Do Billionaires Ever Do Redemption ?

e, and much as I told myself not to look for anything from the past in her face, I immediately saw the girl she'd been back then. Her cheekbones were sharper, sure. Her curves were

incing myself sh

a couple of seconds, as though trying to decide if she should give the money back or make peace with the unbalance. "Tell

er feel good enough to leave, then fine. I'd wanted her there as a buffer, but the foolishness of th

st as intent to st

op, clop, clop of her footsteps as she made her way back to the elevator. The din

chickenshit, though even through the glass, I could hear a ras

m sure you'll be more comfortable sitting down." I gestured for her to j

ng the tone of this meeting had been set and with that nod sh

much now as I had then-and for the briefest of moments, I wished I'd

algic reunion. This was an ending, and the sooner we got to he

e were younger, I found myself wishing she would slow down so I could stretch this m

was in

t to the bar by the time she came in. "Have a seat," I said, busy

would b

to have an excuse to keep my b

the

nd abandoned my impulse to pour a whiskey

her to hand her the water, and sudde

er. I would have preferred looming above her. I would have preferred to not have to look her in the eye. And though I purposely made sure we didn't have physical contact, I could feel t

iately and too

wrapped around the cylinder shape, noting the lack of a ring wher

d, so I pushed my eyes up to hers where I found her attention was completely on me. She took in every change in my appearance-the beard, the tats

she said it, I believed her because that was just what I'

d almost be called a laugh

and that was a real fucking problem for me. It kept me looking at her when I should have been lo

hing she'd ever worn as a teenager, but we'd spent most of those days in a school uniform, and her father di

someone who didn't try to impress anyone. Someone who dressed for pract

assurance. While I didn't care about making her feel better, the comm

o see you all deck

I wasn't going to make it to since it started in twenty m

a cue to hurry this along and sit down, she scanne