The Billionaire's Regret
“Hazel Barbie, no threatening the dragon before tea.”
Rhea took off her sunglasses slowly. “I need a minute.”
“Same,” Hazel said, still staring at the tea set.
Poppy looked up, mildly confused. “Why?”
Hazel crouched first at the edge of the rug, letting her paper bag drop to the side. “Because, sweetheart, your tea set looks like something a person buys after winning a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit.”
Poppy smiled proudly. “I know.”
Rhea lowered herself onto the sofa across from me, more collapsing into it than sitting. Her coat slipped down. The hair that had been neat a minute ago was already coming loose around her face. She was still looking at the tea set like it was a snake disguised as