The Billionaire's Assistant

started and

diner and all my senses were scream

d was seating across from me staring stonily at

all I was doing tonight was apologizing but in my d

lored strands fell gloriously around her shoulders and reminded me

r seeing you a

hort time that I've been with her I've learned that rainbow

her rainbow purse — I'm not even surprised anymore — and clicked it on. She searched the tab

e out you're a serial killer or something?” I chuckled and took a bite of my burger. Despite my seemingly annoying pr

ns about what I do, why I wear a mask and my personal life,” s

disappointed because I'd looked forward to finding out just what mad

hould be on my terms. Besides,” she sulked.

able it made her so I agr

eemed to glisten on their own. My hand itched again and it took all my willpower to get it under control.

learly make out the sharp outline of her hips beneath the long sleeved T-shirt and jeans. My hands started itching

ith idioms,” she wrote that down. “I d

else?” I was amus

sure you never ask, sign here please,”

joking

ow. “Midnight will

pkin to myself and read what she'd written. She had a d

. “It's just a napkin, it could fly away from here with the slight

she produced her phone and took a picture of it. She turned her screen

for my lips to curve naturally without being forced to.

d a delicate looking butterfly in

nto her chair but she had on

me five things about you no one else knows,” at her narrowed e

ers on the table. “That's still a little personal,

e I just won

ows . . . Let's see. I once died try

bitterness of the lemons in the air that went up

. I was stupid and weak. Too stupid to realize that I could

aid, you were young. What better time to be stupid and weak than when we're young right?” I t

r. As usual you're concluding wh

ed my elbows on the table. “Othe

lize that people will form their own opinion about you regardless of how much t

with

ever they come up with in their puny little brains will

uclear option, wha

d again. “W

r why you don'

ave any friends?” sh

of a conversation and the fact that no one knows

rd? — thing I could've said as soon as the words

r that, staring unbli

aid and did that thing where sh

shouldn't ha

.” she gave a little shiver. “It's like we're on a date,” she sa

somewhere where we can talk and

we ended up sitting on the hood of her minivan — Baby —

need a reminder that my life's not

I noticed was that she had really long legs and u

ugh my hair and tried not

iller Incorporated. Seeing the building always brought a sense of pride to me but sitting here now, next to this strange

at her, only to find tha

arms behind her but when she ca

you, Carson. Something tha

ntire being. Like what it felt to be having that d

me as a person that

ssman in me and took c

nything else when that's all everyone wants to talk about. Miami's Most

augh at he

you want

was thinking. Finally she

ear. Weird but I guess when you've acquired the status of billionaire people just assume you walk arou

the questio

irst two hamsters and I flushed my goldfish down the toilet

attracted me to her that first night. The sound was still

g,” she soun

What's h

sed an

r n

head. “Nope,

ng personal and I sure as hell don't want to talk about m

ith something I th

on ahead and disregard whatever the fuck

ly binding and it's important to you. That and I have a feeling i

most wished the stupid mask could disap

ut and cut through the

for a minute her face was bat

ght sounds like. I have to go, i

say anything

s about the midnight thing? Ha

t work tomorrow and I need to r

only clue about who she was behind the mask that I would ever

n know what

get off my dam

started to the

r?” I leant on the open window an

id, we have nothi

I just like l

oonlight turned her ey

like I usually do when one-n

uld go. Maybe w

” her teeth gleam

car and she started th

was midnight. Three missed calls from my mom

le of whisky the moonlight caught something silve

hatever it was. Sand covered most of it probably

k card probably the size of an ID that was an inv

name again? — well, my newest conquest was ranting and ravi

, a certain flighty, rainbow

ght. Fate