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“Don’t play dumb with me, boy. You know exactly what I mean. I wouldn’t put it past you to invent some girlfriend, so I’ll back down and let you access your trust fund again.”
“I would never,” I protest innocently.
“You've done plenty of worse things before,” he reminds me. It always comes back to what I have done in the past. “I hope for your sake this is real. She seems like a nice girl and I think being with someone like her would do you the world of good.”
“This is real,” I insist. A small part of me is angry that he is doubting me so much. Sure, he has every reason to, but if this were a real relationship, I know for sure he wouldn’t doubt it any less. “In fact, I wasn't going to mention it because it's so early in our relationship, but I actually proposed to her last night and she said yes.”
“You're getting married?” he asks, still looking sceptical.
“We're getting married,” I confirm.
“Where is her ring?”
“It was a spur-of-the-moment thing,” I answer smoothly. “We went to the jeweller today and it will be ready in two weeks.”
My grandfather studies me for a moment, then he offers me his hand, shaking mine firmly while looking me dead in the eye. “Then I guess congratulations are in order.”
“Thank you.” I flash him a smile.
“I'm looking forward to seeing you settle down and stop wasting your life away with the partying and the drinking every night,” he continues. “Now, I better let you go so that you can spend some time with that beautiful fiancée of yours. I'll see you tomorrow for breakfast?” he asks.
“Of course, we’ll be there,” I say confidently.
“Great. We'll talk more then.” He pauses and looks me in the eye. “I'm looking forward to hearing more about how you two fell in love.”
He finally walks away, leaving me alone. I curse, annoyed at myself. Why the hell did I go and say that? I have gone from having a girlfriend to being engaged and if anything, I have made his suspicions worse. Not to mention how Lucy is going to react when she finds out.
Speaking of Lucy…
I turn around just in time to see her walking back in from outside with Luke hot on her heels. Oh fuck. Her eyes flash as they meet mine and I know she knows. I'm not sure what I expected. It didn't take a brain surgeon to figure out this isn't a work function and if she cornered Luke and demanded answers, he would have given them to her in a second.
The anger in her eyes shifts to determination as she stalks over to me. When she reaches me, she slips her hand into mine and kisses me slowly on the mouth, throwing me completely off guard.
What the hell?
I was not expecting this reaction.
“What's going on?” I murmur to her.
“What's going on is my price just went up.” She whispers the words in my ear, her tongue curling around my earlobe as she sucks it hard. I stifle a groan, turned on and nervous at the same time.
“What are you talking about,” I mutter, distracted.
“As well as the thousand we already agreed on, I want ten percent of the new company you are forming with my brother.”
“Are you serious?” I laugh. “No way.”
“Fine.” She gives me a satisfied smile. “Then I’ll leave right now and on my way out, I will tellGrandaddywho I really am.”
Fuck. She has me by the balls and she damn well knows it.
“Fine. But this better be the performance of your life.”
* * *
She putson a performance all right. After tonight, no one in their right mind will question whether our relationship is real, the way Lucy is hanging off me. She gazes up at me, hanging off my every word when I speak, her hand in mine, her body pressing up against me. She’s teasing me in ways that just isn't fair. Fuck, she’s makingmebelieve we’re a thing. She’s all over me and it’s making me hot.
“Is this convincing enough for you?” she purrs in my ear.
