Page 89 of The Billionaire’s Fake Fiancée
"This is what you are going to do," Damian says, his voice stern. "Go home, shower. Wear your best casual. Nothing fancy. Comfortable yet fashionable clothes. Then you buy her the one thing you know she loves."
"Buy her what?" Jace asks, mind gone blank.
"What does she love? Flowers? Wine? Woo her, man." Damian slaps him on the back. "For a start-up investor from Silicon Valley, you sure have forgotten the basics of being a man. Of sharing what you truly feel. Have you tried telling her what you told us?"
"Tried telling her what?" Jace asks.
What is Damian alluding to?
Karina bursts out laughing. "That you love her!"
"Ah! Okay." Even as he says it, he knows they're right.
He'd never bothered to woo her. Treat her with the charm and respect she so deserves. Yeah, he's going to make up for it. He's going to make her feel special. Tell her how he feels.
He slips off the barstool, walks past them, heading to the exit.
"Jace," Karina says.
He turns.
"There's one more thing you need to do."
"What?"
"Eric," she says. "He's waiting outside."
Eric's here?
His friends have outdone themselves. They know all he needs is a chance to put things right between him and his friend and business partner. That he'll never forgive himself otherwise.
"You guys are all awesome." He flashes them a grin.
"We know." She blows him a kiss.
He turns and walks out.
Only to be hit by a punch to the jaw that takes him down.
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Jace
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"What the fuck—" Jace groans from where he's fallen on the sidewalk.
A hand grabs him, pulls him up. His vision clears enough for him to see it’s Eric.
He touches the cut above his forehead, winces. "I deserve that."
Eric's fists, raised in front of him to attack again, hover midair, before dropping to the side. "Yeah, you do," he agrees.
"I was an asshole to you." Jace adds. "Was too caught up in my emotions, in what I was feeling for Sienna. I also felt guilty for what I'd done to us, Eric. For running the business into the ground."
Eric folds his arms over his chest, "You made some bad judgment calls. But that's how we learn. Chalk it up to experience," he says. "I won't apologize for being attracted to Sienna," Eric adds. "But I'm here to help you. I'm Sienna's business partner now."
"What?"
