The Billionaire's Offer by J.L. Ryan

Author:J.L. Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: billionaire romance, bad boy romance, alpha male romance, curvy romance, billionaire obsession, billionaire playboy, billionaire scandal, billionaire love story, billionaire promise, rich man poor woman, contemporary romance, dark billionaire romance, steamy romance, spicy romance, romance short stories, billionaire short stories, billionaire assistant, billionaire alphas, billionaire alpha romance, alpha male romance, alpha billionaire boss, billionaire books, books like fifty shades of grey, popular romance books
Publisher: J.L. Ryan
Published: 2018-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

He waited for her to place her order and then he placed his. The waiter left and he turned to her. He didn’t know why he was suddenly nervous. He didn’t remember ever feeling this way about a woman or anyone else. “So, tell me about yourself, Marisa.” He replied, taking a drink of his coffee.

“Marisa?” She asked. Her face turned red. “I don’t think you have ever called me that.”

“That’s your name, isn’t it?”

She laughed. “Yes, but I didn’t think you knew that. You usually call me Jamison.”

He hadn’t really thought about that, but he knew that his way of keeping distance between him and someone was to call them by their last name. “Which do you prefer?” He asked, feeling his throat getting dry.

She seemed to contemplate that, “Either.”

He smiled, “So, whatever I’m in the mood for?”

“Something like that,” she replied with a chuckle. He hadn’t noticed her laugh before, but it filled a room and he was drawn to it. There was a long pause, before she spoke. “There’s something that I have been wanting to ask you. It’s just something that I was interested in.”

He took another drink, preparing himself. “Okay. What’s that?”

“Well, at the interview I was told that there were several applicants. Yet, you hired me right away. Why?”

He hadn’t expected her to be so bold to ask the question. Yet, he really didn’t expect her to be so bold about anything. He was wrong about that. “I suppose there was something about you that I felt would be the perfect match to the job.”

“That seems vague,” she replied laughing.

“Yeah, I suppose it is. It’s like when you go out looking for a pair of shoes and you know the exact style you’re looking for. You just know and there’s no point in waiting for another pair of shoes to come along, when you have the perfect pair right in front of you. Make sense?” He asked.

“Yes, you’re comparing me to shoes.”

He laughed, this time feeling a blush brushing across his face. “It’s just an analogy. When you walked through the door...I just knew.”

He hoped it didn’t come across as corny, but he knew that it was the truth. By the look on her face, it definitely appeared that she was not thinking it was corny. “Okay, then if that’s how you feel...why have things been tense between us?”

The food came and he paused, giving him time to think. When the waiter was gone, he looked back in her direction. “They say opposites attract, so it’s obvious you and I would repel. We’re a lot alike.” She opened her mouth, but he placed his hand up, halting her.

“I know you think that I’m arrogant and rude and any other name in the book. You have been very vocal about that, but I speak my mind and so do you. We are bound to butt heads, but that doesn’t mean that at the end of the day I’m not thankful you walked through my door.

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