The Billionaire's Bid (Mercury Billionaires Book 2) by Nicole Casey

Author:Nicole Casey [Casey, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

13

Janie

I looked at the giant mansion and tried to control my nerves. I failed.

The night was falling and Frank Sanchez’s home looked utterly enchanting in the fading light. It was located in the city’s most exclusive neighborhood and I had never set foot here in my life before now.

The property looked empty and I wondered why Frank lived alone in such a huge house. Didn’t he get bored and lonely there by himself? I know I would if I had all those rooms to rattle around in and no-one to talk to.

I imagined dining on spaghetti and meatballs with Daisy at a huge table. Would there be servants there to attend to our every whim and look horrified as we slurped away happily?

I crept around to the front door, feeling like a fish out of water and trying my very best to not be noticed by anyone. There appeared to be no-one around in the entire neighborhood but I guessed that several CCTV cameras were now trained on me.

I walked up to the entrance and found an entry system that looked like it belonged in a NASA building. I tentatively pressed the biggest button and waited.

Nothing happened.

I pressed again and was about to give up when a little old man came walking slowly towards me from inside the property. He looked either Latin or Asian, with one of those faces that told of a long, hard life.

The man was holding a rake in his hands. His eyes wrinkled up as he looked at me suspiciously through the gate.

“Dr. Frank no here.”

“Is he at the clinic?”

“Who you?”

“Dr. Frank clinic?” I decided that matching his Pidgin English was the best approach, even if I felt very foolish doing it.

“Dr. Frank Las Vegas”

“Las Vegas? What’s he doing in Las Vegas?”

“Las Vegas.”

“Yes, I got that. Thanks.”

The old man started to walk away but then stopped and turned round to look at me. He scrutinized me from head to toe and then took a step towards me.

“You Yanie?”

“What?”

“Yanie. You Yanie?”

“Janie? Yes, that’s me?”

His wise old eyes lit up and a huge smile showed yellow teeth with several gaps in them. Despite this, it was one of the nicest and most genuine smiles I had ever seen.

The door creaked open and I wondered why the mention of my name had magically gained me entry to this exclusive, high-security mansion. How did he even know who I was?

The gardener or housekeeper or whoever he was left me by the pool while he went away to do something. I no longer had any idea what was happening and decided to go with the flow.

I looked at my reflection in the shimmering water of the pool and imagined swimming here with Frank by my side. To be honest, we were skinny dipping in my fantasy and it was delicious.

It was a fabulous infinity pool that overlooked the city and had a giant statue of Buddha at each side of it. There was a feeling of peace about the property that I hadn’t expected.

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