Chapter 17
Olivia
Alexander got in and started the car. “You’re quiet,” he observed as he pulled into traffic.
“Just thinking.”
“About?”
“About how fucking insane this whole situation is,” I said, turning to look at him. “You’re my boss. You’ve offered me a marriage contract worth millions of dollars. And now we just had dinner at your penthouse, where you cooked for me-”
“My chef cooked for us,” he corrected.
“Whatever. The point is, none of this is normal.”
“Normal is overrated,” Alexander said, his eyes locked on mine as he navigated through the quiet streets of LA.
“So is being cryptic,” I shot back. “Yet here you are, mastering the art.”
His lips quirked up at the corner. “You think I’m being cryptic? I’m the most straightforward man you’ll ever meet.”
“Right. Because normal men propose marriage contracts to women they barely know.”
“I never claimed to be normal.” He glanced over before returning to the road. “And I think you’re less normal than you pretend to be.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“It means,” he said, turning onto my street, “that a normal woman wouldn’t be considering my offer. She’d have slapped me and walked out.”
“Who says I’m considering it?”
“The fact that you’re sitting in my car right now.” He pulled up to the curb outside my building and cut the engine. “The fact that you wore that dress.”
my cheeks. “Maybe I just wanted a
to face me fully, one arm draped over the steering wheel. “Or maybe you’re curious about what it would be
still humming with unwanted attraction. “I’m only Miss Morgan. Not Mrs.
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saying.” He shrugged, a hint of a smile playing at the corners of his
car’s interior suddenly felt too small,
tomorrow.” I said, reaching
Olivia.” His voice was
stepped out of the car, feeling his eyes on
letting them clatter against the wall. The red dress
I muttered, reaching behind to unzip the dress. It slid down my body, pooling at my feet like expensive liquid. I stepped out
as I unhooked my bra, sighing with relief as they were finally free. I peeled off my
flopped onto my
I opened Emilia’s chat.
Me: You up?
three dots appeared, indicating she
Emilia: Yeah, what’s up?
stared at the screen, debating whether to tell her
considering it. Or maybe she’d
Not yet. This was too bizarre, too complicated. I needed to make this
What
How are you holding
bluntness. Emilia
I’m good,
way to get over someone is
Me: EMILIA!
saying! Plenty of hot guys out there
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