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PROLOGUE
Indy
“We’ll be millionaires, Indy.”
I let out a sigh and closed my eyes.
Travis was certainly enthusiastic. Maybe I shouldn’t have taken that to be a bad thing, but I honestly believed this was a bit far-fetched.
Of course, it was entirely possible I was just being my typical cautious self.
Realizing what I was feeling could have merely been my own personal issues and not about what the future held, I forced myself to be positive about it. “I hope you’re right.”
I was standing in the small bathroom in my apartment, preparing to brush my teeth so we could go to bed. While I lifted the toothbrush to my mouth, I looked in the mirror at Travis.
He was standing, leaning against the doorjamb, and he was watching me with a brilliant smile on his face. Travis always did have a nice smile. It was one of the things that attracted me to him from the start. It was that and his positive outlook on everything.
When I initially turned him down after he’d asked me out on a date nearly a year and a half ago, he didn’t give up. He was persistent, and eventually, that tenacity wore me down. I figured there were worse things in life than agreeing to go on a date with a guy who put in that much effort.
So, I agreed to a date.
And now, we were here.
Things were great between us. We got along well, enjoyed each other’s company, and loved one another.
I was happy.
And Travis? He never hid his enthusiasm for anything, so I knew he was wildly happy.
As soon as I’d gotten my words out and started brushing my teeth, Travis pushed off the door and took a step forward into the already cramped bathroom.
“I am right,” he insisted eagerly. “This is going to be the best thing that’s ever happened to us.”
Since I couldn’t exactly speak, I cocked an eyebrow, silently questioning him. I didn’t need words. Travis knew me; he knew I didn’t hold illusions of grandeur the same way he did.
“I’m serious. You’ve got to give me just a few minutes to show you everything tonight. I can show you how the last four months have been, and you’ll see I’m not making this up. It’s happening, Indy. It’s happening, and I want you to go on this ride with me.”
I bent over to spit into the sink, rinsed off my toothbrush, and wiped the toothpaste from my mouth. When I stood and spun around to face him, I smiled. “You know I’ll go on this ride with you,” I assured him. “What would make you think any differently?”
Shaking his head, the smile lighting up his face, Travis replied, “I don’t mean I just want us to go about things the way we have been. I want us to do this together.”
My eyes narrowed, confusion moving through me. “What do you mean?”
Travis held my gaze for several beats. Initially, I thought it was because he was trying to figure out how to explain what he was getting at, but after he spoke, I realized that wasn’t it at all. He’d paused for dramatic effect, and he knew what he was about to say was crazy.
“I want you to quit your job.”
See? Crazy.
“Are you nuts?” I countered, letting out a nervous laugh.
Travis reached for my hand and gave it a gentle tug. “Not at all. Come on, let me show you.”
My boyfriend urged me into the bedroom, where I found his laptop sitting in the middle of the bed.
I wanted to be as excited as Travis was right now, but the truth was that I was exhausted. I’d had a long week at work, and now that it was Friday, I just wanted to crawl into my bed and close my eyes. Seeing Travis’s computer sitting there, I had a feeling I wasn’t going to be going to sleep any time soon.
Travis and I didn’t live together. He had his own apartment, and we typically spent our work week staying in our own places. When the weekend rolled around, we were with each other. While we occasionally stayed at his place, we typically stayed at mine. Travis shared an apartment with his best friend, Randy, and since we often wanted privacy, my place just made more sense.
