Page 78 of Wishing for Love
“I’m not sure I’d go that far, but it’s a nice thought.”
“I'm glad it worked out. And please, don’t worry about being gone or working. We know it’s going to take time. I’ve got Elsie. She’ll be fine. You know I keep you up to date with things.”
“I do. But I’ve got a responsibility to her too. I’ll be able to balance it. I’m going to keep thinking of the light at the end of the tunnel. Once everything is finalized, I can focus on more ofwhat I like doing and can excel at and less of what takes me forever because I’m sinking in mud.”
“I’ll pull you out if you sink too far,” she said.
“Thanks for that. There is something else we need to talk about.”
“What’s that?” she asked.
“My cousins know we are seeing each other.”
“What?” she asked. “You told them?”
“Why the panicked look?” he asked. “I know we said we were keeping it quiet, but the truth is, all those laughs and smirks were in place because I didn’t have to tell them anything. They saw it.”
“Saw what?” she asked.
“How I looked at you. How you looked at me. I guess we don’t hide things well. But we haven’t been around anyone that knows us other than Elsie and she’s too young.”
“But you aren’t that close to your cousins,” she argued.
“I’m not and they still saw it. Considering I’m going to be working closely with them and we are talking a lot of money involved, I was honest.”
He’d tried to just laugh it off and not answer, but Braylon said they’d all been there. That sometimes you just know and you can’t fight it. He’d heard about how Braylon met his girlfriend, Lily, saving her from being hit on in a cafe.
It was hilarious when he was told West did the same thing with Abby.
He didn’t save Crystal, but he was starting to think maybe she was saving him.
“Did they say anything about it?” she asked.
“Nothing. West said to bring you to the wedding in April.”
“You want me to go to a billionaire’s wedding?” she asked.
He started to laugh at how wide her eyes were. “I do. But you have to be quiet about it. Whose wedding it is and the date. Theydon’t want the publicity. I don’t have all the details yet of where it’s going to be. We’ll most likely do what he said, go to North Carolina and then take his jet to the wedding. He’s got family there and others that can get there that way too.”
“Crazy,” she said. “So, can I tell people I’m dating you? I mean, like my sister?”
“You can,” he said.
“Phew...because I did earlier.”
He laughed and gave her a quick kiss. “What did she say?”
“Considering she married her boss, she was the best one for me to talk to about my worries.”
“What’s going on?” he asked.
“Just don’t want to mess this up,” she said. “For Elsie first and foremost.”
“We won’t,” he said. “We had this talk already.”
“I know and I appreciate it. I think we are on the same page. I tend to mess a lot of things up in my life and don’t want this to be one of them.”
He started to laugh. “We all mess things up. I’ve been doing a pretty crappy job at my business lately and it seems to me I might win out in the end. Why can’t we look at this the same way?”