Page 41 of Auctioned to the Billionaire Stalker

I looked back at him. He was wearing nice business attire, like he had most days lately.

“I thought I should dress more appropriately.”

“Your hair is different, too,” Kim said. “Did you get it cut? And are you wearing contacts?”

He ran a hand through his thick, stylish hair self-consciously. “Yeah.” He walked over to the desk to get his food. His hand was very close to touching mine.

“And when did all these changes start?” Ben asked, narrowing his eyes suspiciously as he looked at how close Jack was standing to me.

“A couple of weeks ago,” Cynthia repeated what Jack had already said.

Kim grinned. “And when did you start delivering the foodfrom Dinardo’s, Daisy?”

I was about to answer, but Jack beat me to it. “A couple of weeks ago,” he said, looking directly at me.

The office got very quiet while everyone stared between us.

It was too much for me. My face turned bright pink. I finally just pulled the buggy along behind me, clunking and objecting to its foul treatment, and turned to leave. “It was nice meeting all of you. I’ll see you later,” I said, hurrying from the lobby.

I heard footsteps behind me. “Wait,” his deep voice said just before I could press the button to call the elevator.

I stopped walking and turned to face him slowly.

“I’m sorry you heard all of that in there,” he said, his eyes full of concern. “When I asked you out the other night, it wasn’t so I could take you to… that condo Kim was talking about.”

“It wasn’t?”

He shook his head. “It was because I wanted to be around you. I wanted to get to know you better.”

“But you probably planned to end up there, right?” I asked.

He laughed. “Well, I don’t know if you’ve looked in a mirror ever but you’re the most beautiful, sexiest woman I’ve ever seen.” He softened his voice and moved closer to me, reaching out to push a strand of hair behind my ear. “Of course I want to take you to bed. But not like those other girls. I was planning to take you to my penthouse… not the condo Kim was talking about.”

I studied his face. He seemed to be being honest. “Really?”

He nodded. “I’ve never taken a woman there before. I hope you’ll still go out with me, even though you saw me with that girl last night and you overheard them talking about me today. Will you give me another chance?”

“Another chance?”

“To show you I don’t want to be like that with you—like they were talking about in there. You’re… different.”

He had to be feeding me a line. He had to be. But when I looked into those eyes, they seemed so sincere. I was about to open my mouth and agree to the date, when a dingsounded behind us.

The elevator doors opened, and the pretty brunette I recognized as Tallon’s date from Bahia Del Sol came out. “Oh, hey, Jack.” She looked me over and giggled, probably at my Dinardo’s Deli uniform, making me feel small and embarrassed. “Sala wanted me to let you know she had a great time with you.” She leaned in, touching his chest. “She said she’s never come so many times in one night in her life.” She stood back up straight. “Anyway, she said she’s looking forward to a repeat tomorrow night.” She gave me a mean look before winking at Jack and turning to enter the executive suite.

I had to fight to hold a gasp in. Sala had been in his bed last night. He planned to fuck me tonight. And then he’d be back with Sala the next night. Wow. This guy was unbelievable.

The woman clicked past us on very high heels as she pushed open the doors to the executive suite. I saw Tallon’s face light up when he saw her.

Jack’s face was red, and he looked angry. I guessed it was because the girl had just ruined the hookup I’d been about to agree to.

God, I felt dumb. I’d seen him with another woman, overheard his own family talking about what a player he was, and yet I’d still been about to go out with him.

“Listen, Daisy, it’s not what you think…”

I held up my hand to stop him, laughed, and shook my head. My body felt hot all over. “I get it. Can I just give you a bit of advice, though?” I asked, trying to keep the tears out of my eyes. I felt so incredibly stupid. I’d known he was feeding me lines, and I had still almost fallen for it. Had the way Myers treated me brought me so low that I was willing to accept next to nothing in a date? No respect at all? “You don’t have to resort to lies to get a woman in bed. Any woman. Just tell the truth. That way no one gets hurt.”

“Please don’t listen to her,” he said, his brow furrowed. “We’ll have such a nice time together. I won’t blow this chance…”