A YEAR WITH THE BILLIONAIRE
ella
n our eyes interlock and I look away quickl
ng in a club and I don't know why he is
e lump, gulping loudly a
I scan my eyes to look for Juliet
en't talked about the reason why I am here because she is ran
was mile
ting. Wonderin
here?" He grabs me again, speaking
here to talk to my friend about his offer? Or I am here to take
I stammer, avoiding his icy glar
demands with di
use of the tone he is using to ask me
e sound po
et'', I point towards where Juliet and I were sitt
her body to the music slowly and drinking while
ough his expression as he heaves a
someone tired of seeing my face
s not one to go to clubs and partie
hat he means by good n
stop myself from blurting o
inally turns to face me squarely, I lean my head down
g around, making it obvious to me that we are in a club, somewher
s back and within m
at mean I still have my job? Why is he th
es my lips and I jog over t
haven't gotten a solu
den. I still need to look for a way to
I have. I have others of which my grandmother's surge
when I get close. "W
he picks up a glass cup of wine and stretches
out a
tings. She stares at me, wriggling her body in a slow
t I am not picking it up or drinking it. I only l
t saying
ring if she didn't hear me. She gazes at
s. "Wha
y fingers into my hair and biting my l
out of my reverie
dmother's surgery just like you suggested", I begin
lit up in excitem
ticking my teeth together and
face and she tilts her head t
answer. "He wants
s her eyes grew
e told me but the shock multiplied wh
ye
naire boss whom she hadn't seen physically but always on TVs. Juliet has a h
teases me about men, she calls me too serious and eve
a year and the idea sounds ridiculous", I frow
rt while before asking. "What
me $50000 aside from the other expenses
arried for just a year?" She cuts me
. "No. Probab
ly?"
he questions wi
d? The idea is ridiculous. I can
terrupts me, making me realize what I just said. This was the same t
quarely. "You can't marry or you don't w
she is driving at. I wave my han
ter, making me arch
his
ngs out her mobile phone and
ed in getting married to him for a
elief and doubt. Juliet can be playful and sometimes I don
Don't you know that this is a lifetime opportunity? It is coming from a man you know so well. He is your boss and
he is asking me t
s I exp
ess human. You are doing this for your grandmother's survival. Isn't this better than becoming that
lin
, trying to a
d I g
east I can do to help you both is to steal his number from your phone, call him and tell him I am in
be no strings attached", I i
Her mouth drops open
t fantasizing about having him take me, make love to me, k
is beginning to fade away. She doesn't visit me at the office because it isn't allowed. No one can com
her daydream and hits my l
move away thinking she will hit
er white teeth. "Take the off
my eyes
son for the job if only he was going to want us to have sex and do sort of bad
ith her raw words and she laughs then
dance for the offer and the hope of a be
to let her make me fall and s
ps in excitement. "Bella is going to