Single Dad, Billionaire Heartthrob by Holly Rayner

Author:Holly Rayner [Rayner, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Maxim

From the moment Tia and Ryan had left the cabin, I’d regretted offering to take them to the airport. I hadn’t slept all night, nervous about the awkwardness that would undoubtedly plague the end of our time together.

I didn’t regret trying to take things a step further with Tia, but I regretted how it had ended up. Part of me considered sending my driver to take them instead of going myself, but the thought of not getting to see Tia’s face one more time stung more than any tension that was bound to fill the car ride.

I pulled up to the front of the hotel right on time, an equally sad Lucie seated behind me. She’d grown so close with Ryan that I could tell she was devastated that he was leaving. I understood. My heart hurt. I wished desperately that there was something I could do to keep Tia and Ryan here longer, but I knew it was no use. Tia was devoted to her job and her son, and both of those things required her to go back home to West Virginia.

The four of us sat in silence in the car, and I assumed that everyone was feeling the same way I was. I was sad to see them go, but, more than that, I felt completely dejected. Had I misread every signal Tia had sent? I’d never been a huge relationship expert, but I knew enough to tell if someone was interested in me or not. We’d been so close to kissing, to ending our time together with a bang. Instead, I was left feeling confused and alone and upset.

“I had a lot of fun with you guys,” Ryan said, breaking the ice. “I’m really going to miss you. This was the best vacation ever.”

“We’re going to miss you, too,” I said.

“Both of you,” Lucie added. She looked diagonally toward Tia. “I think you’re my dad’s new favorite friend.”

“Is that so?” Tia asked, in an obvious effort to appease Lucie.

Lucie mumbled something about how much I’d been smiling lately. I knew she didn’t mean any harm, but she was only making things harder. Being reminded of how I’d felt on top of the world this time yesterday made it that much harder to face the reality of today.

Still, I didn’t want to end things on a bad note, so I parked the car when we got to the airport and helped Tia and Ryan with their luggage. The four of us walked together just as we had to the art museum, and the carousel, and the arcade. This time, however, it felt like we were strangers who hardly knew each other.

“Don’t forget me,” Lucie said to Ryan when we got inside.

“Of course I won’t,” Ryan replied, as if it was common knowledge. “I’ll never forget you, Lucie.”

Lucie lit up. “I can’t wait to tell all my friends about my new American friend. They’ll probably tease me and call you my boyfriend.”

“Yuck!” Ryan squeaked. “Tell them I’m your secret American brother.

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