ONE NIGHT WITH A BILLIONAIRE

y bed with pale rays. I hadn't gotten any sleep. Not in a big way. Throughout the night,

an ever when I looked up at the ceiling. You

covering his tuition. I was aware that despite his best efforts, he was unable to assist. We were still goi

tighten. There was no way I could afford to wait. Although Bryant had given me the night

ed to resp

n I stood in front of the mirror. The girl who had aspirations of becoming a college graduate and leading a moral life was no l

s I wore to work to a casual pair of jeans and a sw

where Bryant was staying. It's a mistake, I thought to myself a hundred ti

ach level it passed. I was holding onto the edges of my suitcase so hard

antly, it opened, as if he had been waiting just around the corner. With h

" moving aside to allow me to enter. "I tak

le weight of my choice fall on me at once. But after th

estic view of the city skyline, the furnishings seemed more costly than anything I had ever seen. I

I did so while attempting to calm myself. It was barely m

the bar, he questioned, "So?" "

a terrible taste on my mout

t was a cold grin. Well done

I had made, but rather that I didn't have any other alternative. I b

"Let's discuss the details." He opened it and started enumerating wo

my estate." "The cooking, cleaning, and security will be taken care

t seemed so overwhelming to think that I was in charge of her. I was going t

needs will be provided to you each month. I want total loyalty and d

his icy remarks. Now I was unab

d as I began to inquire. I had

Bryant questioned, starin

what will happen? Al

his stare hardened. Failure is not a possibility, Zhanarah. There will be

down my spine, I forced my

rk returned to his lips. Well

d, I blin

be gone for a week on a business trip. Naomi

self with a kid I had never met? Even if it was too muc

on his desk, "I'll have my driver take you to the estate." Y

n as they hung there like a menace. I st

hrough the streets with the grace of a shadow. I gazed out of the window, observing as the

mansion I had ever seen. Between me and the imposing stone structure beyond were high iro

ioned myself in front of the mansion. This location was q

countenance inscrutable. "Welcome, Ms. Miller. I'm gonna ta

handeliers hanging above and the artwork on the walls hardly registered on my mind. Everythin

exposed it to find herself in a beautiful room over the

This will be your room." Naomi is dozing off in h

ying another word, the lady turned

It was undoubtedly gorgeous, but it didn't

erneath. The truth of it all hit me, and my chest constricted. This

mall girl who lived

world falling on me, and I burst into