Billionaire Secret Club: Books 1-6 by Piper C.C

Author:Piper, C.C.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

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The hot spray beat down on my skin and did absolutely nothing to ease the tension in my muscles. Guilt was still alive and burning in my esophagus. I couldn’t believe what I had done. I’d always known I would do just about anything for my brother, but this… this went above and beyond my darkest expectations. I’d scammed a man.

Worse, I’d scammed a nice man.

I didn’t know James Carter all that well, but the little I had glimpsed of him told me he was a good man. I’d met very few of those.

The more I tried to reconstruct the night in my head, the less sense I could make of it. When I hadn’t laughed at every little thing James said, he’d kept trying out new comic material on me until I was practically rolling on top of the bar in hilarity.

Something about the man brought out a light, playful side of me I forgot I’d ever possessed. It’d felt special and strangely familiar. Before I knew what was happening, I was standing by his side in the casino chapel, going through a goofy Elvis ceremony so I could be proclaimed as his wife.

I told myself I did what I had to do. The man was a billionaire, for God’s sake. He wouldn’t miss what I took from him. I mean, to someone like James Carter, fifty thousand was probably allowance money.

At least I’d left behind the engagement ring he purchased for me. I only took what I needed to get my brother out of the mess he’d made. I’d acted out of necessity, and sometimes the end justifies the means.

Maybe he’d start out furious, but he’d sleep it and his hangover off. In a couple of days, he wouldn’t be giving any of this—or me—a second thought.

For some reason, the idea of James never thinking about me again put me in a sour mood. It was ridiculous. I shook my head under the water and forced myself to emerge from under the spray.

Fifteen minutes later, I laid down on my comforter, my hair combed through and freshly dried. I wore my softest, loosest pair of sweatpants and a tank top, the furthest I could go from the previous night’s look.

I considered indulging in mashed potatoes with gravy, my all-time favorite comfort food, but I didn’t want to go through the trouble of making a batch. Instead, I fumbled around in my nightstand drawer for my iPod and noise-canceling headphones, putting on a grunge playlist that was guaranteed to soothe my nerves.

I was just about to drift off to the calming tones of “Alice In Chains” when a thought slammed into me with the force of an asteroid. My eyes snapped open, and I sat up so quickly that I was dizzy for a second.

I’d gotten married, like legally. I’d vowed to love and honor James Carter in holy matrimony. Ring or no ring, I was still married to the man I’d stolen fifty big ones from.

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