One Night With the Billionaire: Book Two by Cassie Cross

CHAPTER ONE

    “Now that you have that nice new computer, I figured you’d be doing some actual work on it instead of just staring at the wall.”  
    Kaia realizes that Janine is talking to her a little too late, and looks up to see her roommate leaning against her doorway, looking at her patiently.  
    “What’d you say?”  
    Janine arches her brow. “Do you want to finally tell me what happened? You were so jazzed about your date, you spent the whole night out, and ever since you’ve come back you’ve been kind of a zombie.”
    “I’m not a zombie,” Kaia replies defensively.  
    With a tilt of her head, Janine says, “You told me after lunch that you were coming in here to do some work, and the few times I’ve walked past, you’ve just been staring at the wall looking like, well…like that.”  
    “Like what?”  
    Janine frowns a little, then looks off into the distance with a blank stare.  
    Kaia considers arguing that there’s no way she’s ever looked like that, but when she stops to think about it…she probably does look exactly that way.  
    Ever since Kaia left Jason’s hotel room, her thoughts drift to him often. She knows that’s ridiculous, considering he was up front with her about what he was and was not looking for, and he followed through with that. She has no right to be disappointed that he didn’t want more, and yet, here she is, disappointed that he didn’t want more.  
    Using the laptop that Jason gave her isn’t exactly helping things. Every time she opens the lid, she remembers meeting him, remembers what happened after he gave it to her. It’s so bad that she’s considered selling it and using the money for a new one. But she’d probably think of the fact that she did that every time she tried typing on the new one, so she’d just wind up in an infinite loop of memories of a man she can’t have.  
    The other morning when she came home from Jason’s hotel room, she remembered giving him her address, and held out a little hope that he’d be the one who delivered the laptop to her. Imagine her disappointment after she heard a knock on the front door, only to open it and find a courier holding the package out to her with a friendly smile on his face.  
    “Just FYI, you’re doing it again.”  
    “Okay,” Kaia relents. “I see what you mean. Sorry.”  
    Janine gives her a soft smile as he walks over to the edge of Kaia’s bed, then slowly sits down.  
    “Wanna tell me what happened?”  
    “I already did,” Kaia says softly.  
    “You said that he didn’t want to pursue anything. I think there’s more to it than that.”  
    “There isn’t, trust me.”  
    Janine scoots closer to Kaia on the bed. “I don’t believe you.”  
    Kaia sighs. “He told me he doesn’t do relationships right up front.”
    “You mean, you got all dressed up to go on a date, and were so excited for it when you knew there wasn’t even the possibility that the guy would commit?” Janine’s brows are furrowed, because she knows Kaia well, and definitely knows that is so unlike her.
    “No, I got all dressed up to go on a date, then showed up at the guy’s place. He made me come so hard I couldn’t see straight, and then he told me he wouldn’t commit, but offered me one night together.”  
    Janine looks shocked. “And you agreed?”  
    Kaia flushes, and toys with the edge of her comforter. “If you had been me, you would’ve agreed. I don’t want to be too graphic, but his hands were so talented that I just had to find out what the rest of him could do.”  
    “He sounds rude,” Janine replies.  
    “How so?”  
    “Well,” she says, tapping her chin. “Either rude or a complete genius.”  
    “Janine,” Kaia warns.  
    “He gives you a taste of the goods, then lets you know they’re only available for a limited-time offer. Okay, I’ve decided. Not rude, definitely genius.”  
    Kaia can’t really argue with that assessment. “I agreed to it