The Billionaire's Mistress 5: A Billionaire Romance by Parker M. S

Author:Parker, M. S. [Parker, M. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belmonte Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-06-16T07:00:00+00:00

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My nerves had me practically twitching in my seat during the twenty-minute bus ride from Tao's apartment to my house. Tao reached over and put his hand on top of mine. “You’re making me a little nuts, Allie. Calm down.”

That was easy for him to say. He wasn't contemplating a move that would most likely humiliate my mother.

Turning my head, I looked out the window as the bus took the corner. Our stop was coming up so I nudged him, but he was already moving. I followed after him, grabbing the handle to steady myself when the bus lurched and jerked.

Once we exited the bus, I took a deep breath. Public transportation was a lot cheaper than trying to manage a car, but sometimes the miasma of too many bodies packed in a small space, combined with those who didn’t quite understand basic hygiene made me wish I could afford to drive myself.

We started up the street, and I shoved my hands into my pockets to keep from fidgeting. Neither one of us spoke, and I was glad for that. I didn't need Tao to distract me. I just needed his solid, steadying presence. Sometimes he could come off as a bit flaky, but I knew he was a rock at his center.

We climbed the stairs to the front door, and I stopped for a second to take a breath, steadying myself.

“Hey, if she kills you, can I have dibs on whatever I want from your room?” he asked as I unlocked the door.

“Sure.” I rolled my eyes. “You get first crack at my wardrobe.”

“That's not fair,” he said. “You've got a better figure than I do.”

I stuck my tongue out at him, then took his hand and tugged him along with me as I started to search for my mother. She hadn't been scheduled to work today, so I knew she'd most likely be here.

She wasn’t anywhere in the house so I headed outside. It wasn’t a surprise to find her in the small garden in the backyard. This was her favorite spot to be, and now that the weather didn’t totally suck, she was happy to putter around on her days off.

In a hoodie and faded denim capris, she didn’t look that much older than me, and when she smiled, she looked even closer to my age. She was one of those women who'd never need cosmetic surgery to have people thinking she was a decade younger than she really was.

“Hey.” I sat down cross legged across from her while Tao took one of the nearby lawn chairs.

Mom stripped off her gloves and pushed her hair back from her face. “Did you two have breakfast?”

I ignored the question because I was far too nervous to eat. “I need to talk to you. It’s kind of important.” My heart skipped a few beats as her steady gaze raised from my hands to meet my eyes.

She laid the gloves in the garden basket at her side, cocking her head.

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