Page 120 of The Thing About My Secret Billionaire

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LEO

Hey, Chase and Oliver. Am in NYC. Lunch?

Miller, where are you?

OLIVER

Thanks for waking me up.

CHASE

Sounds good. Just back from a run, then have a meeting with the Toasted Tomato brewery folks, but am clear for lunch.

ME

Am at home in Boston. But about to leave for the Hudson Valley. Catch you next time.

I slide the phone into my back pocket, but before my fingers are off it, it pings again.

OLIVER

Hang on…

Hudson Valley?

Shit. You’re going to the donkey sanctuary, aren’t you?

LEO

OK, I was thinking of this new place in Soho.

CHASE

You mean going to the donkey sanctuary OWNER, right?

ME

Christ, I should have lied and said I had a meeting.

OLIVER

A “meeting”? Is that what we’re calling it now?

CHASE

And isn’t lying what caused this whole problem inthe first place?

LEO

It’s near Spring and Sullivan. Low key. Private room upstairs. Should I get Amelia to book it?

ME

Never had a better idea in my life.

OLIVER

Oh, Jesus…

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