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After ending the call, I blow-dried my hair, sprayed it, and slipped into a long black floral print maxi dress. The truth was that I felt something for Drew. He was an amazing man with a good heart. He was also a man that I could see myself falling madly in love with. Meeting him couldn’t have happened at a worse time.
As I slipped on my shoes, there was a knock at the door. When I opened it, I swallowed hard when I saw Drew standing there in his khaki-colored casual pants and a white button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Shit. My lady parts were on fire.
“Hi there.” I smiled.
“You look gorgeous.” He winked.
“Thanks. You’re looking pretty hot yourself there, Mr. Westbrook.”
“Are you ready to go?” He held out his arm.
“I am.” I smiled as I hooked my arm around his.
We climbed into my rental car, and Drew drove us to a place called Hau Tree Lanai, where we were seated outside beneath an arching Hau tree by the ocean, and he ordered us a bottle of wine.
“Tell me more about you,” he spoke.
“Well, I grew up very wealthy with parents who controlled everything I did, right down to the food I put in my mouth. They tried to mold me into the perfect daughter. I could have no flaws. After so many years of molding, I became exactly who they wanted me to be. I wasn’t allowed to make any decisions for myself, so I don’t know who I am.” I picked up my glass and took a sip of wine.
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t imagine growing up like that.”
“So, tell me about your parents.” I smiled as I set my glass down.
“My dad was a construction worker until he got injured on the job and had to go on disability, and my mom is a nurse. Things were tight growing up, but I had everything I needed. My parents are great people, and we’re very close.”
I gave him a small smile. “That’s how a family should be. So how did you get the funds to start your own technology company?”
“I’d always been interested in technology since I could remember. You could say I was a bit of a geek.” He smirked. “You know the ‘Cloud’?”
“Yeah.” I narrowed my eye at him.
“I developed it when I studied at MIT.”
“SHUT UP!” I exclaimed as I slightly leaned across the table.
Drew chuckled. “It’s true. I developed it and sold it for a fuck ton of money. I paid off all of my parent’s debt, bought them a new house, made a nice deposit in their bank account, and opened my own company.”
“How old were you?”
“Twenty when I sold Cloud and twenty-one when I opened the doors to Westbrook Technology, Inc.”
“Did you graduate from MIT?” I asked.
“Yes. I graduated when I was twenty-one. I graduated high school earlier than most kids.”
“So, you’re a genius?” I smiled.
“Nah, not really. I’m just smart, I guess.”
“Oh, please. You’re a freaking genius. Don’t be ashamed to admit it.” I held up my glass to him.
“Touché, Miss Bell. I would say the same about you graduating top of your class at Yale Law.” His glass touched mine.
I gave him a small smile as I took a sip. The one thing that I was dying to know about him was why he left his fiancée. It was so bizarre to me that I met someone who did the same thing I had done. Should I ask him? Would it be too personal? I told him why I did it, so I thought that it was only fair he told me.
“I have something I want to ask you. To be honest, it’s been bothering me.”
“What is it?” He cocked his head.
