The Billionaire's Alibi: The Proposition by Maddy Raven

Author:Maddy Raven [Raven, Maddy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Vivian, on the other hand, pressed against him, one hand resting on his chest, the other around his waist. He turned to speak, and she was there, her lips narrowly missing his, meeting the corner of his mouth instead.

He clenched his jaw, keeping his composure for the camera before pulling her into an empty hallway at the back of the club. “What was that?”

“A confession,” Vivian said. “From a girl who’s always had a thing for her older sister’s boyfriend.” She leaned toward him again, her head tilted upward until her lips found his. He felt instinct setting in as he kissed her back, then pulled away and stepped back, shaking his head to clear the lust that was overshadowing reason.

“No,” he said. “It’s not right. This—you and me? This is what Grace and I argued about.”

“What?” Her seductive smile disappeared in half a second.

He stared hard at her. “You didn’t know?”

She stepped back and pressed against the hallway wall. “She left your apartment because…”

“She saw us. She thought I was sleeping with you behind her back.”

He didn’t want to say anymore. The memory of his last fight with Grace dizzied him, and he leaned against the opposite wall. He remembered Grace’s sobs, remembered her fury, remembered the pain in her voice when she said she had trusted him, when she said he had betrayed her.

Vivian’s eyes brimmed with tears, hope written across her face. “I’m in love with you, Will. I know it’s wrong—”

“It can never happen between us,” he told her, shaking his head. She opened her mouth to speak again, but he walked away before she could use logic on him. He wanted to feel guilty; it was what he deserved.

Later that night, as the small group made their way to the Regency, he found himself foregoing his own room and allowing Vivian to lead him to hers. Whether it was from the alcohol or habit or desire, he couldn’t be sure, but they somehow ended up in bed.

His hands roamed across her naked body, skin meeting skin until the guilt wrapped itself around his senses.

“We can’t,” he breathed heavily. Vivian was now the exact age Grace was when she died, and if he looked at her in the right light, she could practically be Grace. Through his drunken haze, he could almost pretend that she was alive and they were happy again.

“Will,” Vivian whispered huskily, “It wasn’t our fault. Grace was murdered. That had nothing to do with what happened between us.”

Will didn’t want to think about what had happened between them—one mistake, one time. It had been so, so stupid of him.

Vivian’s lips murmured against his own, “She would want us to be happy.”

“No.” He pulled away from her. Grace had been right—he was a terrible boyfriend. He hadn’t deserved her, and she didn’t deserve what happened to her. He rolled onto his side, tucking an arm beneath the pillow. “We can’t let this happen again.”

Behind him, Vivian began to cry—the second girl to lose it in front of him that night—but she didn’t come on to him again.

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