Not My Billionaire

n I walk into my office, the

the speaker button. “What’s up?” I ask,

st,” she says. “Would

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so I remove my blazer and drape it over the back of my chair. Then, I stand up to pac

e back after a stint in rehab. The latter doesn’t sound appealing to me, mostly because I’d need to become intoxicated to

iami, and, unlike me, she wasn’t raised in a bubble. Therefore, she knows the best pl

can wrangle my meetings for the week, it’s her. She’s always found ways to o

en off for more than a few hours since my parents’ accident, and it’s clearly weighing on her. I could send her to one

h having a superior who’s so young and inexperienced, especially considering she worked for my parents, the best in the business. “I believe that I need to ins

always seems happy to hear me talking about my parents. Even though the image of them send

will make sure they have your

Miami. As appealing as it would be to escape to the Maldives for a month or two, it wo

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teady drip from the upper corner of my ceiling. A ring of brown surrounds it and dribbles down t

in mattress that I got at a steep discount when I moved in. My long blonde hair is loose around me, my scalp sore from the tight

p shorts, no blanket covering my thin layer of sweat. Because of the rain, I can’t even ope

essage from my mom a timezone away. Still, it’s late

is okay! Do you ne

I am determined to prove her wrong. I have a decent savings, almost enough to put down a deposit on a nicer apartment. Maybe th

put on the floor the week I moved in. I have to empty i

ow is open late. I hate lying to her, but I can’t admit the truth. I’m miserable here. Even though I live in paradise, I’m s

hings will get better, I might flee this place and never come back, proving to everyone in

body hot and my

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at least it isn’t raining anymore. It doesn’t usually rain

I would be fired pretty much immediately. The sun beats down on my skin, and I lock my door behind me, although wiggling it hard en

, and, despite the early hour, t