Island Kisses: A Billionaire Love Story (The Kisses Series Book 9) by Krista Lakes

Author:Krista Lakes [Lakes, Krista]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pub Yourself Press
Published: 2016-07-19T21:00:00+00:00

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I had been fairly sure that I would never see the inside of Gabe's house ever again, but now I was standing on the deck watching the ocean once more. Not that I was complaining, though. I was happy to be there. In fact, the view of the ocean with the sun overhead never looked so good.

“I’m glad you came over today. We need to talk. I’m ready to work through this and make things right again. But first, we both have to come clean with each other,” Gabe said, leaning against the railing of his deck.

“Yeah, that’s probably a good idea,” I agreed. My palms were sweating, but I felt calmer than I had in weeks.

His surprise visit at the restaurant had happened just the night before and this was the first time we had really had a chance to hash things out. This conversation needed to happen. It had been a long time coming.

“Where should we start?” he asked. The breeze from the ocean ruffled his dark hair.

“I guess what I really don’t understand is why you hid it from me?” I asked, starting the conversation. “How come I had to find out about what you did for a living by accident?”

“I was afraid that if you knew I owned Kindling Dating, then you’d think I’d rigged the algorithms so that I’d come up in your search results,” he explained.

“Well, did you?” I held my breath waiting for the answer.

“No, absolutely not,” he assured me. “I filled out the same questionnaire that you did when I created my own profile on there. That was the whole point of me doing it in the first place. Bastian, Leo, and I wanted to see what it was like to actually be a client, instead of trusting the feedback from our users. I was the only single guy so I was volunteered. I had no clue what to expect. Then we started talking and I wanted to meet you. I wanted to see if the program worked. And then I met you, and the algorithms didn't matter anymore. You were the perfect one for me.”

“You could have explained this to me,” I said, crossing my arms.

“I tried to explain it before you left that morning, but you wouldn’t let me.” He shrugged and looked out at the horizon. “You didn’t want to hear it and I understand. I should have told you everything right away so that you didn’t have to find out on your own.”

I guess I did leave that morning without giving him a chance, I realized. Was it possible that I overreacted? Did my emotion get the best of me?

“I’m sorry I left that morning,” I said. “I was just really upset when I saw that you were using me for an advertisement.”

Gabe reached forward and took my hand in his. “I never used those ads that you saw and I never intended to. Bastian had left those on my desk to try and convince me. The use of our relationship for an advertisement was his idea.

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