Hot Daddy: A Romantic Comedy (Billionaire Bachelors Book 2) by Lila Monroe

Author:Lila Monroe [Monroe, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lila Monroe Books
Published: 2018-04-01T18:00:00+00:00

We finish up lunch and head back to the house. “I know we said this was a vacation,” Cal says, checking his phone. “But I need to work for a couple of hours. Is that okay?”

“Take your time.” I could use a minute to clear my head—away from him—so I change into my bathing suit and cut-offs and head down to the strip of private beachfront to catch some rays. I settle on a blanket and call Kelly. “Hey, preggo,” I say when she answers. “How are you feeling?”

“Well, it’s not so much morning sickness as it is ‘every hour of the day’ sickness,” Kelly reports, “but I’ll live. How’s it going with the billionaire?”

“Can you stop calling him that?” I chide, even though I just said the exact same thing to him at lunch. “It makes my entire life sound absurd.”

“Your entire life is absurd,” Kelly says cheerfully, “but in a good way. Now tell me all the things.”

I give her the broad strokes, focusing on the social worker and whack-a-mole with Lottie and once again leaving out the late-night grope fest. Still, Kelly’s known me a lot longer than Olivia has, and she isn’t fooled for a second.

“Uh-oh,” she singsongs, when I drop it into conversation—as casually as possible, of course—that we’re out at the beach for a night. “I know that voice. Are you catching feelings?”

I sigh. “A little,” I confess quietly, glancing over my shoulder like a sixth-grader worried her crush is going to find out she likes him. I think of his smile across the booth at lunch earlier. I think of how good he felt on top of me on the couch the other night. “But it’s a horrible idea. This is a work gig.”

“You keep saying that,” Kelly points out, “but it doesn’t really sound like any work gig I’ve ever heard of.”

“I know.” I clap a hand over my face, as if she can see me. “But still. It’s asking for trouble. Tell me it’s asking for trouble, please. Tell me I’m being an idiot.”

Kelly considers that for a moment. “Is that what you really want?” she asks seriously. “For me to talk you out of it?”

“Yes,” I say immediately. “No. I don’t know.”

“Oh, well in that case.” Kelly sighs. “Well, without more concrete marching orders the best I can do is tell you to listen to your heart,” she says. “And, you know. Your loins.”

I burst out laughing. “You are absolutely zero help, you know that?”

“You love me,” Kelly says. Then, all at once: “Shit, Jules. I gotta go throw up.”

I wince. “Sorry!” I call, though I’m not actually sure if she can hear me. “I love you! Bye!”

I hang up and lie out on the beach a little longer, trying to relax. But even though it’s a gorgeous day for some vacation unwinding, my curiosity gets the better of me, and I head back inside the house for some uninterrupted touring.

Okay, snooping.

I look around, taking in the lived-in feel and warm, homey details.

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