The Billionaire Who Loved Me

d to forgive me for moving out of the family home. Once a month, we meet here, snag our usual seat in the middle of the fancy blue room, and update one

nd I am smiling and nodding and pretending to be enamored with the story of how my father had saved yet another dying patient in the E

rk as a junior marketer?” Ma asks innocently. I

ma. My week

er and I wish I hadn’t. She is staring at me with so much

bao bei?” Pa asks. “You’ve been

pa,”

a lot of contacts and important connections like your

like preaching to the choir,” Mae rol

happy doing what I do. Unl

es. “But then, something happened yesterday, and he couldn’t

ut off. Mae is watching me closely. My parents are watching me as well.

ised my phone and excuse

is. It’s quite important. I also h

inside, I lock myself in one of the bathroom stall

o? Je

relief. “Finally. I’ve been tr

t been in the mood to

, and they promised to take the vide

. She’s been torturing me with her cryptic remarks ever since I got h

sorry Min

going to focus on sur

here. You’

” We said good

arly wipe it off. But then, I think about explaining to my paren

r a piece of my mind the minute I get to the table. It won’t be pretty. I’ll probably be crying over

s makes his latte. He is wearing a turtle-neck cashmere sweater with long sleeves. His slacks are black and irone

gaze skims over to Wayne before they return to me. Her left b

to stop until I am standing in front of him. He looks up from his phone and I catch a whiff of his perfume. Something expensive

st. It is the only gr

my monologue to him in a loud whisper. Of course, I am smiling, so it looks like

e, I brea

shing maiden from

e in advance. I promise to have my resignation l

confusion. He is looking at me like I am an

volved in this kiss. It is a single kiss. But then, I draw it out slowly. I am not breathing. I fo

ne’s head follows my descent. That is when I reali

g?” he seethes thr

n my lips like a monolith. “I’m sorry about this Mr. Wayne. I promise to expl

heels and made it back to my family’s table. As expected

Mae is the first

ho

. The guy you we

ng with some clients at a restaurant around

red nail polish, fe

neers. “Weren’t you the one spilling your g

id those things to make my friend feel better. She was

You honestly expect me to believe yo

ove with Gar

go, but that’s all in the past. I’m seeing someone now. We’ve only been

ke a keeper,

him, ma. How c

e what she is saying is top secret. “I am glad you hav

boyfriend of yours. What does he do? How did you me

oming to meet your cra

en,” my p

tinued. “I met him at work. He’s ‘T

ting your boss? T

ed my sister. It almost

ng dreamily. “It’s like she’s got her very own ch

ing like the Kor

hurts from talking so much.

true,” Mae rants. It makes me won

retly for the last five months. What are the odds we are finding out

tery to you. Have fun running in circles

, but I’ve got somewhere else to be. L

en had dessert

o get desser

ezes some dollar bills into my hands like h

d in and gave him a q

I hugged

or my sister. J

hit a nerve with me. Bye Ming. E

yne Keller. It takes everything in me to turn and walk out of Tiffany’s with my head

hat I had done finally began to sink in. Only

e Keller. The

to him tomorrow? How