Page 90 of Billionaire Grump

Usually I post at least ten times a day.

I glance at a few of them.

Did something happen to you? R u alive??

Where u at?

We miss you!! Your content is my favorite thing on IG

Girl, ur gonna lose followers if u dont post more. This is bullsh!t

Give us deets! Where in the Hamptons r u? I’m in the Hamptons! Tag ur location? Msg me? I’m such a huuuuge fan!!!!! Ilysm

U should post more

Ur hot will u go out with me

And so on.

I don’t know any of these people. And suddenly having my life on display to millions of strangers feels weirdly invasive in a way it hasn’t before. Maybe because I haven’t had the luxury to worry about that until now.

I toss my phone onto the table and go out onto the balcony, staring down at my view of the street.

Holy fuck. I own this building.

Did I dream him?

What the hell just happened?

I miss him so much. I feel like I’m missing not just my right arm but…my haven.

With the sudden absence of his huge presence, the craziness of how much has changed fully hits me.

I’m not a virgin anymore. I had sex a lot with a guy I just met. I fucked a total stranger and it was the most beautiful thing that’s ever happened to me. I have a bank account with an insane amount of money in it. There’s a very real possibility I could be pregnant.

It’s that last one that wakes me up.

I promised myself I would do something about it. Today. When I googled it a few days ago, I remember reading that the morning after pill is most effective up to 72 hours after the fact.

The first fact happened on Friday night.

Which means it’s been 72 hours almost exactly.

You don’t want to take it. You never did. You’ve put it off and if you don’t take it now it’ll be too late.

There’s another bank account. With a blank space.

Tears pool in my eyes.

I’ll take care of you. I’ll take care of you both. I want you, Jones. I’m all in. I’m in love with you, Ivy Laine.

Is it even possible to fall in love this fast?

I go get my phone and I google it again.

I start reading: “It’s really quite simple. No morning-after pill works during or after ovulation since they’re designed to delay it. If you’ve already ovulated, the emergency contraceptive pills will have no effect.”

To be honest, I’ve never really spent a lot of time thinking about ovulation before. When you’ve never had sex it’s not something that tends to show up on your radar very often. But my period is due any day. Any minute.