Billionaire: A Billionaire Boys Club novel by Henley Maverick

Author:Henley Maverick [Maverick, Henley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Moxley

He couldn’t claim that he was an expert when it came to love, far from it in fact. He didn’t have the first clue what to do when it came to romance, or the big gestures that women loved.

It was why he called his sister in the first place, and although he was by no means well versed in the language of love, he knew enough to know that Sawyer’s reaction was far from ideal.

In fact, it was downright nerve-wracking.

All the blood drained from her face as she walked past him and headed straight for the champagne lying on the counter, water dripping from the sides. Wordlessly, she reached for one of the flutes and filled it up, downing it one in a gulp, the sound of her lips smacking against each other the only sound.

Not knowing what else to do, he reached for the remote on the coffee table and switched off the music, plunging them into a long and awkward silence, made worse by the awkward tension hanging in the air.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, anything, grasping for the right words which seemed to elude him, curling up into tendrils before they vanished as Sawyer stood a few feet away, nursing her second glass of champagne.

She still wouldn’t look at him, her bright blue eyes fixed on the bottle, as if it was the most interesting thing in the room. A thin sheen of sweat broke out across her forehead, and he wanted to offer, again, to take her coat from her, but after her earlier insistence, he thought it was better not to.

Besides, what was the point?

She was obviously not going to say. It was plain to him as day that she didn’t feel the same way, and was only trying to figure out how to tell him, nicely. Considering the fact that they worked together, he appreciated her tact and discretion.

At the end of the day, he didn’t want word of this to spread and for this to affect either of them at the office. There was no reason this couldn’t be handled civilly. He swallowed past the bile in the back of his throat, his stomach dipping as he realized what he had to do.

Dully, his heart thudded, echoing the loneliness back to him, but he pushed it away, determined not to think about any longer than he had to do. It was not a big deal, and at least he was finding out now rather than down the line when it would’ve been much worse.

Yes, he had to believe that, clung to it in fact because it allowed to him to hold onto whatever shred of dignity he had left, mustering up enough courage to look directly at Sawyer and not allow himself to be dragged under by the crushing weight of despair.

She doesn’t like you back, but it’s okay. You’re a big boy, Moxley, and it isn’t as if Sawyer is the last woman on Earth. There are plenty of others.

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