Down Under: A Daddy's Billionaire Boss Romance by Margot Scott

Author:Margot Scott [Scott, Margot]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

All night, I dream of Brian watching me. No matter where I am, or what I’m doing, his presence is all around me. Like a benevolent Eye of Sauron. Always there, always observing.

For the first time in a long time, I wake up feeling excited.

The house is empty when I pad into the kitchen to scrape up some breakfast. I didn’t dare leave my room last night after Brian left, so I have no idea when my dad went to sleep. He obviously didn’t feel the need to apologize for cancelling dinner. I expect to still feel bitter about it, but to my surprise, I don’t feel anything. I have more important things to think about now, like what I’m going to do for fun this morning.

With six hours to kill before I’m supposed to meet Brian at the office, I decide to do a little something just for me. I call Liz to schedule a car to take me to the beach, and spend the whole morning and a good chunk of the afternoon with the sun on my face. I eat cookie-dough ice cream while watching the surfers perform tricks out on the waves. Later, I buy a powder-blue dress from a seaside boutique because it reminds me of cotton candy.

Brian isn’t here, but just like in my dreams, he’s all around me. I feel like I can relax and go wild at the same time. I came to Australia hoping to reconnect with my dad, and I ended up stumbling upon something better: someone I can talk to and eat dessert with, who wants to know everything about me—including the way my entire body trembles when I come. Who needs an absent dad when you can have a dirty Daddy?

I arrive at the office a few minutes early, wearing my new blue sundress. As I step into the elevator, I consider stopping in to see my father on my way up to Brian’s office—that is, if he’s willing to break away from his computer long enough to speak to me.

Memories of yesterday’s reunion flicker like holiday lights throughout my body: the tension in my shoulders from my dad’s reluctance to greet me, my twitchy fingers after our awkward hug, the ache in my chest when I found out he hadn’t actually invited me. When I compare those sensations to the way Brian made me feel last night, the thought of trying to reconnect with my dad seems pointless. He doesn’t want to know me, while Brian is genuinely curious about my life.

My hand hovers over the elevator panel.

I press the button for Brian’s floor.

Stepping out of the elevator, I note the high ceilings and glossy black walls. The dark stone floor that echoes as I walk across it. I make my way down a wide hallway toward a young, sharply dressed man seated behind a massive desk. He glances up, quirks his eyebrow curiously, and asks if my name is Ruby Clark.

“Yes,” I tell him. “I’m Ruby.

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