Disillusioned Billionaire (The Irish Billionaires) by Jill Snow

Author:Jill Snow [Snow, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

“Why?” she asked as they walked together driving the horses out to their pasture.

“I always wanted to be famous. You know like Sting or U2. I thought they had such a glamorous lifestyle. Us, we grew up in a poor area. We were luckier than most as my dad had a steady job, but there was no money for extras. I thought once the money was no longer an issue, life would be happier.”

“I can’t imagine a billionaire not being happy,” Ashley said without thinking. Cringing, she couldn’t look at him. Now he would know she had looked him up.

“Yes, I can understand that. It’s what I thought,” Adam said, his dejected tone making her look at him closer. He was staring at something in the distance or maybe he was just thinking. Golly, he was gorgeous. Better looking in real life than his pictures on the internet, and that was saying something. The scruffy look, as her mom called it, suited him. The beard and the tousled hair. He turned and caught her looking at him, a gentle expression in his dark eyes.

“Sorry, pity party is over. I swear.”

“It’s okay. We all have something we wish we had done differently. When did you first make it famous?”

“Hard to know really. The papers called us an overnight success but that was after years of playing gigs in half-empty pubs and clubs. Then U2 offered us a chance to open one of their concerts. It took off from there really.” Adam spoke as they walked. “I was lucky. Conor Dunne, one of my older brother’s best friends, had been successful in business. He told us how and where to invest the money we made. He kept saying the music business is fickle and we had to invest for the future. We bought some houses when Dublin was booming and other stuff. He was right.”

“About the investments?”

“No about the music business being fickle. One minute you’re everyone’s darling, the next they all hate you and wish you were dead.”

“Can you blame them?”

“What?”

“After what you did? How could you do something like that? Don’t you know drugs ruin lives? Not only for those who take them, but the families left behind.” Dismayed at her tears and lack of control, Ashley stalked off hoping he wouldn’t come after her. She was disappointed. He caught up with her quickly.

“Ashley, are you okay? I’m sorry, I didn’t think.”

“Now or back when you smuggled the drugs?”

He opened his mouth as if to say something but stayed silent. His eyes stared at her. But she couldn’t understand what he as trying to communicate. She walked off.

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