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Chapter 12: When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Coffee
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The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 13: The Truth Comes Out
I can only imagine what my roommate is thinking right now."I had a little too much to drink at Norah's barbecue last night, so Alex helped me home," I say. My face feels like it's on fire. "He was kind enough to stay here and make sure I was okay."Lucy's eyes flick between Alex and me again, and suddenly she breaks into a wide smile."I knew it!" she says. "I knew something was going on! I've told you for years, I said - wait, but what about Wes?"Eventually, I'll get hot enough that I'll spontaneously combust and turn into a Mae-shaped bonfire. "Wes wasn't at the party. Look, Luce - it's sort of complicated. I'm happy to explain everything to you when you get back later - ""You'd better," she says, looking between Alex and me once more. "Not because you aren't an adult who can make her own decisions, but because...well, there's obviously a story here.""I..." I don't know if there's a story. I still have no idea what happened."You're lucky I'm running late," Lucy says with
Last Updated : 2023-11-25The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 14: My Meddling Mother Strikes Again
Alex's words echo in my head, making me shiver: "I don't have sex with drunk women. I prefer them to remember their nights with me."But I don't want him to think I'm being weird or anything, so I give a light laugh. "That's good to know. I still need to apologize, though, and breakfast is just a start. I want to get your mom something. I didn't mean to drag you away from her party."He studies me over his fork. "That's not necessary. My mom was concerned for you. She understands.""You didn't tell her - ""She knows that you're okay. But if you're asking what she knows about what happened between you and Wes, then she knows nothing more than anyone else at the party."Which is more than enough. I prop my elbows on the counter, burying my face in my hands."They know just enough to make this extra fun for me," I say, my voice muffled by my hands. "I should have just worn that stupid fucking ring to the party. Or at least had a good lie planned." I lift up my face just enough so t
Last Updated : 2023-11-25The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 15: Rumors and Memories
"Oh," Alex says, when he sees me with my mom at the door. He looks down, realizing that he's wearing only his boxers, then apparently decides to pretend otherwise. "Good morning, Mrs. Breyer.""Good morning," my mom says, her eyes darting back to me. The look she gives me is less curious and much more accusatory than the one I got from Lucy. She leans toward me, dropping her voice. "Oh, Maebel. I know you're upset, honey, but was this really the smartest thing to do?""Nothing happened," I say, feeling a bit like a broken record."I slept on the couch," Alex says, using his towel to cover up as much of him as possible."It doesn't matter where anyone slept," my mom says. "The neighbors will have seen the car by now. There aren't many fancy sports cars like that around. They will all guess who it belongs to.""I don't care what the neighbors think, Mom," I say, even as my stomach sinks."I know, dear. But I still think you need to be careful. People have already started talking, y
Last Updated : 2023-11-25The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 16: What Really Happened
The memory of last night becomes crisper and more focused every minute.I remember waking in the middle of the night. Realizing that I was snuggled right up against someone else. Noticing slowly, bit by bit, that it wasn't Wes - even in my state of half-sleep, I knew my ex-fiancé's smell. And whoever I was pressed up against smelled quite different.It didn't take me very long to realize it was Alex, or to remember why he was there. I think I must have still been pretty damn drunk at that point, because rather than roll away from him - what I should have done immediately - I found myself snuggling closer, hungry for the physical contact.I don't know if Alex was still asleep at that point, but he seemed to press closer to me, too, his arm tightening around me. Alex and I have shared plenty of physical contact before, but this was different.At some point he woke up, too. I don't remember exactly when, but I remember him shifting slightly. Remember him asking if I was okay, if I nee
Last Updated : 2023-11-25The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 17: Wine Makes Everything Better
I don't have to wait very long to find out if my life can get any worse.When Lucy gets home from her shift, she has a bottle of wine with her. I've sneaked out of my room to grab something to eat - I don't have any chocolate cake on hand, but I settle for the remains of a chocolate bunny I got for Easter - and she catches me just as I'm trying to stealth my way back into my room."Here," she says, opening up the bottle of wine. "You need this."After last night's drunken escapades, I'm not sure drinking is such a great idea, but when Lucy shoves the open bottle into my hands, I don't have the strength to resist."Didn't you hear?" I ask her wryly. "Supposedly I'm pregnant.""Psh. Like hell you are. And I'm a leprechaun." She nods toward the bottle. "That one's all yours."She doesn't have to tell me twice. I take a swig right from the bottle."I wasn't sure what you thought of me when you left this morning," I tell her. "I know I have a lot to explain - ""If it's half as bad
Last Updated : 2023-11-25The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 18: Alex Makes an Offer
"Shit, are things really that bad?" I ask Lucy. How am I ever going to show my face again?"Just keep your head down, and they'll get over it soon enough," my roommate tells me. "Who cares what they think, anyway? You're not the one who did anything wrong. They'll figure out you aren't pregnant when you don't pop out a baby nine months from now.""I know, I just..." I shake my head. "I just hate that other people are talking about this. I hate it. It's hard enough without them.""That's what wine is for - and what I'm here for. So go ahead - scream your head off. Cry your eyes out. I won't judge, I promise. In fact, I'll probably join in.""You know what's funny?" I tell her. "I haven't cried a single drop since I found out. I'm pissed at him - so pissed that sometimes I can't even think straight - but I haven't felt like crying at all. Is something wrong with me?""Something's wrong with all of us," Lucy says with a shrug. "But I don't know. People deal with these things differen
Last Updated : 2023-11-25The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 19: In Which I Attack Madison Harris
No. Fucking. Way.I try to shut the door in her face, but she throws her hand against the door, stopping me."Please, Mae. Can we talk?""I don't need to hear anything you have to say," I tell her, glancing over her shoulder. I'm half expecting Wes to be here, skulking in the bushes just behind her or something.I try to shut the door again, but damn, the girl is strong. Big boobs must give you super strength or something because otherwise, I should be able to take her - I've definitely got a few pounds on her."Mae, please," she says."It doesn't matter," I tell her. "Nothing you say will change anything."Though Madison and I crossed paths many times growing up - you can't avoid crossing paths with anyone in this town - she and I were never really friends. She was a year ahead of me in school, and the only extracurricular activity we had that overlapped was chorus. She was a terrible singer - but she was really only in it because she thought the vocal training would help her a
Last Updated : 2023-11-25The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 20: The Escape
Maybe if I make Alex pancakes every morning for a year, I might begin to pay him for what he's done.I tried to tell myself I could survive my breakup in Haverton, but sometimes life has a way of beating you over the head with the truth when you're being too stubborn to see it yourself. Alex offered me an escape - and the moment I made the commitment to go, I realized just how perfect that escape would be.I'd be escaping the rumors and busybodies, of course, as well as my well-meaning mom. But this impromptu trip will also get me away from my normal life for a bit, something I didn't realize I so desperately needed until the opportunity was right in front of me. I mean, this breakup has turned my entire life upside-down - a fact that's still sinking in - and I need to take some power back. I was about to get married. Commit the rest of my life to someone else. Now I'm free. I want to live it up. Do something crazy. Embrace the unknown.And what better place to do that than in a pen
Last Updated : 2023-11-25
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The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 51: From This Moment Until Forever
Alex doesn't question my feelings any further. Maybe he finally sees the truth in my eyes, or maybe, like me, he's realizing that the time for talking is over. His mouth finds mine again, and then he's moving, thrusting, joining us in the way I believe we were always meant to be joined.My body seems to move with his in perfect harmony, my hips matching his rhythm. My hands dig into his back, spurring him on. I'm sure I moan, and whimper, and beg, but honestly, my whole attention is on him. My entire world has narrowed down to the man inside of me. My entire being seems to cry out for him - body, heart, and soul.It isn't long before I feel the pleasure building inside of me, feel the tightening in my core around him. He must feel it, too. He grabs one of my arms and pushes it back against the pillow beside me. Laces his fingers through mine. His face falls to my neck."Alex," I croak when I feel the peak coming.He seems to know exactly what I need. He pushes himself deep, deep in
The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 50: Still Us
As Alex carries me into his bedroom, I smile and kiss the side of his neck. "I hope we'll have plenty of chances to do it everywhere else in this apartment, too."He chuckles, and the sound rumbles through his chest. "Oh, I intend to take advantage of that, I assure you. Maybe we'll try the kitchen counter next - ""Or the rooftop patio?" I offer."Absolutely." His smile is wolfish. "Or maybe the shower - ""Yes," I say breathlessly.When we reach the bed, he lays me gently on the comforter before reaching for his nightstand drawer. I stretch out, looking up at the ceiling. This is it. The point of no return. Alex and I are about to have sex.Needless to say, I don't think our "friendship" will ever fully recover. In fact, I don't know if I'll ever describe Alex as just my friend ever again.I'm not going to lie - part of me is still freaking out about that a little. But it's the good kind of freaking out, the kind that makes me feel like I might burst into a thousand pieces. I
The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 49: Losing the Battle
Alex's question dangles there, like a raindrop frozen in midair: "How do you feel, Mae?"How do I feel? How do I even begin to put my answer into words?So instead, I tighten my grip on his shirt and pull his face down to mine.Sensation explodes through me the moment our lips meet. Something must happen for Alex too because I can almost feel the exact moment when his restraint breaks.One moment, we're kissing on the street corner. The next, he's yanked me hard against him. His arms are so tight around me that it hurts, but I don't care. I want to be even closer to him. Want to give myself over completely to the fire burning through me.He crushes his mouth against mine, devouring me. I moan against his kiss, and he sinks his tongue deep between my lips as if he would taste every last bit of me.I cling to him, fighting the wave of emotion that sweeps through me. Alex loves me. Alex loves me and he's kissing me and - He pulls his mouth away from mine."Mae." This time the wor
The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 48: The Confession
"Tell me what's wrong," I urge Alex.But he just shakes his head. "I'm fine, Mae."It's clear from the stiff set of his shoulders that he's anything but."Where did you go?" I ask him. "Why did you come out here? I was worried."He runs a hand through his hair. "I just needed to walk. To think.""About what?"He shakes his head. "Don't do this, Mae.""Don't do what? I'm just trying to understand.""There's nothing to understand," he insists. "I'm fine. But we're both getting soaked out here. Come on, let's go." He starts out into the rain again without pausing to see if I might follow."Wait!" I call after him. I catch up with him and grab his arm. "Please, Alex. Please - just tell me what's going on. I want to fix it. I want to make things right between us again." I have to talk pretty loud to hear myself over the rain. "Your friendship is everything to me."He doesn't look at me, but in the glow from the streetlights, I can see him struggle with himself before answering. "T
The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 47: Caught In The Rain
When I get outside the building, I still don't see Alex.I turn desperately to the doorman. "Did you see where Mr. Grant went?""Just down the block, miss," he says, pointing. "Didn't tell me where he was going, though."I don't stop to think. I just run down the street in the direction he indicated.Even though it's getting late, there are still a lot of people out and about. I try to spot Alex on the sidewalk ahead of me, but I don't see him anywhere.Frantic, I keep searching. I look down side streets. Glance inside the handful of restaurants and convenience stores I pass. After several blocks, there's still no sign of him.Where the hell did you go? I stop on the corner and turn, looking around me in every direction. Would he have jumped into a cab? Walked back into the park? If I'd been smarter, I would have thought to grab my cell phone before running out the door after him. But it's too late for that now.I'm not sure how long I wander the blocks around his building. I wa
The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 46: Not This Time
I can't even wrap my head around this. One moment Alex was practically feasting on me, and the next he was ready to call the whole thing off. What sort of guy does that - or, more accurately, what sort of guy does that two nights in a row? What horrible, shitty game is he playing?One thing's for sure - I'm not playing along any more. I storm across the room, ready to throw open the door and bring the ceiling down around his head, but I freeze when my hand touches the doorknob.None of this makes sense. As much as I'd like to give him a piece of my mind, what I'd really like to know is why. Why would he tell me he wanted this, bring me to the brink and back - twice - and yet not want to go any further? I mean, unless he's one of those guys who cares only about pleasuring his partner - and let's be real, I'm not even sure those guys exist - something really weird is going on. He seems to very much enjoy having his hands and mouth all over me - hell, he said he'd thought about it a tho
The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 45: WTF
There's something strange in Alex's voice. Something I don't understand."Alex...?" I say, but before I can ask him what's wrong, before I can figure out what he means by that comment, he buries his face between my legs.And sensation explodes through me, overwhelming everything else.He doesn't give me a chance to think. To do anything but react to the sensual prowess of his tongue. I writhe beneath him, moaning, and his hands press down against my thighs, trying to hold me in place.I should tell him to stop. Ask him to tell me what's wrong. But I can't seem to find the words. Everything in my awareness has narrowed down to this: to him, to his warm wet tongue, to the energy passing between us. It's electric, and it makes me dizzy. I can only cry out as the pleasure builds in my core, as Alex brings me quickly over the edge.My fingers grip his hair, tangling in the thick strands. I feel myself unraveling again, feel the whole world crumbling around me. His tongue is everywhere
The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 44: In Which I Say The Wrong Thing
I can't believe that Alex is calling himself an idiot."What's that supposed to mean?" I ask him, my heart beating in my throat. "Why are you an idiot now?"He straightens his shirt, not seeming to notice that half of his buttons have come undone. "Let's get back to my place. I think I'm ready to clean up and relax for a bit.""You have a real knack for ignoring my questions, you know that?" I say lightly."And you have a real knack for asking questions that are very difficult to answer." He extends his arm to me. "Come on."I hook my hand through his elbow. "I thought you said you like that I always said what I meant."He glances down at me. "That doesn't mean I always have answers for you."I spend most of the way back to his place trying to figure out what he means by that.When we get to his place, he pulls out his phone. "Are you hungry? I can order something.""I'm still stuffed from those cannolis," I say. And so confused about everything that's happened this evening th
The Billionaire Escape Plan Chapter 43: Fear and Idiocy
My heart stops.Alex pulls his face away from mine, and behind him I can see the dark silhouette of a man."Now!" the man says. "Or I'll shoot!"Oh, God. He has a gun against Alex's back. My stomach tightens and panic wells up in my chest. What do we do? How do we get out of this?I need to call for help. Need to let someone else know that we're down here and that we're being - "Scream and I'll shoot," the man snarls, somehow guessing my thoughts. "One sound and I'll blow out your boyfriend's brains."Oh, God. What do we do? What the hell do we do?Alex still has his fingers laced through mine against the wall, and he squeezes them gently. I have no idea how we're going to get out of this, but somehow, that small gesture calms me."I'm going to reach for my wallet," Alex says, and I can't believe how calm he sounds. "Okay?""Do it fast," the man says. He looks over his shoulder, probably trying to make sure that no one is coming.Alex releases me then drops his hand to his p
