His For A Price - A Bought by the Billionaire Romance (Billionaires of Europe Book 4) by Holly Rayner

Author:Holly Rayner [Rayner, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Julien

“How are you seriously still eating?” I asked, openly gawking at Ashlynn as she dipped a bit of crisp bread into an oil and herb mixture. “Honestly, you need to tell me your secrets.”

“Are you judging me?” she asked, eyes narrowed playfully.

I held up my hands. “No way. Never. I’m impressed. I just want to know where you put it all.”

After our afternoon spent walking through the shopping district and showing Ashlynn where most of the Monte Carlo nightlife went on, we walked back to the hotel to get ready for dinner. Ashlynn had been dressed casually—jean shorts and a flowy blouse—but she looked incredible to me. When she met me outside for dinner, however, my knees went weak.

She wore a strapless, emerald green dress that hugged her waist and flared out around her hips, making her look like a classic movie star. The color brought out the incredible green of her eyes, and she looked like an absolute picture. I didn’t think I’d ever seen anything more beautiful.

When I told her as much, her smile faltered. I tried not to notice, but it was impossible not to see the ways in which she was pulling away from me. She smiled and joked all day, but she wouldn’t talk to me about anything serious.

I tried to ask her about her sister, who I’d heard warn Ashlynn away from me the day before, but Ashlynn changed the subject. She didn’t want to talk about anything personal, and I could only guess that it had something to do with what Geneviève or Alain had said to her the night of the party. Perhaps, both.

I’d been naïve in thinking my reputation wouldn’t catch up to me. In thinking that I could keep Ashlynn in the dark about my past. I should have told her what people said about me and explained that it wasn’t the whole story. That way, at least, she wouldn’t have latched on so eagerly to whatever lie Geneviève had spun for her.

“I actually am getting pretty full,” Ashlynn said, pushing her plate away. “Thank you for dinner. Today was incredible.”

“It doesn’t have to be over,” I said, looking at Ashlynn from across the table.

I knew I was pushing my luck. We’d spent the entire day together, and after the way she had nearly sprinted away from me at the after-party, I wouldn’t have been surprised if she’d said she needed to use the restroom and then crawled through the window.

However, she tilted her head to the side, the candle in the middle of the table tinting her skin gold.

“Do you have other plans?” she asked.

“Well, as it happens, I have a favor to ask,” I said.

Her eyes sparkled with amusement. “Okay?”

“But you have to go somewhere with me first,” I added. “I’ll ask you for the favor once we arrive.”

She narrowed her eyes at me, and I knew she was remembering what she’d told me earlier in the day: she hated mysteries. I’d already decided to put that piece of trivia to use, and I was hoping it would hold true.

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