Total pages in book: 43
Estimated words: 40741 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 204(@200wpm)___ 163(@250wpm)___ 136(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 40741 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 204(@200wpm)___ 163(@250wpm)___ 136(@300wpm)
His purr had her feeling like she was missing something, and when she saw the woman behind the counter hiding a smile as she wished them a safe trip—-
Lucius had tricked her again!
"You—-"
"—-are the boyfriend, yes, you've made that quite clear."
Aargh.
"We should get moving," Lucius said smoothly as he urged her toward the boarding bridge.
Tassy had a hard time believing the billionaire went to all that trouble just to...what? Hear her call herself his girlfriend?
"I don't get you," she blurted out.
"I'm glad to hear that," Lucius answered without missing a beat, "since I find you just as unpredictable."
Tassy had to bite her lip hard. Was Lucius really talking about her still? She had always been the girl whose finances were strictly budgeted in spreadsheets, her schedule planned out for the next three months with a color-coded, three-alarm-per-event Google Calendar, and even the minutes she spent scrolling on social media was monitored and regulated by her Screen Time app.
She had always been more plotter than pantster, more cautious than ambitious. She had always been anything but predictable in other words, and that was why even Xylan himself had often complained—-
Oh.
Tassy's head started to spin.
Oh my goodness!
How could she have forgotten all about Xylan?
Not only was he her boyfriend of almost seven years, but it was only yesterday that he had dumped her in front of everyone!
How could she not have remembered any of those things...the moment she was in Lucius Young's company?
Lucius could sense his Tassina withdrawing from him for some reason, and he didn't like it at all. "What's wrong?" he asked abruptly.
"I..." Tassy had a hard time thinking. "I just, um, realized..."
It was my pride more than anything else that was hurt by the breakup?
I might have been lying to myself all these years?
I'm a shameless slut because of you?
"—-how you got that poor woman to play along," Tassy managed to say instead as a burst of inspiration came to her rescue. "I finally remember reading an article about you last year. You've been investing in airline companies like Xin Hua Air and trying to get other billionaires to fly commercial to reduce carbon emissions."
Lucius couldn't recall the last time anyone had him feeling out of his element. Would the surprises ever cease with his Tassina?
Tassy started feeling nervous about the billionaire's continued silence. "I didn't get it wrong, did I? I think I read it in some business journal—-"
"You remembered correctly."
Tassy was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she noticed the way Lucius was looking at her. "Is everything okay?"
"I was thinking I should be the one asking that," Lucius murmured. "Aren't you disappointed I'm not the kind of billionaire to own a private jet?"
Tassy could only laugh after realizing Lucius was just teasing her, again.
"I think I have something to ask of you as well," she threw back at him. "Will you be disappointed if I tell you I don't even own a car?"
"Don't you?"
"I don't," she admitted cheerfully. "You're not the only one with a heart for conservation efforts, Mr. Young. We all do our—-" Tassy was startled when the billionaire suddenly cupped her chin, and just when they had finally made it to the plane at that. "L-Lucius?"
Did he not notice how he had everyone around them staring?
Did he not—-
"Where have you been all my life?"
Ha!
Tassy refused to let herself take him seriously.
If he wanted to tease her like that, she...she could tease him right back.
Lucius' lips pressed together as Tassy suddenly fluttered her lashes at him. Whatever it was she had planned, he was sure it would be completely unexpected—-
"Oh, Mr. Young! You don't know what you're in for if you keep saying such things."
And he was right.
"So please, sir." Tassy had a hard time keeping herself from laughing as she played the role of an employee who was hopelessly infatuated with her billionaire boss. "If you don't want me falling in love—-"
Lucius' mouth suddenly covered hers.
Oh wow.
Tassy's eyes automatically closed as the rest of her words melted into his kiss while her body went up in flames in an instant.
Oh wow.
Never had a kiss felt this hot.
Or this good.
Never had a kiss felt so, so right...but just as her lips started to part, it was then she heard him whisper ever so mockingly—-
"I'm afraid it's too late, baby girl. Aren't you already halfway there?"
Chapter Five
TASSY WAS STILL TOUCHING her lips ten minutes later, a part of her unable to believe all the things that had transpired in the last ninety minutes.
Lucius Young and his two-year period of celibacy.
Valentines in Foxtown...with him.
And just a few minutes ago, the kiss that turned her entire world upside-down.
Tassy covered her face in embarrassment even though she was all alone.
How the heck did I get into this?
Lucius had excused himself earlier to take a call, and thank goodness for that since she really needed this time alone to gather her thoughts.