Ruby:
I SWEAR TO GOD
Trey:
Get some sleep, you beautiful trainwreck.
Tomorrow is going to be CHAOS.
Sienna:
Text us if he messages you at midnight.
Ruby:
HE WON’T.
Ava:
LOL HE ABSOLUTELY WILL.
Ruby:
GOODBYE.
Ava:
We love you.
Tell your billionaire we said hi.
CHAPTER 12
Jaxon
Ishould be asleep.
It’s midnight.
My suit jacket is hanging neatly over a chair, my tie discarded somewhere in the suite, the city outside my high-rise glowing like a living constellation.
I should be exhausted after a full day of acquisition meetings, contract reviews, and navigating an office full of whispers.
But all I can think about is her.
Ruby.
Her laugh. Her voice. The way she bit her lip when she was nervous tonight. The way she held her wine glass with her fingers trembling just slightly. The way she said “this can’t happen,” but leaned in every time I spoke.
She doesn’t realize it yet.
I’m already in deep.
I’ve dealt with assets worth billions, negotiated mergers that lasted eighteen hours straight, survived high-stakes board battles, but one dinner with her?
That shook me more than any deal I’ve ever made.
I sit on the edge of my bed, elbows on my knees, hands clasped, and stare at my phone.
