Ella and the Billionaire by Cidney West

Author:Cidney West [West, Cidney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-10-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Cedric hung back for a while after Ella left the conference room. He leaned on a chair, staring at the wood table. Various thoughts flashed through his mind–Ella crying, the softness of her skin, the relief that painted her features when he offered to help…

It was all a little much for him and he needed a moment to process. He felt like he’d just crossed some sort of threshold, only he didn’t know what exactly. And when he’d said he hoped they were more than colleagues, that wasn’t quite what he meant. But he didn’t know what he meant, so how was he supposed to say it?

Cedric felt confused, and not. As they talked in the conference room, it was like he was on the verge of something, but still far away from it. Liking women was not a new concept to him and if it was just his usual desire to flirt and have fun with her, that would be easy enough to figure out. But that’s not how he felt about Ella. Sure, he wanted to flirt and have fun, but he wasn’t inclined to leave it at that. Ella wouldn’t just play along for the fun of it. And he wanted her to see he wasn’t just some flighty rich guy, which was a brand new idea for him.

The situation stuck with him throughout the day, and Cedric caught himself wondering how things were going for Ella and what she was doing. Cedric read over some of the resumés Ella had left on his desk, then left the office for the day. He felt antsy, and it wasn’t because he’d been trapped in New York way longer than anticipated and wanted to get out. Weirdly enough, it was the total opposite. He wasn’t dreaming about getting away at all.

After walking around the block to work off some of the restlessness, Cedric got in his car and voluntarily showed up at Knightley headquarters and found his dad. And that alone clued him in that something was seriously amok.

His father’s salted eyebrows curved up at the sight of his son standing in the office door. He was hunched over some papers, black circles under his eyes and deeper worry lines. Apparently, he’d had a long day so far. Cedric took a breath, sauntering inside.

His father sat back. “To what do I owe this honor?” He sounded wary, which Cedric could understand. The only times he made an effort to deal with his dad were when he absolutely had to. Like the time he crashed his father’s Lamborghini, which he wasn’t supposed to be driving in the first place…

“Nothing that’s an emergency,” Cedric started. “I just wanted to run some things by you about Vannoy…if you have a few minutes. I probably should’ve called…” He hadn’t considered that his father might be preoccupied, though he usually was.

It took his father a second to digest what he’d said, but when he did, he pushed the paperwork to the side and sat at attention.

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