Page 59 of Billionaire Hunt

“And I’ve never claimed to be,” he said cutting me off. “But Candy and I have always been just friends.”

“Did she get that memo?”

“She wanted more, but I wasn’t interested.” He stopped at a red light and looked down at me. I immediately turned my face away, I felt too vulnerable to meet his eyes head on.

“Believe it or not, you were the only woman I was sleeping with. Even though our relationship, if you want to call it that, was unconventional, I wasn’t involved with anyone else while we were together.”

I kept my face turned away. I didn’t know what to say. And frankly, I didn’t really believe him.

“So why were you hanging out with Candy if you guys were just good friends?”

“She mentioned the surrogacy program to me. She also was the person introducing me to pediatricians, like I mentioned. She was actually really helpful until she found out I was dating you and had a fit.”

“We weren’t dating...we were just---”

“Just, what? What would you call it?”

“Fooling around. You know sex buddies.”

“Well, however you want to define our undefinable relationship is fine. But Candy got angry and removed herself from my life.”

“I can’t pretend that I’m upset about that.”

“Me neither.”

That comment caught me off guard and I found myself chuckling. I gave a big yawn immediately after and said to Erik, “Wake me up when we get there, alright?”

“Sure thing. Get some sleep. I’ll wake you up later.”

I closed my eyes and then slowly opened them again. “Thanks, Erik,” I said softly before closing my eyes and drifting off into a long, much-needed sleep.