Page 47 of Her Big Fat Hunky Billionaire Boss

The phone silenced and Damian looked at the screen again. Amelia had hung up. What was that all about? He was so confused. Amelia sounded upset about it, but she had no skin in the game. Unless, since she was from a small town, she didn’t like the idea of him shutting down a small-town business.

Maybe that was it. He made himself look like a jerk to her. Nice one. He drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly. He was not good at this relationship thing. Maybe he should accept the fact that he was going to be single the rest of his life.

He picked up his phone and called the local Pizza Hut. It wasn’t Hilary’s cooking, but he’d messed things up with Kat as well, and he probably wouldn’t be invited back over to her place again.

He rattled off what he wanted, then hung up and sat down on the bed, his shoulders hunched. For some reason, he felt defeated. Nothing had worked the way he’d planned, and now he had to leave with things unresolved.

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Kat paced her bedroom floor. How could she have done that? She let her emotions dictate her actions, and that never worked out well for her. Now Damian would for sure guess who Amelia really was, and she’d lose her inside edge. Not that there was much edge anymore. It was clear what he was going to do. He’d close the newspaper down tomorrow, whether he found out the truth or not.

She was going to be out of a job either way.

Her sister came in the room. “What is wrong? You’re stomping around making the walls shake.”

Kat flopped down onto her bed. “I screwed everything up.”

“How so?” Hilary sat beside her.

“I yelled at Damian on the phone. I think I blew my cover.”

“Wait, your Amelia cover?”

“Yeah. Stupid.”

Hilary patted Kat’s leg. “So, he knows it was you? How mad was he?”

Kat grabbed a pillow and hugged it to her chest. “I don’t know for sure that he knows. I just yelled at him then hung up. Maybe he hasn’t figured it out yet.”

“Then don’t get all upset until you know for sure.”

Kat groaned. “Lydia wants me to go out with him again tonight. She wants me to make him like me.”

Hilary raised an eyebrow at her. “Seriously? You don’t know that the guy already has a thing for you?”

Right. Her sister was crazy. “Stop it. He does not.”

Hilary huffed and stood from the bed. “If it’s one thing I know, it’s when a man is interested. And that man has been interested in you from the start. If you don’t see it, you’re just blind because you’re so into him as well. Just be honest with yourself.” She turned and walked out of the room leaving only her perfume.

Kat laid back on the bed and sighed. Why did this have to be so complicated? Hilary was right, if she were honest with herself she had to admit she liked the guy. A little too much, actually.

And he was probably leaving tomorrow. Kat scrambled to stand up. Maybe she should go talk to him. She wasn’t sure what tomorrow would bring.

She pulled on her coat and yelled to Hilary as she neared the door. “I’m leaving.”

“Go get him,” her sister yelled back.

Yeah. That’s not what she was doing at all. She was just going to talk to him. Maybe spill the beans about his brother. She was going to see him because he deserved to know the truth, not because she had a thing for him.

The drive to the hotel didn’t take long and before she knew it she was at the front desk. Peter Whitmore sat behind the desk. He was a few years older than her, but she’d known him growing up. She slapped the desk and grinned. “Hey, Pete. How’s it going?”

Pete looked up from the book he was reading. “Fine. Quiet as usual.” Then he got a funny look on his face. “You don’t need a room, do you?”

“Nope. I’m looking for my boss. Damian Warren. Can you tell me what room he’s in?”

Pete tugged on his tie. “Well, I’m not supposed to give out that kind of information. I could get into trouble.”

Kat gave him a sweet smile. “I won’t let anyone know.”

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