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.”

I just wanted a free

draped over the steering wheel. “Or maybe you’re curious about what it would be like to be Mrs.

still humming with

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a hint of a smile playing at the corners of his mouth. “The offer stands. I need

felt too

I said, reaching for the door

voice was a

eyes on my ass as I walked

my heels, letting them clatter against the wall. The red dress clung to my sweaty skin as

unzip the dress. It slid down my body, pooling at my feet like expensive liquid. I stepped out of it,

sighing with relief as they were finally free. I peeled off my damp panties and padded naked to my dresser, pulling out

dressed, I flopped onto my bed, grabbing my

I opened Emilia’s chat.

Me: You up?

appeared,

Emilia: Yeah, what’s up?

screen, debating whether to tell her

even considering it. Or maybe she’d tell me to

too complicated. I needed to

What are you up

place. He’s in the shower. How are you holding up? Any more crying jags over

smiled at her bluntness. Emilia

I’m good,

way to get over someone is to get under someone else. You should totally put

Me: EMILIA!

What? Just saying! Plenty of hot guys out there

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