HACKING THE BILLIONAIRE: Part 3 by Jenny Devall Page B

am.”
    “Is he treating you properly?” Justin asked.
    She glanced over her shoulder at Dirk, who was driving out of the lot. “Yes, he is. I wouldn’t be back with him if he wasn’t.”
    Justin nodded, then walked around her to the parking lot. She wanted to say so much more, but there was no point. He’d chosen to walk out. Dirk had chosen to walk in. To her it was all clear.
    She knew that if a man wanted to be with you, he’d move Heaven and Earth to make it happen. Dirk had just done that. He’d taken time out of his day to come see her.
    Justin had left when things got a little hot.
    She didn’t watch him walk away. Instead she went back inside, confident in her choice of man.
    ***
    Dirk was finishing up his preflight checklist when Riley’s driver pulled into the airport. Anticipation buzzed through him. He loved that woman. He could never wait to see her.
    She sprang out of the car then waited for her overnight bag. She bounced over to him when she had it. He kissed her then went back to his checklist. “I’ll be ready in five minutes.”
    “Okay.”
    They were off. She wore headphones so he could talk to her.
    “How was your day?”
    He always liked to hear about what she did. She loved her job so much that it was infectious. He didn’t understand it, but it didn’t matter. He just enjoyed watching her talk. He had to keep his eye on his flying today, but he’d know what she looked like anyway.
    “Routine until the afternoon. We had a fire drill. Then the system went down, so I couldn’t get any work done. Then I had to defend a report I wrote. And now my boyfriend is flying me to Martha’s Vineyard in his helicopter.”
    “Sounds like an exciting day.”
    “The last part is a little anti-climactic.”
    He chuckled. “I could make it interesting?”
    “Yeah?”
    “I can fly a little lower so you can see some landmarks.”
    “That’s legal?”
    “Yes. I have a minimum height I need to keep, but I can do that and show you things.”
    He spend the next fifteen minutes pointing out the sights of Manhattan. She was overjoyed. The smile on her face must have hurt, it was so big.
    “That was cool.”
    Yeah, it was. He’d spent all this time making all this money, and he’d never really enjoyed it until he could share it with Riley. He’d only thought of that at this very moment. Flying to Martha’s Vineyard.
    They landed just before dusk. His mother greeted them as they entered the house.
    “Dinner is almost ready. I hope everyone is hungry,” Eliza said.
    “I am, Mrs. Trent.”
    “Please don’t call me that,” she said as she hugged Riley. “Call me Eliza.”
    “Okay then,” Riley said.
    Dirk kissed his mother. “Anyone need anything to drink?”
    “Your father has some wine open in the kitchen. Go on through.”
    Dirk led Riley to that room. Luzy and Chad were already there with wine glasses in hand. Dirk’s father Carl was pouring more. He handed a glass to Riley, then kissed her on the cheek. “Welcome back, Riley. Glad this lunkhead of a son of mine realized his mistake in letting you go.”
    “Dad.”
    Riley laughed. She nodded at Chad and Luzy, who listed their glasses in her direction. Dirk enjoyed the family gatherings, but he was a little tense with what he needed to get done tonight. Hopefully all would go smoothly.
    Chad spoke up. “I heard you found the problem at your company. Who would have thought that Zeke would do it?”
    Dirk glanced at Riley. She nodded to him. He hoped that meant she was on board with what he was doing.
    “Well, we aren’t sure he worked alone, so we still involved in ferreting out what happened,” Dirk said.
    “You don’t think he could have been acting alone?” Luzy said.
    “No. His skills probably aren’t that good,” Riley said. “We’ll figure it all out soon enough.”
    “It’s taken you long enough,” Chad said.
    “Chad,” Carl said.
    “What?” Chad said.
    He pouted as the conversation moved away from the subject