Aaliyah and the Billionaire's Lamp by Catelyn Meadows

Author:Catelyn Meadows [Meadows, Catelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

The lamp sat on Aaliyah’s bathroom counter like a mystical thing. Aaliyah crouched before it for a better glimpse of its brassy finish and inlaid detailing. River’s account of his adventure with his grandfather played through her mind. He’d found this in a cave? How completely random.

Not quite as random as not only spending the afternoon with River but coming onto him when he’d showed up at her door. Aaliyah had kissed him, had blurted her growing feelings for him without shame. What had she been thinking? She’d acted so drunk, and she didn’t drink.

She’d been drunk on love, and on luck.

“You must be doing something for me,” she told the lamp. “Because I never act the way I did last night.”

Her own adventure seemed to be kick-starting. She never would have told River how she was feeling for him. She never would have considered standing up to her father a second time. Second times were akin to a death sentence when she’d been growing up. She’d learned early on to obey the first request.

But kissing River? Hearing him say he wanted her too? She craved that. She wanted to be wanted, to be more to someone she cared about in return.

She never would have pegged herself as being quite so romantic, but in all reality, she was head-over-heels wild to have someone love her. Someone who was down to earth, someone she could talk to.

This was her father’s fault, really. With his focus on marriage, he’d been the one to put the idea into her head. She wanted to run his business; she never thought she wanted to marry. But now that it was happening, she was struck by the thought. Struck by having someone as amazing as River by her side for the rest of her life.

She wanted him, and with the lamp’s luck, she’d do what it took to get him.

After her breakfast tray had been delivered, her usual fruit and muesli devoured, she placed the dishes near the door and headed to her closet.

Aaliyah decided not to wear a business suit for this, but jeans and a black and white striped blouse with ruching along the collar and sleeves. The nervous zing she’d fought when she presented her concepts to him not more than a week ago was replaced by boosted determination.

This was her life. It was time she took charge of it.

Aaliyah did her makeup and tied her hair into a side braid that hung down one shoulder. She brushed her teeth and gave herself a final once-over before swiping the lamp from the counter.

“Come on,” she told it. “Let’s see just how far your luck goes.”

Papa was sitting in the adjoining room of his suite, not where she’d met with River and Zayn, but connected to it. A desk nested on a rug in the room’s center. The corner wall behind the desk was completely glass, giving the room the impression of being larger than it was. It provided a delicious outlook on the ocean, something Aaliyah didn’t always appreciate as much as she should.

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