Page 40 of Billionaire’s Promise

“Just so you know, I’m not responsible if you get a stomachache from that.”

He added a touch of milk to his cat poop coffee. His eyes closed as he sipped it slowly.

“Enjoying it?”

“Tastes kind of weird. But I like it.” I didn’t recall it tasting weird, but I wasn’t going to find out for myself if the coffee was safe to consume. “Can you do me a favor?”

“Depends on what it is?” He took a few more sips of coffee but didn’t say a word. The suspense of him not talking was killing me.

“Just spit it out.” I instantly regretted my choice of words. “Not the coffee, the words, what do you want?”

“I was just thinking, give me a sec.” He grinned at me.

I stared at his face – he had dark circles forming below his eyes, but he was still so gorgeous. Even if he looked ten times worse than now, he would still be welcome to visit me anytime, in dreamland or reality.

“Would you come to the airport with me to pick up Ting Ting?”

“Sure. Why so secretive?”

“The thing is, it’s a high security airport, so you’ll need to send me a copy of your passport. Just a photo should be fine.”

Hmm… was that really a thing? I didn’t recall ever having to send any documentation just to pick someone up from the airport. “This isn’t a stupid trick so you can take a look at my passport and laugh at my photo, right?”

“No?”

“If you want to see mine, you have to show me yours. It’s only fair.” I felt my eyebrows raise unintentionally, and I knew my subconscious wanted to see something else other than his passport photo.

“No, this isn’t a joke.” His stern voice broke my little fantasy about seeing him naked. “The security at this airport is top notch and they will do a background check before they allow you entry.”

Insanity. The world had gone mad. It’s not like we were going there to pick up the president.

I really needed to reevaluate what I knew about Kai and his family.

“Can I wait outside?” The American side of me refused to hand over my personal documents just because a pretty boy batted his eyelashes at me.

“No, princess.” Princess? No, not that word. It sent a shiver down my spine.

That word was the cheesiest word a man could ever use to call a woman. It was diminishing and I blame Disney for brainwashing us. My brother did that to Chloe for years – still does on occasion – and I hated it.

Somehow, Kai saying that word to me made me feel warm and fuzzy.

“It would look even more suspicious if you waited outside. Someone would come and escort you into a little dark room and interrogate you.”

I swallowed hard. Please don’t take me to such a place.

“Do you really need my company?”

“I was going to go alone. But after hearing what happened between you and Chloe, I have my doubts about this whole thing now. Jenny might not want to share this vulnerable side of herself with Ting Ting.”

I nodded and couldn’t agree more. “This is what happens when you decide things without discussing it with other people.”

His decision came from a good place but teasing him tickled me somehow.

“Well, she’s arriving in an hour. I can’t send her back.” He put his palms together as if he was praying.

“I’m sure you can send her back. Just tell her you made a mistake.” I could see his Adam’s apple drop – swallowing hard at my words. Kai wasn’t the kind of man who would easily admit that he had made a mistake. I knew the kind, I grew up with one.

“I could…”