Not My Billionaire

turning to worry, “I’m sorry for laughing, M

n’t know anything, do I? I really am just some rich guy with no real-world experience. “It’s no probl

oiding the busy employees. When I stride out the back door, I

e with him. Knowing that he probably makes very little, I feel horrible about hiding my iden

a tired smile com

usy first day. You’ve never w

y smile. “Is it

. “Come on. I know a great burger place up

eshing. I’m so used to people scrambling for my attention just because of my name, so knowing that I might have positive qualit

the water, the roof made from palm fronds. “How much do you make?

ot hired on at

ve,” I lie. Is a dollar less per hour reasonable for someone wit

the whole place is, and I can’t help but notice

down, the sky grows dark with clouds, a perfectly normal occurrence for summer in Florida. It rains pretty much daily here.

r. I’m usually good with romantic advice, but with my friends in the past, it’s always been “buy her diamonds” or “take her to Paris.” I have no idea what advice to give

he depressing discovery of the day. Maybe I should have thought harder about coming to an island resort. I

They cook beef and chicken on a different grill than s

ut this place. “I guess yo

etter. Has benefits, too.” He means to tell me that it’s possible to get paid less? I need to d

ater beside us, a server approaches our table, a middle-aged woman with dyed-blo

in college. It’s like there’s some sort of built-in camaraderie that I’m not invited into. She glances up to me before Hector can g

I don’t drink. I’l

ly and writes it down on her notepad, even underlining it. I know that the restaurants I own would never have to worry about cross-contamination, but I’m impr

es dart up to his, but he doesn’t seem to have anyth

Tyler isn’t aware of my deepest insecurity, the one that people might not like me even afte

d. “Nah, she’s just g

roke all the clean appetizer plat

to the water. The fact that I even did something so clumsy and ru

lboats, and my heart leaps. I lift a finger and point, not thinkin

es the top of the water in the arching fashion that only a dolphin can evoke. He smiles. “Yeah,