,” Georgia tells her. She’s not wrong. But I don’t like the way Ava has gone about claiming Daniel, even if I hadn’t secretly hookedup with him before. She’s never done that. Is the private plane making her extra thirsty?

“Ladies, let me introduce you to my cousin, Matthieu, he runs the Paris office,” Daniel says.

“Enchanté, ladies,” he says, kissing each of our hands. Daniel rolls his eyes behind his cousin’s back which makes me smile. Then the boys usher us into the car and we head to Louis’ house. Ava, of course, grabs the seat next to Daniel before I even have a chance to. She’s been rubbing on him the entire way and it’s starting to annoy me. I try to remember what Daniel told me and not worry about Ava’s antics because he isn’t interested.Not that I care.

We arrive out the front of Louis’ home, and it’s stunning, no wonder Emily has been having a great summer, this place looks magical.

“Right, here is the plan. Daniel and I will go inside first, and we will bring Emily out and you all yell surprise, got it?” Matthieu states as they both get out of the car and head to the front door.

“Gosh, Daniel smells nice, I couldn’t stop sniffing him the entire way.” Ava sighs.

“It wasn’t half obvious,” I grumble to her.

“Not my fault. I know what I want and what I want is that sexy French man in there,” Ava declares.

Jealously hits me, and I want to rip my best friend’s eyes out.You told her nothing was going on.Nothing is going on. It’s only a weekend, then she will be back in London and a new guy will distract her.

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