Engaging the Billionaire by Eliza Boyd

Author:Eliza Boyd [Boyd, Eliza]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Choose Love Ink
Published: 2019-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

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When Nicole cracked her eyes open the next morning, the first thing she thought about was her dad. She’d never spent this much time away from him before. Not since she’d returned from Phoenix to be his caregiver. Her hand shot out of the blankets to the nightstand, where her phone was. The nurse would have called her if something had gone wrong, but there were no notifications. Hopefully that meant everything was fine.

As her heartrate slowed to a more normal pace, she flopped onto her back on the bed. It was so soft and comfortable. The blanket felt like a cloud, and she made a mental note to ask Evan where he’d purchased it. She definitely needed one of these for her own bed.

In fact, she could probably afford one now. With that thought ringing in her head, she brought her phone closer to her face so she could check her bank account. Evan had said he’d pay her again for the last two nights, but she wasn’t really expecting that. He’d given her so much the first time around.

Yet, when the balance on her bank account showed triple what she’d had in there the day before, she realized he’d been serious.

“What?” she shouted, flying up to a sitting position, ready to storm out of her room and tell him to take some of that back. It was entirely too much for two nights of work, and frankly, it was starting to make her feel icky about what they were doing.

But she didn’t get that far. At the end of the bed, a little girl with pigtails was gripping the footrail, watching her with a curious look in her eye.

“Who are you?” the little girl asked, tilting her head.

Blinking rapidly, Nicole gave the little girl her name. “Are you Hadley?”

Her face relaxed as she nodded. “Yep. Does my dad know you’re here?”

Nicole’s lips spread into a soft smile. “Of course. He let me spend the night in your guestroom because my house was really far away from the wedding we were at last night.”

Hadley came around the side of the bed. She hopped up onto the edge and kicked her legs back and forth. “I wanted to go to that, but Dad said it was only for grown-ups.”

“Yeah,” Nicole answered. “Weddings are more for adults than they are for kids.” But Hadley’s use of the word dad reminded her of the only stipulation she and Evan had placed on this deal of theirs.

No Hadley.

Nicole needed to get out of there.

She slid the covers back, thankful Evan had given her some clothes to sleep in the night before. “Where’s your dad?” As she got out of bed, she narrowed her eyes at the little girl. “And why did you come in here?”

“The only room I can’t go in is my dad’s office.” It was as if she’d recited that a thousand times. “But this door isn’t usually closed, so I wanted to see what was going on.” Hadley tilted her head down in a shy move.

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