The Rock Star and the Billionaire by Demelza Carlton

Author:Demelza Carlton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Demelza Carlton
Published: 2016-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-TWO

Gaia felt almost human again as she all but skipped along the path to Jay's villa. He hadn't joined her for breakfast, true, but his hangover had to be worse than hers. After all, he'd been drinking straight spirits, not champagne. In a fit of charitableness, she decided to only knock once. If he didn't answer, she'd go for a swim and come back later.

She hadn't even rounded the corner fully before she heard his voice say, "You again."

She found Jay sitting on his veranda, wearing nothing but his wet, clinging board shorts as he crunched into an apple. The man even had perfect teeth, she noticed with heart-swelling approval. She couldn't abide a crooked smile.

"Good morning," she said with a smile.

He shrugged. "What do you want?"

Gaia faltered. He was back to his usual, surly self, as if none of last night had happened. Had he forgotten that they'd spent the night together, enfolded in bliss in her bed? Surely not. She'd make him remember. "I came to thank you for last night," she said.

Another shrug. "It was nothing special."

She tried to hide how much his casual dismissal stung. "And I wanted to ask you whether I left some paperwork here last night. Some contract documents, perhaps?"

He picked up a stack of pages she hadn't noticed sitting on the glass-topped table until now. "You mean these?" He fanned them toward her, his eyes narrowing. "Quite an interesting read."

Now it was her turn to be dismissive. "Hardly. Legal contracts are about as boring as they come. What does it matter? Now they're all signed, we can leave everything for other people to sort out."

Jay flipped through the pages, pulled one out and held it up. "Oh, you mean you actually thought I was going to sign this?"

Gaia peered at the sheet, her heart sinking. There was no signature on it at all. She'd been so distracted by his body and the alcohol in her blood that she'd forgotten to do her job. "It's a standard contract. The legal department drew it up. I haven't really looked at it," she lied.

"That makes two of us," he muttered, flinging the pages back on the table. "I leave this sort of shit to my lawyers."

Gaia breathed a sigh of relief. If he hadn't read it, he couldn't be angry at her. It must be his hangover headache making him so grumpy.

"So why are you still here?" Jay asked, folding his arms across his mesmerising chest.

It took Gaia a moment to drag her eyes up to his face. "Mmm?"

"I asked you why you're still here."

Nerves fluttered in her tummy. "I was wondering...I was hoping you'd like to join me today. Do something together." Like have incredible sex so she could remember every detail this time.

"Why, so you can try to seduce me into signing shit like this again?" He waved the contract.

Yes. Gaia flushed. Was her desire that obvious?

She summoned her best professional smile, hoping it would give her the confidence to see this through. "After last night, I thought you.

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