Dr. Brandt: Billionaires’ Club Book 5 (Billionaires' Club Series) by Raylin Marks

Author:Raylin Marks [Marks, Raylin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Raylin Marks
Published: 2022-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

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After Jim and I sprinted this massive ass yacht for nearly thirty minutes, I felt renewed after all that rotten energy was out of my system. Jim and I had gone to our rooms to shower before meeting up on one of the party decks. I grabbed a juicy chunk of watermelon and sat on a lounge chair while waiting for my friend.

“All good?” Jim questioned as he walked out, making his way to the bar across from me and ordering a drink. “Bourbon. Neat.”

“Much better.” I wiped off my hands and walked to the bar where Jim stood. “I’ll take a bourbon too.”

He sipped the amber liquid from his glass. “Since we’re technically on some form of vacation, it’s perfectly acceptable to have a drink at noon, right?”

I glanced at my watch, “Eleven-thirty, but I won’t say a word to the rest if you won’t.”

Jim chuckled, and we walked to a table that overlooked the back of the yacht. “I can’t understand my brother and that damn bar,” he said. “The idiot hires staff for table service and still has a bartender.” He glanced over his shoulder and waved off the young waitress approaching from out of nowhere, then he turned back and shook his head. “See what I mean? What the fuck? Why the bartender and bar if everyone is going to follow you around to wait on you hand and foot?”

“Ah, probably gives him a hard-on to have all the luxuries at his fingertips. Who knows, it’s fucking Jake,” I laughed.

Jim’s features lightened, taking another sip of his drink. “Good to have you back, buddy,” he said. “And listen, I get it. I do. I fucked shit up in the worst way possible with Avery when we were dating. I lost the best thing that’d ever walked into my world with her and Addy at the time, and I didn’t think I’d get her back.” He looked out at the ocean thoughtfully, “It takes challenges like these, though, to make you appreciate what you have when you get it back.”

“That’s the difference between you and me; you got the girl in the end. I messed this one up bad.”

“Oh, yeah?” Jim grinned. “Did you fire her and act like the biggest asshole she’d ever met, all while she had a kid to feed?”

“Well, you got me there. Jesus, you fired her?”

“Practically had her escorted out of the building by security because she lied on a resume. The worst part was that I knew she wasn’t the person I’d made her out to be.” He exhaled, and his features darkened, “I should’ve never been so harsh to her, yet I was. I was struggling with some serious demons at the time. I know it’s not an excuse, but that was why I put her in a position to be perfectly justified in never wanting to see my face again.”

“And what was the trick?” I asked, taking the bait on this story which I knew had a happy ending.

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