The Billionaire's Return by Ava Miles

Author:Ava Miles [Miles, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: NLA Digital LLC
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Margie had thought being fitted for her cocktail dress was bad enough, but then Jill stopped by the bakery to tell her she’d made the news. A picture of Margie and Evan walking down the street holding hands had made the front of a major magazine with the caption, The Billionaire and the Baker. The media had been around, sure, but she’d thought they were focusing on Evan’s philanthropy. Or that’s what she’d told herself. Most of them were, and while a few of them had asked how she and Evan had met and if they were dating, no one had given her the paparazzi vibe.

Until now.

“At least it’s a good picture of you two,” Jill said, patting her hand as Margie drank from the water bottle she kept near her while she was baking.

“Thanks for running over here and showing it to me,” she told her friend, who was now sampling a pain au chocolat. Margie had already sent her other two bakers home since it was nearing one o’clock.

“You don’t sound grateful,” Jill said, licking the crumbs off her fingers. “You want to talk about it?”

“Not really.” She handed Jill another pastry to head off more questions.

Her friend took it, but then wagged it at her. “I know a diversion when I see one. Brian tries to pull that with me all the time when he doesn’t want to talk. You’ve been quiet since you returned from Paris, and I’ve let you stay that way.”

“Let me? I think you might be going a little overboard.”

“Do you think I can’t get it out of you?” Jill asked. “You’re worried about all of the other women he’s been with, right? I’ve seen the pictures.”

It was so far from the truth, she couldn’t help but laugh. “No, that’s not…oh, yes. Yes, it is.” If her friend believed that, maybe she wouldn’t have to talk about what was really bothering her.

Jill narrowed her eyes. “Okay, so if it’s not the women, it has to be the money.”

“You know my background,” she said, taking some baguette dough out of the cooler to keep her hands busy. “I like things the way they are. I don’t want them to change. Money changes everything.”

She was scattering flour on the counter when Jill stayed her hand. “I hate to state the obvious, but you’re in love with him. Things have already changed.”

And now she was on the cover of a major magazine and there were national and international press sitting in her bakery eating her pastries. “I don’t like some of the changes. And I’m not sure I’ll be able to put up with them long-term.”

“As much as I really want a crystal ball, I can’t tell you what your future is going to be like with Evan. But one thing I do know is that when you talk about him you light up from the inside in a way you never did when you were with Howie. You light up the same way you do when you’re talking about bread.

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