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