The Wolf’s Billionaire: A Shifter Billionaire Romance by Layla Silver

Author:Layla Silver [Silver, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8—Bastian

I didn’t need long to dump my stuff in my room and clean up enough to meet Carrington at the hotel bar, which was good since I didn’t have a lot of time. I made it over a few minutes before eight but, unsurprisingly, he was already there. He’d traded his snow gear for dark pants and a patently expensive gray sweater and he looked every inch a Carrington—quietly posh and predatorily graceful in an almost casual kind of way. The kind of person you had to handle with caution because he’d be all lazy smiles right up until the second he knifed you.

For a moment, I almost wished that I’d packed some of my upmarket wardrobe pieces. If we’d been in Baltimore, I’d have been plenty capable of meeting him on his own terms.

No, I reminded myself. This isn’t about making an impression. In fact, it was best for my purposes if I didn’t come off as his equal or anyone he had to worry about. The less like a threat I looked, the more he was likely to say and the sooner I’d get my answers about what was going on here.

The bartender slid two bottles of beer across the counter and Carrington collected them. Turning, he spotted me and cocked his head toward the back of the restaurant. I started in that direction, falling in behind him when I caught up.

He selected a square table half-hidden behind a rather sad-looking plastic ficus and we took seats opposite each other. Carrington slid one of the beers over to me and leaned back, lounging in his chair.

“I took the liberty of ordering the best they had on hand. I hope you don’t mind.”

Entirely certain that he wouldn’t give a damn if I did, I smiled and took a pointed swig. “Not at all.” Leaning forward, I planted my elbows on the table. “Though I get the impression this,” I tapped the bottle with a finger, “isn’t what you’ll be stocking when you set up your own place.”

Amusement crossed his face and I got the impression that he enjoyed how quickly and smoothly I’d angled the conversation in the direction I wanted it to go.

“I like a man who gets to the point,” he said, taking a sip of his drink and grinning at me. “You want to talk about our plans? Let’s talk.” Letting his bottle rest against one knee, he fixed me with an intent gaze. “Kaia and I are building what is going to be the top-rated and most sought-after resort property in the northeast. Obviously, that includes facilitating the construction of the regional infrastructure necessary to support it. We’ve already got lines on a variety of complimentary services—including luring Ainsley’s brother and his business partner back to set up a secondary site for their brewery if we can.”

I made a mental note to ask Ainsley about that. She’d mentioned that her brother had moved elsewhere for business but she hadn’t mentioned a brewery. Breweries tended

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