Page 40 of The Billionaire and His Driver
Everybody seemed to have a collective sigh of relief. “I didn’t know Prado and Elvira were an item,” Perry said with a grin.
But nobody else had the energy. This was all too draining for them.
“I’ll say my goodnights,” said Ronny. “Sabrina and I are going home.”
“I thought the shooting took place there,” said Perry.
“In the servants’ quarters only. That’s been taken care of.”
“Who’s Sabrina?” asked Zack.
“His driver, remember?” said Perry.
But Ronny didn’t skip a beat. “My girlfriend,” he said.
Perry frowned. It sounded like a foreign language coming fromNo CommitmentsRonny. “What girlfriend?”
“Hisgirlfriend,” said Sully, as if he was coming to terms with it too. “Goodnight guys,” he said to his brother and Brina.
And Ronny didn’t hesitate. He placed his arm on the small of Brina’s back and escorted her out of the waiting room.
Perry looked at Sully. “His girlfriend? I thought she was his driver.”
“That’s what you get for thinking. Let’s get out of here,” Sully added. “I hate hospitals.”
And the brothers left, with Perry and Zack as confused as they were when they first arrived.
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Brina got out of the shower in the master bedroom, dried off, and then put on the terrycloth bathrobe hanging on the coat rack. When she walked into the bedroom, she didn’t at first see Ronny. She expected him to either be in bed or on his couch that faced the wall-sized window that overlooked a sweeping view of Windale, but she tried to peep around but couldn’t see anything. So she flopped the towel over the chair and walked around to the side of the couch. And that was when she saw him. He was lying on his back, in his bathrobe too, his eyes tired and sleepy.
“There you are,” Brina said with a smile.
Ronny smiled, too, when he saw her pretty face. “Come here.”
She went over to him and sat beside him on the edge of the couch.
He immediately began rubbing her arm. “How do you feel?”
Brina exhaled. “Not great. Drained. It was all so unnecessary. And the way he blamed the one woman that always had his back just makes it so sad.”
Ronny felt the same way. “That’s the part that breaks my heart too. She loves her employees so much and many of them don’t give a damn about her. She’s devoted her life to them, to this house, and this is how she’s repaid?” He shook his head. Then he seemed to perk up. “I spoke with Mr. Prado,” he added.
Brina looked at him. “What did he say? How is she?”
“He says she’s recovering nicely: his word. When she’s not asleep or groggy, he says she’s talking to him very lucidly and is in very good spirits. Which was great to hear.”
“Yes it is. She’s such a sweet person. She gave me a chance when nobody gave me a prayer. I love her.”
Ronny was touched by her humanity. “That’s why I love you,” he said.
Brina stared at him. It was the first time he’d uttered those words.
“I know it’s early in our relationship,” he added. “But I can’t help how I feel. And I’m not going to deny those feelings any longer.”
Brina nodded. “Me either. I love you, too, Ronny.”
He smiled and rubbed the side of her face. Then he leaned her down, gave her a sweet kiss, and then he laid her on top of him and wrapped her into his arms. “You’re a special lady.”
