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A hollow silence followed my words. When I finally gathered enough courage to look at her, Natalie’s stricken face gave me a stab of guilt.
“Why did you lie to me? I asked you a hundred times, and you always said no.”
“I didn’t want to go because I thought you and Ben wanted time alone. It'sweird being the third wheel.”
Natalie opened her mouth, but I changed tack with lightning speed. “I’ll be able to wire you rent money from abroad, so you don’t have to worry about that.”
“I hope everything will be okay.”
I wished that she would give it a rest with the whole prostitution thing. “I’ve told you a thousand times, I’m not going to trade sexual favors for money.”
“I’m not talking about that. What if you legitimately fall in love with this guy? He’ll break your heart. You’re already smitten.”
Who cares? I’m making ten thousand dollars a month.
“We have chemistry,” I shrugged. “I’m not going to avoid this amazing experience just because something bad might happen. I’ll probably never have this opportunity again.”
Natalie relented. “Well, I hope it’s worth it.”
The doorbell rang. “Who’s that?”
Flustered, she ran to answer the door. “Ben. We wanted to have dinner—” she opened the door. “Hi, honey!”
Ben’s voice boomed through the apartment, and I abandoned my packing with a sigh. A plastic smile on my face, I went to greet Natalie’s boyfriend.
“Hey, Ben. How’s life?”
“Good!”
Tall with Norwegian features like fair skin and blonde hair, Ben’s blue eyes sparked as he swept me into a hug.
“So, I heard that you’re dating a billionaire?”
He cackled as I glared at Natalie. “How’s the law firm?”
Lucky for me, he happily seized on the topic and talked about it for a while. Still filled with anxiety over the trip, I tried my best enjoy the rest of the night. Tomorrow, Luke’s driver would bring me to SFO. He also paid for my passport’s rush processing, and it arrived on Monday. Until a courier dropped off the one-way ticket from San Francisco International to Heathrow.
I’ve never been on a plane. It was going to be awesome.
After Ben left, I finished packing and double triple checked everything. Unsure about the length of the trip, I filled two suitcases and a backpack. I was ready to leave hours before the driver camethe next morning, and Natalie worked from home. She didn’t help matters by constantly fussing over me.
“Where’s your ticket? Did you pack your passport?”
I quadruple-checked my backpack. “They’re both here.” It was ten o’clock, the time Luke said he would pick me up. What if he changed his mind?
“Chapstick?”
My stomach lurched. Crap. “I don’t know.” I sprinted to the bathroom and skidded to a halt as the doorbell rang.
Natalie bolted to the door and wrenched it open.
A pleasant, deep voice filled the room. “Hello, you must be Natalie. It’s a pleasure.”
Luke’s voiceechoed down the hallway, and I jumped. I rummaged through my drawer and seized a tiny tube, and then I walked toward them both, my heart hammering my ribs.
Natalie was taken aback. She replied back a few seconds later than she should have. “Nice to meet you.”
He was looking hotas usual. I had never seen him wear jeans, but he wore a fitted pair that showed off his long, muscled legs and a shirt that made me want to run my hands all over his body. He smiled at me over Natalie’s shoulder. “Ready to go?”
