My Billionaire Grump by Camilla Isley

Author:Camilla Isley [Isley, Camilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Billionaire Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Florence, Travel Romance, Vacation Romance, Grumpy Sunshine
Publisher: Pink Bloom Press
Published: 2023-05-05T00:00:00+00:00

PART TWO

Chapter Ten

Summer in New York

Lucy

Early on a Friday afternoon in mid-July, I’m keeping the blinders lowered in my office. Despite the air conditioning, the glare of the sun bouncing off the nearby skyscrapers is merciless. I’ve been back from Italy for a month now, with no word from Mr. Tall, Dark, and Stormy.

But at least this weekend will be the first I won’t spend stuck melting in the city. Jackson has convinced me, Anita, and my brother to join him and a couple of friends in sharing the rent of a cottage in the Hamptons, from mid-July through Labor Day. We leave this afternoon for our first mini-break.

I’m literally counting the minutes until I can get away from my desk, race home to grab my suitcase, and for me and Anita to hitch a ride with my brother, Larry, to the beach house.

But when the moment comes and my best friend and I push past the glass doors of our building, sunhats on our heads, flip-flops on our feet, and shades over our eyes, I find more than I’d bargained for awaiting me on the curb.

Larry’s car is parked out front with the trunk open, while my brother is engaged in a shouting match with my ex, Chase.

They look like the violent version of a J-Crew catalog. Both men wear simple, well-cut slacks and crisp polo shirts, looking very prim and proper—except for their raised voices. Both tall and refined, with square, broad shoulders, and pearly white teeth that are now bared at each other in twin snarls.

My brother’s dirty blond mop is recently trimmed but still looks like he just came from the beach. While my ex’s hair is longer and more unruly than I remembered, with dashes of gray at the temples that weren’t there a few months ago when we broke up.

I approach them warily. “What’s going on?”

Larry turns to me, the anger on his face relaxing a notch. “I found this loser lurking around your building and told him to get lost.”

I turn to stare at Chase. Our eyes lock and… nothing. Their piercing blue wrings exactly zero reactions out of me. No speeding heartbeat, no sweaty palms, flushing cheeks, or weird flutterings in my belly.

Chase seems self-conscious as he approaches me. “Luce.”

“Chase,” I say. “What are you—?”

Before I can finish the phrase, he drops to one knee and attempts to blind me with a rock the size of a softball.

“Lucy, honey, I’ve been an unforgivable idiot. I made a terrible mistake and am lost without you. Will you marry me?”

My jaw drops. “Is this a joke?”

“No joke, the past months without you have been hell.”

Chase takes my hand in his, his touch still eliciting no reaction except for a mild disgust at finding his palms clammy. In this awkward position, my ex declares I am the love of his life and the only woman for him. Next, he proceeds to list all the reasons I should take him back.

I stand with my feet glued to the curb, frozen.

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