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THE BILLIONAIRE'S AFFAIR Chapter 40
Grant is sitting around without anything to do, so he asks a lot of questions and make a lot of blanket statements, like, We’ve gotta be proactive and We’ve got to get out ahead of Epicurus on this. I imagine when he does that sort of stuff around his employees they all nod their heads and act like he’s said something profound, but to me it’s just annoying. I tune him out – hacking takes concentration – but he does ask me some pointed questions every once in a while, which I answer directly and then get back to business.“Can you find out how the local police knew we were on the plane?” he asks.“Maybe. But their system is probably all in French, so I’d need somebody to translate, and that could take forever – and potentially be dangerous.”JP shrugs. “I could make a call, if you want.”I stop what I’m doing, and both Grant and I stare at him.JP looks at us like we’re a couple of wolves eyeing a chicken. “Qu’est-ce que c’est?” he asks defensively.“Who are you going to call?” Grant d
THE BILLIONAIRE'S AFFAIR Chapter 41
After lunch is over, JP and Dominique go out to buy the guns. They’re still bitching at each other as they walk out the door.Then they’re gone.Finally: quiet.I continue my hacking at JP’s work station.Grant comes up behind my chair. “We’re alone.”“I noticed,” I say as I continue to type.He leans over and kisses my neck. “Want to take advantage of it?”Mmmmm.It feels really nice, but… “I have work to do,” I say, trying my best to ignore his lips brushing against my skin.“You can take a break.”“Just because you don’t have anything to do right now doesn’t mean I don’t.”“Is it absolutely necessary? Right now?”“…no, but…”“It’s been awhile since last time,” he whispers into my ear.I scoff. “It’s been nine or ten hours. Maybe.”“That’s awhile.”One of his fingers slowly traces its way down the front of my blouse, then stops and circles my nipple, which hardens underneath my bra.Mmmm…“We might not have another opportunity,” he murmurs in my other ear, as his left hand reaches
THE BILLIONAIRE'S AFFAIR Chapter 42
JP and Dominique come back a couple minutes later. He looks pissed; she looks pissed and dejected.They’re each carrying a couple of parcels wrapped in brown butcher paper. JP has a three-foot long one that might have conceivably held a giant bouquet of flowers. I didn’t notice them before because, well, I was more concerned about being caught having sex.They put the packages on the dining room table and rip off the paper. There are guns inside: two semi-automatic pistols, one assault rifle, plus six boxes of bullets.“That’s it?” Grant rages. “That’s all we get for ten grand?”“No, apparently you get to fuck on my canapé, too,” JP says in a surly tone of voice.Grant looks at him like he’s about to strangle him.JP rolls his eyes. “Calme-toi. He will get more rifles, and some explosives, but it will take time. Besides, these? These are very rare in France. Very expensive.”“If this is what five or six grand gets you, I don’t doubt it.”Grant picks up a pistol, pops out the clip, sla
THE BILLIONAIRE'S AFFAIR Chapter 43
After my sudden, glorious discovery of a clue, it’s almost immediately proved worthless. There’s no way to use the knowledge about the missing paintings, and nothing else in the police report is useful.At least the spaghetti is delicious. JP may be a slob in the housekeeping department, but he’s a damn fine cook.Things thaw out a bit as the wine begins to flow. There’s some reminiscing about the past, some jokes, even a little bit of speculation on how we can find Epicurus.Throughout, Dominique is pissy and refuses to speak. Which is A-OK by me.As the meal is wrapping up, JP gets a phone call. He talks in French a little, but mostly he just listens. When he hangs up, he looks the most depressed I’ve seen him since Grant walked in this morning and dragooned him into helping us.“Who was that?” Grant asks.“Mon ami de la police. ”“Why the long face? Did he not have any info?”“Au contraire. He had a great deal to tell me.”According to the mole, the police were tipped off last nigh
THE BILLIONAIRE'S AFFAIR Chapter 44
As far as national bugaboos go, most conspiracy theorists would list the CIA as the most threatening organization officially sanctioned by any government on Earth. Sure, true-blue American patriots might go with the KGB – but the KGB is gone, a relic of the Communist past, now rolled into some other agency. The CIA is still alive and kicking. In the last five decades, you’ve got multiple ventures to overthrow other countries’ democratically elected administrations… collusion with drug traffickers to fund arms deals for foreign paramilitary groups… and assassination plots up the wazoo. Not to mention the roving torture ‘black sites’ used by the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan.Allegedly.Pretty scary, right?For my money, though, the NSA is scarier, because it’s the biggest global intelligence agency on the planet.The CIA is only supposed to work internationally. They can’t legally do anything on American soil, and they only concern themselves with foreigners.Not so the NSA. Their ter
THE BILLIONAIRE'S AFFAIR Chapter 45
We all go to bed a little after midnight. JP lends us the spare bedroom, while Dominique sacks out on the couch. At first she complains bitterly about it. Though she never states why, I figure it’s probably because of what she saw Grant and I doing on it earlier. JP lasciviously offers her a spot in his bed, but she turns that down – loudly. I think there might be another comment about swizzle sticks. In the end, JP throws a blanket at her, which she grumpily drapes over the sofa before biting the bullet.Grant and I lie there in the semi-darkness, his arm around me, me snuggled up against his chest. All my clothes but my panties are folded on the chair in the corner. Despite my being half-naked, though, all he does is hold me against his own naked body.“Level with me,” he says. “Just how fucked are we on the whole NSA thing?”I look up at him in surprise. “You mean, that whole display of confidence earlier was bullshit?”He shrugged. “Well… not exactly.”“Explain.”“I meant every s
THE BILLIONAIRE'S AFFAIR Chapter 46
I open my eyes the next morning. For a second, I can’t help wondering if last night was real.It seems real enough. My body retains the pleasant ache of having him inside me, the slight soreness of our passion. And my heart feels twice as big, as though it is stretched to overflowing with happiness.I turn around in the bed. Grant is just a few feet away and still slumbering.I lie there for a moment, smiling and watching him sleep. I replay the scene from last night in my head, and luxuriate in the joy it brings me.But, if I’m going to be honest… I am harboring a wisp of fear, too.Did he mean it? Or was he just saying it because we were in the heat of the moment?After all, it’s only been… I count in my head. Monday he hired me, Tuesday was the art gallery and skyscraper, Wednesday was Connor and Lily, yesterday we got to Paris, this is Friday morning – Jesus, has it only been four days since he walked into my office in LA?!It’s been six days since I actually met him – but seei
THE BILLIONAIRE'S AFFAIR Chapter 47
When I walk back in the bedroom, Grant is awake.He sees me and smiles sleepily. “There you are. I was wondering where you got to.”“Just getting breakfast,” I say, and smile nervously. I sit down next to him in bed, placing the plate between us.He rolls over and takes a strawberry. “Mmm… thanks.”“You’re welcome.”He frowns the tiniest bit. “Are you okay?”“Yeah, why?”“You seem… I don’t know, upset.”“No,” I answer a little too quickly.A cloud passes over his face. “Was last night… too soon?”The question is like a punch to my stomach. Because of my fear of losing him, I let down my guard – and for the first time since I’ve entered the room, I sound genuine. “No – no, not at all. I just…”I can’t tell him about what Dominique said. I just – I can’t. Not right now.So I go with what I was most worried about when I first left the room.“…I just wanted to know if you meant it. If it wasn’t just something you were saying because we were… you know.”He grins. The cloud has passed. “Oh,
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