A Deal And A Billionaire

ower,” Millie whispered but th

y m

nstead, ignoring his outstretched hand

He was offering to help her, which in turn helped the company. But, what did he stand to g

ket and he excused himself to answ

y who claims to be a minister’s daughter. She wa

eplied, about to take hi

irlady called personally and told me to let

w idea. He turned back to meet Millie. “It s

Milli

my girlfriend.” Lo

ttered. “Wh

play, Miss Whitlock,” he began, “My mother is on my neck about my l

Millie asked,

on the le

ck to the topic at hand. “So you

fer pr

ord “pretend.” “For how long? How long woul

u’ll be compensated for your work. And as a bonus, I’ll help you crush your loser boyfriend.” He held o

from standing at the edge of the eighteen-storey build

nd.” she sa

almost amused. “Yes,

e about money and were calm, collected while doing it. It didn’t matter that sh

Millie towards himself. He kept her on top of him and bea

ried to get up from hi

ped, “you’re making this more un

ie f

stnut eyes. They reminded him of his mother’s obsession with the man w

deed, the young woman stood, sunglasses in hand, her perfect eyebrows lif

This was not going to be

inary dirt off her clothes. She cleared h

mood to correct her

to sore from the fall. He stood. “How dirty is

her lips. “Dirty enough that you would hate me.” That

her. “Perfect! Let’s see h

said

ow. He just didn’t want someone as resourceful as her to jump off the roof the moment

retted it aft

see through his act. The man wanted nothing to do with h

k.” He was going to wear

ded, “why put off

ht of buying a frame that held those words. “Then I

put on her heels a

d it like he was so sure that the sun would ri

ll, Mr.

ne, slamming the

*

e eleventh floor, steeling her nerves for when s

the stares were still there but so

ed to he

sprang up from her

ues— Tom and Rick— said as they got up. M

fine, really. Don’t worry.” She walked

to your glasses

touch it as she too

Lee called, watchin

turned in her ch

ved your product ideas.” She

and her co-workers began to clap. Some pass

e still had people who supp

e wants to work side by sid

ie looked at their

h. He wants team two to be in charge of the whole process. The ot

ard this year.” Tom added. He and Beth

hows just how much of wonderful employee, and person, that she

e even have you, Mi

he tears trying to f

*

how she got into this mess in the first place. She couldn’t understand why Theodore would do t

things she didn’t u

hemmed between two tall, large buildings. It was the first thing she

it behind her. The keys were tossed in a bow

d walked to her couch. She droppe

or

and reminded her of the stares

d and buried her head in the palm of her han

so weak. If she was someone else, she would have ignored everyone and flip

nd she wasn’t the whor

ed it out of her jacket pocke

ide. Com