Finding the Billionaire: A Sweet Billionaire Romance (Silicon Valley Billionaires Book 3) by Macie St. James

Author:Macie St. James [St. James, Macie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-15T16:00:00+00:00

14

Hawaii was getting closer by the day.

Derek should be excited about that, but he found himself dreading arrival. It meant the end of the trip. It meant the end of his time with Renee.

He wanted to believe she’d stay for the next leg. But he didn’t see her taking measures to become a more permanent part of the crew. When April wasn’t cleaning or helping Captain Jake, she was studying for the licensure exam she’d have to pass to become an official part of the team. Renee, on the other hand, was either cooking, prepping to cook, or tapping away on her smartphone. He wasn’t sure what she was doing on her phone, but every time he came around, she quickly hit the button to make her screen go dark.

“How’s it going?”

Renee’s voice jolted Derek from his thoughts. His fault. He’d left the door to the cockpit open, knowing she’d arrive at any moment with his lunch. This had become a routine for them. She helped April with all her chores in the morning after serving and cleaning up breakfast, finished lunch, then came to hang out with him for a couple of hours before stepping out to help April and prep dinner.

“Pretty good. Uneventful.”

They were lucky in that sense. Storms were an unavoidable part of life on the water, and he’d built this ship to handle it better than most. But there was always an element of danger to life out here and he wanted to protect Renee from that. That made him slightly grateful she was unlikely to continue with them after they arrived in Hawaii.

She wouldn’t be with him, but at least she’d be safe.

And then it hit him. This wasn’t just an attraction. He cared about whether she was safe and happy, even if it meant he could never kiss her again. He cared about her.

Maybe he was even falling in love with her.

He tried to shake that thought off as she plopped into the other chair and looked out at the calm ocean ahead of them. He decided to distract himself by taking a big bite of his pita.

It was just the distraction he needed. The flavors he tasted refocused all his senses. He wasn’t sure what seasonings she’d used for the chicken, but as with all her food, this was better than any pita he’d ever tasted.

“This is amazing,” he said around a mouthful of food. He realized how rude it was to do that, but he couldn’t seem to help himself. The words just had to come out.

“Thank you.”

She seemed to be blushing. She had to be used to people complimenting her food by now, but every time he gushed over it, she seemed to light up. He hoped that was a sign that his opinion meant more than anyone else’s had before him.

“This sucks,” Renee blurted out as he enjoyed his first bite of the roasted potato wedges she’d made.

He looked over, mid-chew, to find her staring out the window. “What?”

Gesturing to indicate the view in front of him, she looked over at him.

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