Broken Pieces (Windy City Billionaires #1) by Yinn Quirós

Author:Yinn Quirós [Quirós, Yinn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-07-25T00:00:00+00:00

Okay, if someone would have told me I was going to spend my day teaching Damian Romano, top bachelor of Chicago, self-made billionaire, and grumpy ass how to ice skate, I would have laughed and said, ‘Yeah, no. You’re crazy.’

We rented the skates for two sessions back to back, because I just knew the first one was going to be a mess, and I was right. The man has two left feet, and doesn’t know how to move correctly.

I sit down on the bench to take my skates off, and as I’m untying them I let out a groan. “Oh my God, I forgot how much this hurts.”

He sits next to me and laughs as he starts untying them and putting his shoes back on. “I can’t feel my feet anymore.”

“Well, you better feel them soon, because we have to skate again in half an hour. What should we do while we wait?”

As he’s tying his shoes, he replies, “Stay here. I’m going to go get us some of that famous hot chocolate you’ve been talking about.”

“I can go too. Just give me a sec,” I say as I start putting my shoes on.

He places his hand on mine, stopping me. The touch is brief, but just as electrifying as it has always been. “Your feet must be killing you too. I got it, Darling. Just rest.”

In other instances, I would keep insisting, but my feet hurt so much that I just nod and let him go by himself.

He comes back quickly with the sweet, hot cocoas—mine with extra marshmallows—and the gesture is small, but sweet nonetheless. He just remembers these small stupid details I tell him like it’s no big deal.

As we drink them, we start talking about things we’ve never done, or places we’ve never visited.

“I’ve never snowboarded before,” I say.

“I actually have. Me, Lorenzo, and Matteo go almost every year to Colorado.”

I hum. “Colorado. Sounds pretty.”

“You’ve never been?”

I shake my head. “I lived in Kentucky my whole life, studied there, and then moved to Chicago. I just started traveling recently.”

“I can probably talk Lorenzo and Matteo into inviting you girls to the trip next year. Well, at least you and Sophia. I doubt Isabella will want to be where Matteo is.”

“Rough history?” I ask, curious. Me and Isabella have never talked about her past, except the fact that she graduated top of her class at MIT.

“You could say that,” he responds vaguely.

The second skating session starts and we start right away before it starts getting any busier.

I skate backward as I instruct him. “Don’t forget to bend your knees, otherwise you will fall on your ass, and you’re going to hate your life tomorrow.”

“I can’t believe I’m doing this. The things I do to spend time with you, seriously,” he murmurs with a soft, hearty laugh that makes my skin prickle with goosebumps.

My cheeks blush at that confession, and my mind wanders off to God knows where after hearing that, and I bump into the railing, causing me to fall forward, almost hitting my head.

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