This is Love (High Stakes Billionaires) by C.J. Thomas

Author:C.J. Thomas [Thomas, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CJ Thomas Books
Published: 2018-03-17T16:00:00+00:00

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Sophia

I glared at Sienna from behind my coffee mug.

If I was being honest with myself, she looked as if she’d had a long night. I’d slept harder than I had in a very long time, and it felt good to be sleeping in my own bed.

Closing my eyes, I got lost in the vanilla latte flavors swirling around my tongue.

Nolan had been such a gentleman last night after learning I was still planning to drive home. He protested about wildlife being on the roads, drunk drivers found swerving through the canyon highways, and made about a dozen other excuses to try to convince me to stay. But, in the end, I had already made up my mind. And there was nothing he could have done to change it. I was determined to make sure that I was available to meet Sienna for breakfast—something I knew I couldn’t miss after her own sudden disappearance.

Pointing at her plate with my fork, I asked, “Are you going to eat that last piece of bacon?”

She looked up at me from under her brow with a slack jaw. “Don’t you know me at all?”

My lips curved.

It was hard to stay mad at her for leaving me in the dark and not telling me what had happened to her when she disappeared. We hadn’t discussed it the entire meal and it was better that way. I didn’t want it to set the mood for where our conversation would lead, knowing that the truth of what happened would come out once she had a little caffeine in her system.

When she glanced back to her phone I said, “You keep ignoring me and you’ll be left with a dead battery again.”

Sienna’s head was down as she scrolled her finger over the screen.

I finished my buttermilk pancakes and leaned back to turn my attention outside.

A dead battery. That was her excuse for going black yesterday. And though I knew that a dead cell phone battery plagued us all from time to time, Sienna rarely let it get in the way of her social life.

I watched a cyclist jump the curb, narrowly missing a slow walker, and I found myself smiling, happy to be back in the city. The chatter of conversation surrounded us as the line waiting to be seated out front grew. This was one of the most popular places in town and I was glad that we’d managed to get here early.

Finally, Sienna took her gaze off her phone and lifted her eyes up to me.

“What are you doing on there, anyway?” I asked.

She clucked her tongue and shook her head. “The wedding photographer I hired shot a ceremony this weekend.”

I cast my gaze to her phone, curious to see some images of the event myself. “Are they any good?”

“They’re gorgeous.” She smiled, lifting her phone up off the table and flipping the screen over for me to see.

I took her phone into my hand and pulled my elbows back to my sides so I could get a closer look.

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