Page 22 of Damaged Billionaire Daddy
“Any guy willing to come up out of the blue and try to take something from good people, especially your grandparents, can’t be trusted. I understand your body wanting him. I mean, he’s hot, but you’ll be full of nothing but regret. Listen to your brain, not your heart.”
“It’s a pussy thing, not a heart thing,” Mila argued.
“That’s so vulgar!” I exclaimed.
“The pussy wants what it wants. What can I say? I would know.”
Mila was so forward that it was crazy, yet that’s always been one of the reasons that I’ve liked her so much. I liked how open and honest she was, even if she could use words to better describe certain things.
“Who exactly is this guy anyway?” Clara asked.
I thought back to remember his full name. “Richie Lane.”
“What all do you know about him?”
“He’s cocky and rich. What else do I need to know?”
“You’re telling me you haven’t googled this man yet?” Mila pulled my laptop off of my desk and jumped onto the bed to join us. “Come on, you have to look him up and see exactly who he is.”
“Now that I think about it, at the party, the other night he was really vague about who he was and where he was from,” Clara mentioned.
Mila looked at us with wide eyes. “What if he’s some kind of serial killer?”
“He’s not a serial killer.”
She held the laptop out to me. “You won’t know until you check.”
I stared at it, debating within my head. I knew that I shouldn’t care about who this man was because I didn’t want anything to do with him, but, at the same time, he’d made it clear that he wasn’t going anywhere any time soon. Would it really be that bad of an idea to go ahead and do some digging on him?
“I concede,” I gave in, a tad bit disappointed with myself although it wore off quickly, as I grabbed the computer and typedRichard Laneinto the search bar, surprised by all of the results that immediately started to come up.
Former football star and self-madebillionaire Richie Lane with a new fling on his arm every week. Will you be his next conquest?Two years ago.
Our mystery woman has been seen with him three times over the past two weeks. Could she have tamed this playboy’s heart?Eighteen months ago.
Kayla Medley has been identified as Richie Lane’s new love. The model and billionaire are a couple for the books.Thirteen months ago.
Sparks are flying between Kayla and Richie, as they cozy up for the new year’s.One year ago.
Seems like this renowned playboy has finally settled, as we see a ring on Kayla’s hand.Nine months ago.
The biggest wedding of the year happening between the biggest couple of the year!Six months ago.
It seems like our bachelor has been left heartbroken as Kayla leaves him at the altar for Don Seramis.Two months ago.
There were so many more news stories, but my eyes could hardly keep up, looking over all of them. Richie used to be quite the ladies’ man but after falling in love with Kayla, everything changed until she left him at the altar to be with one of his colleagues. I grimaced as all of the pieces came together.
How could I not feel sympathetic when I was left in a similar spot? Of course, I wasn’t getting married nor engaged, but my ex did cheat on me with a girl that I’d considered to be my best friend.
Maybe Richie isn’t the guy I think he is.
That, still, didn’t excuse all of the things that he was doing. I understood that he was going through a rough time and might want to throw himself into work, but that didn’t mean he could try and take advantage of my grandparents.
“What did you find?” Clara asked, interrupting the silence and looking up at me with curious eyes.
“Anything juicy?” Mila added on.
I turned the computer towards the two of them, so they could read everything for themselves. Their reactions were fairly similar to my own.
