The Billionaire's Mistake by Ava Claire

Author:Ava Claire [Claire, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alpha billionaire, billionaire love, ava claire romance, New adult romance, ava claire, alpha male romance, Billionaire Romance, jacob and leila, billionaire erotic romance, new adult, alpha male
Publisher: Ava Claire
Published: 2018-01-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Three

“Rich O’Connor has lost his damn mind.”

I was glad that I was on coffee #2, otherwise, Simone’s declaration would have made me go to the minibar and dribble a little Kahlua in the paper cup.

It was a brand new week at Whitmore and Creighton. The paparazzi had all but forgotten about me and Corbin and were off to drum up other, juicer drama since I refused to even address the rumors. All was quiet on the Western front, with nary a peep from any of my clients—which unfortunately meant that something was bound to happen.

I reclined in my chair, trying to not give in to that smug part of me that knew that this turnaround was too good to be true. No one spends years behaving badly and quits their douchey ways overnight, even if it would give me less headaches. “What’s going on?”

Simone flipped her blonde hair, juggling her laptop, cell, and a coffee cup of her own. “I was working on a brief, and I was ready to put it all aside so I could reach out to him and you could get some idea of where his head’s at and-ugh!” Her face matched her nails: red and fierce. Even though she was officially the bearer of bad news, I’d be lying if I said a tiny part of me didn’t feel a sense of pride. Someday, she’d make one hell of a publicist.

I gestured at the chair in front of my desk. “Have a seat.”

She glanced at the chair, then slumped into it, like she wished she could go back to bed and crawl under the covers.

Maybe I should grab that Kahlua after all.

I wasn’t sure what answer I was gonna get to my ‘what’s going on?’ question—a letter of recommendation for the new job she planned to get, for instance—but I asked any way. “Can I get you anything?”

She plopped her laptop and phone on the seat beside her and took a sip of her coffee, mulling it over. “Your permission would be awesome.” Her eyes turned into razor blades. “Your permission to beat him within an inch of his life.”

Jesus.

I knew that whatever came next wasn’t gonna make me a happy camper, but I decided to just cut to the chase. If I was being honest, these moments, when the chips were down and clients were doing or saying things that raised my blood pressure; these moments were why I did this in the first place. I was a fixer. I came alive under pressure.

“The beginning...” Simone took a deep breath. “Okay. So, my best friend is in town from Seattle. She was always the partier of our group, and even though our staying out until 3am nights are behind us, she couldn’t come to the city and not go to Roulette.” Simone exhaled. “So we went to Roulette.”

I arched my brow expectantly, already wishing that I’d been more specific. “This is a great story so far, but Rich-”

“I’m getting there,” she assured me,

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