Triplets For The Billionaire by Ana Sparks & Layla Valentine

Author:Ana Sparks & Layla Valentine [Sparks, Ana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Lauren

I’m still here.

It’s my first thought when I open my eyes and find myself in Jay’s hotel suite. Every moment since I met him has been breathtaking.

And now I have to leave.

A second after my heart swells with happiness, it plummets to the bottom of my stomach. My time in Macau—my time with Jay—is over. I have to be at the airport in Hong Kong in just a few hours. Soon, I’ll be back in New York. And Jay?

I don’t know where he’ll be. I don’t know where he belongs. I just know that he doesn’t have a home base anywhere near me, and he hasn’t even brought up the idea of visiting New York.

Wherever he’ll be tomorrow, it’s sure to thousands of miles away from me.

I roll over and look at him sleeping peacefully next to me. Have these last few days been as good for him as they’ve been for me? If Jay misses me half as much as I’m sure I’ll miss him, the moment I walk away, it’s going to feel like his heart is bleeding.

He opens his eyes and yawns. “Hey.”

“Good morning.”

Scooting over to my side of the bed, he lays his arm across my chest. I snuggle closer and relax into his warmth.

“You’re leaving soon,” he states simply.

It’s too painful of a fact to acknowledge out loud, but I have to.

“Yeah,” I agree.

He winds his fingers through mine and holds my hand close to his chest. “Are you excited?”

“No,” I sigh. “I mean, the last couple days have been something out of a dream, so…”

“Yeah,” he muses. “I know what you mean.”

So, ask me to stay.

It’s crazy, but I actually want to say that. Here, in this hotel room with Jay, I want to forget about my life and never return to New York. I want to become a new person—a person who exists by his side. Maybe, down the road, I’d regret abandoning my family, friends, and career—but right now, it’s the only thing I want to do.

“I’ll take you to the airport.”

I cringe. Of course I want to be with Jay until the very last moment, but my parents are going to be at the airport. We texted the day before, agreeing to meet there before our flight. The two of them thinking that I took off and spent a couple days sightseeing and sketching by myself in Macau is fine, but if they saw Jay and found out I had actually spent my last few days in the hotel room of a gambler I just met…

It’s not that I’m ashamed of him, I just can’t bear the questions. Plus, I don’t want to present my parents with something as overwhelming as a romantic fling—especially since it’s something they could use as future ammunition against me.

You’re not ready to start a business, Lauren. You ran off and stayed with a guy you don’t even know. It’s just plain irresponsible.

I can hear my father’s voice right now, turning my choices around and using them as evidence of my immaturity.

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