His Secret Love (Manhattan Billionaires) by Ava Ryan

Author:Ava Ryan [Ryan, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ava Ryan Books
Published: 2021-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

11

Jake

I park on the other side of the chain-link fence nearest the tarmac and enjoy the sight of the flight crew scurrying around the gleaming jet as they prepare her for takeoff. Then I get out, grabbing my overnight bag and smiling because the sun is bright, the sky is blue and it’s a great day for a flight.

Matter of fact, it’s also a great day for gloating.

So I pull out my phone and hit a couple buttons, positioning myself in the right spot.

“What’s up?” Liam says when the picture resolves to show him wearing scrubs and hurrying through the atrium at the hospital. “Why are you bothering me? Why aren’t you at work? This better not be anything else about Nanny-Gate. I’m sick of hearing about it.”

I scowl. Leave it to Liam to burst my bubble of euphoria at the first possible opportunity.

It’s my own fault. In one of the most misguided moments of my life, I told him about the situation with Skye. I don’t know what I was expecting. Empathy, maybe. Words of wisdom would have been nice, since he’s now happily engaged and has his personal ducks all in a row. I got none of that. Instead, he blabbed to Michael the first chance he got. Now the two of them view it as their solemn duty to give me shit at every opportunity. The result is that I spend a lot of time wishing I was never born and even more time wishing I was smart enough to make better selections when choosing best friends.

“It’s not, but thanks for that. I’m on my way to that conference I mentioned in Miami.”

“Thank God for that,” he mutters, hitting a metal plate on the wall and striding through a huge pair of double doors. “I have surgery in a few minutes. I don’t have time for talking you down from any ledges today, so I’m glad I won’t be called into duty. What time is your flight?”

“Whenever I get there,” I say, angling myself and the phone to reveal the jet behind me.

Liam stops dead, nearly getting plowed down by some woman walking behind him.

“Sorry,” he tells the woman, darting over to a waiting area and sitting in the nearest chair to peer more closely at the screen. “What the fuck is that?”

“Oh, that?” I repress a shit-eating grin with great difficulty. “Just a new purchase I made.”

Ever since Michael, Liam and I made our killing on the sale of Liam’s medical device, the three of us have had much fun enjoying the spoils of our labor. Throw in a healthy dose of competition between three Type A personalities and you get a lot of fancy new cars and expensive apartments.

No one else has a jet, though, so that makes me the clear winner as far as I’m concerned.

Liam continues to gape for so long that I begin to worry that his lower jaw is locked in that position. Honestly, this triumphant moment alone more than makes up for the cost of the jet.

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