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Chasing Sensations: The Billionaire's Game 36. Long Way Up
Ariana-Several minutes of the drive pass in unbearable silence before Calvin speaks. “Your father... He’s a remarkable man.”I turn from the window, and my eyes immediately fall on the way his biceps flex as his hands remain on the wheel. The reason I’d been looking out the window in the first place.“He is,” I agree. “It’s where I get my charming personality from.”He keeps his eyes on the road, but I can tell he’s amused. “Very charming, indeed.”Oh, please!I turn away, then remember something and twist around in my seat.“So...” I trail off, noticing that my shorts have hiked up and my thighs are basically bare now. Shit. “What did you and him talk about out there? At the course? He wasn’t just telling you stories, I’m sure.”I try shifting to fix my shorts situation, but they’ve ridden up so much that there’s nothing I can do that wouldn’t call to his atten—Oh, my God. He’s already looking.A glance. A long one. Then his eyes return to my face, his expression unreadable. Gooseb
Chasing Sensations: The Billionaire's Game 35. Old Stories, New Company
Ariana--“In ’94, I think. No, that’s not quite right...” Dad tips his head back, trying to remember. “’94? It was in March, ’94 or ’95. My memory’s getting rusty.”He continues. “The office in Milan shut down. Too many losses, too many debts. That’s when Matteo and I realized we weren’t compatible partners.”“What happened to him?” Calvin asks.“Oh, he was fine. He always landed on his feet, that one.” Dad chuckles, turning his wineglass between his fingers. “He went back to his family in Florence. I stayed in Milan for a while, trying to salvage what I could. We didn’t speak much after that.”He pauses, looking vaguely amused by the memory.“It’s funny, really. At the time, I thought I’d lost everything. The business, most of my savings, a friend I’d known for years. I was convinced I’d never recover from it.” He takes a sip. “I did recover, eventually. Made a few good deals, took a few risks. Turns out, some of the best decisions of my life were the ones that scared me half to dea
Chasing Sensations: The Billionaire's Game 34. The Wrong Kind of Swing.
—Ariana—Grey clouds stretch across the sky, muting the morning light over the resort. A cool breeze sweeps across the golf course, stirring the leaves of the trees lining the fairway. Somewhere farther down the course, a golf cart hums over the paved path.It's a beautiful Saturday morning.It's also an excellent morning for my father and Ivy to gang up on me.“That's three in a row!” Ivy announces as her ball sails across the green, landing a respectable distance from the hole.Dad lets out an appreciative whistle. “You're getting good at this, Ivy.”She turns to me with a grin that makes me regret inviting her.I glance toward the clubhouse. I could be inside enjoying a perfectly good cup of coffee. Instead, I'm on a golf course, being publicly humiliated by my best friend.“Your turn, Sunshine.” Dad holds out a club. I stare at it, then at the ball resting on the grass.I've had at least ten shots this morning, and not one has been worth repeating. Dad, however, remains determined
Chasing Sensations: The Billionaire's Game 33. Not a big deal.
-Ariana--I don’t look up from the manuscript I’m flipping through even when the waitress returns with the order. My eyes narrow with each page, and I can feel my stomach tightening with every line I skim.Blowing out a breath, I drop the book and look at Susan, who sits across from me, nursing her coffee. “This is a completely different book.”Susan lowers her cup. Her blond hair falls around her shoulders, the ends dry from what looks like an overly aggressive blowout. Her weary blue eyes are framed by neatly shaped brows, and she’s wearing more makeup than I’m used to seeing on her.Outside our occasional Zoom meetings, I’ve looked through her social media enough times to know the makeup is unusual.I turn my attention back to the manuscript. “When you said you made changes, I didn’t think it was this drastic. Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”We’ve been talking for nearly twenty minutes without fighting over every other point. She mentioned making some changes. I just hadn’t reali
Chasing Sensations: The Billionaire's Game 32. Growing Stakes.
-Calvin-Marcus Wagner is in my kitchen when I get home.With GreyArc taking its sharpest hit this evening, it’s hardly surprising that a senior partner would show up—or spend the evening blowing up my phone.Everyone else but Wagner.I’ve known him long enough to know he’d have preferred a good night’s rest to being here this late.Perhaps to compensate for the effort, he’s having dinner at the island, already halfway through, a glass of wine beside his plate.Grace, my longtime housekeeper, appears from the hallway before I can say anything. Her little Pomeranian trails behind her, its tiny paws clicking against the floor before it retreats toward the living room.“Mr. Grey.”“Evening, Grace.”She takes my coat as I shrug out of it.“Mr. Wagner arrived not long ago. I hope you don’t mind.”“Not at all.”She gives me the smallest smile and walks away with the coat, leaving me alone with him.“Long day?” Marcus asks without looking away from his plate as he cuts into his steak.“Hm.”
Chasing Sensations: The Billionaire's Game 31. Derailment.
-Calvin doesn’t kiss me back.For a few seconds, he simply lets me press my mouth to his, lets my fingers tighten in his shirt, lets me make an absolute fool of myself while he stands there doing precisely nothing to encourage me.My confidence begins to crumble.Shit.What if I’ve read this entire situation wrong? What if his little games have been nothing more than games, and I’ve just handed him the most humiliating victory of his life?I start to pull away, but then his hand closes around my waist, and he kisses me.The change is so sudden that I barely have time to register it. One moment, I’m withdrawing with what remains of my dignity. The next, he’s pulling me back against him, his mouth moving against mine with an urgency that knocks every coherent thought out of my head.My lips part and his tongue slips easily inside to find mine. A whimper spills from me as soon as they meet, like I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel this particular invasion. Aching for it, my whole bo
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