The Billionaire's Counterfeit Girlfriend by Nadia Lee

Author:Nadia Lee [Lee, Nadia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2015-03-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Hilary wanted to return to the office on Monday, but Gavin had texted her to take both Monday and Tuesday off. After four full days of rest she felt fine. Not surprising—she’d never taken so much time off to do nothing except sleep and then sleep some more. Then there was the pampering. Jo had been too busy, but Mark was coming by every day and spending hours with her, heating up whatever his chef had decided to make for them and watching movies. They’d started out with horror flicks—his choice, not hers. When she’d laughed at the scary scenes instead of jumping into his arms, he stopped the movie and said, “Okay, never mind. What are you in the mood for?”

She didn’t have to think. “The Sound of Music! It’s my favorite.”

He flung an arm over his eyes. “Agh! You’re killing me. I can’t stand that movie.”

“Really? Why?”

“Don’t you know? Men hate musicals.”

“That’s not true.”

“Okay, all hetero men. But, okay. Your wish is my command.”

As they watched, Mark even sang a few of the songs with her. For a man who claimed to hate musicals, he had a decent voice. Then they sat through Mary Poppins. Finally he brought out the Julie Andrews version of Cinderella, which Hilary hadn’t seen yet.

“We can watch something else,” she suggested, feeling guilty. She would’ve been pretty annoyed if she’d had to endure hours of zombie movies. “Maybe something with lots of mindless violence and car chases?”

“Nope. We’re watching Cinderella. It’s your sick day,” he’d said with a small grin, hitting play.

She rested her head in the crook of his neck and watched the musical, feeling like she was Cinderella. She couldn’t remember the last time somebody had shown this much hands-on interest in her wellbeing. She was supposed to be able to stand on her own and take care of herself.

* * *

Hilary pulled her hair back into a tight bun and put on her usual conservative work clothes. Her complexion was still on the pale side, but it was nothing a little makeup couldn’t fix.

The doorbell rang, and Mark came in. “I told you to lock the door,” he called out.

“Josephine just left, and I’m about to head out as well,” she said.

“Where?” he said, poking his head into her room. “Are you going to work?”

“Yes.”

“It’s the third of July.”

“So?”

“Nobody’s going to be there.”

She rolled her eyes. “Are you sure you and Gavin are best friends?”

“We’re close enough, and I know things you’d never guess.” He scowled. “And I know you even better. You’re going in even though you aren’t feeling a hundred percent.”

“I took four days off, Mark. That was more than enough time to recuperate.”

“I don’t think so. I think you need to take the rest of the week off.”

“The rest of the week?!”

“Yeah. It’s already Wednesday. Tomorrow’s the fourth, and nobody’s working on Friday.”

“That’s ridiculous. Everyone at OWM is going to work…well…except maybe the janitors.”

“And most of the admins,” Mark added.

“But I need to go in. Gavin will be there.

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