Rival_A Billionaire Romance Novel by Amy Hoxton

Author:Amy Hoxton [Hoxton, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-10T16:00:00+00:00

The rest of the weekend breezed past.

Monday was shaping up to be an awful day judging by the pouring rain I woke up to. Getting to work would take more time than usual, and I hated having to rush my morning routine.

I’ll admit I wasn’t too big on makeup, despite having a licensed makeup artist in the house. Brianna’s side of the bathroom looked like a Sephora warehouse, whereas mine was far more conservative. I kept the essentials around, she had everything else.

I arrived at the company building right on time, though I had to skip breakfast. In truth Alexander probably wouldn’t have minded me being a few minutes late. I took punctuality as a sign of character.

As I expected, he was already in his office. I could hear him talking on the phone, and decided to wait for the conversation to be over before walking in to greet him.

A warm smile brightened his concerned face, prompting me to investigate. “Is everything okay?”

Alexander nodded. “Just another fundraiser. Nice way start the day, huh?” He joked, still not quite as relaxed as he normally was.

“I see, I see. I’ll shuffle your schedule around if you want, just give me the details and I’ll handle the rest.” For a moment I was worried I had missed a call at my desk, despite being perfectly on time. Whoever Alex was talking to called him on his cellphone.

“That won’t be necessary, Lucy,” He began, steeling himself as he sat upright. “It’s in two days. At eight o’clock. Bertrand manor, near the bay. Wanna come?”

I nearly choked on my saliva, which threw me into a fit of coughing. He dropped that bombshell onto me so nonchalantly it stunned me. I didn’t know what to say.

“Really?” I stammered out, my voice still raspy from the coughing.

“Why not? It’ll be fun. I hope.” Alexander shrugged, smirking as he did so.

“I…Uh…” All the doubts and all those thoughts that haunted me, came rushing back with a mighty vengeance. Yet just as I found the strength to stand up for myself, it was also time to take control of my life and stop living in the backseat.

I cleared my throat and looked Alex in the eyes. “I would love to.”

His face flushed with relief, and joy chased it away right after. “I’ll pick you up at seven, then. Sounds good?”

“Sounds great!” I exclaimed, and noticed how the roles had reversed. I was the one trying to hide my obvious concern that time. That concern was born out of happiness, and yet my stomach turned to knots as I walked back to my desk.

My chair squeaked rather loudly as I sat on it, trying to calm my nerves and failing miserably. A fundraiser? In two days? The longer I thought about it, the more I realized how close I was to freaking out.

I would need an outfit. Makeup. Shoes. Everything! Brianna was my only hope, there was no way in hell I could manage everything on such a short notice.

“Damn it, Alex,” I muttered, pulling out my phone to text Brianna.

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