Staring at me from atop one of the new cars. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Shopping for a Billionaire 3 (Shopping #3)(Billionaire Romantic Comedy, … He glares at Amy like she’s a complete stranger who just accosted him. I glare back at him over my dads shoulder as we hug and Chuckles slinks away. I bet your mother than none of you three kids will ever get married there.”. Dad gets a hungry look in his eyes as he combs over Mom’s body from toe to head. It’s his job to remain so. It must be manmade. Steve clears his throat. The clothes are the same—old jeans and a faded blue polo shirt. A sharp look at Steve makes him literally sink a bit in his chair, as if his balls were deflating by the second. The interior steps are concrete as well. Something about his face has changed. Jason will keep him occupied and Amy can keep him happy.”. “And Amelia Langstrom Jacoby, what do you think you’re doing talking about…well…that around us?”. Her face cracks into chunks of ice the size of glaciers, and a smile that could act as a backup disco ball emerges from her head. “You need to clean yourself up now! At all. Maybe it’s the feel of Declan’s hand on my leg, half on the cloth of my skirt and half on my stockings. She pulls out a hand towel, shakes it out, smoothes every wrinkle, and starts unloading makeup from her kit. Not that I have a claim on him or anything, though the way his hand is learning the terrain of my inner thigh makes me think he was a geography major with a keen interest in cartography. Christmas Shopping for a Billionaire (Shopping for a Billionaire #5) Chapter One. Billionaire's Pet 3. Steve’s eyes widen a touch, the signal obvious. Shopping for a Billionaire 2 (Shopping for a Billionaire #2)(9)Online read: Too bad, kitty, I think. After The Dark (Billionaire In Love 3) Billionaire Husband. Because even now, with Declan’s hand practically typing out all the sexy scenes from Fifty Shades of Grey on my leg in morse code, a part of me wants to help Steve. That snaps me back to reality. I can’t have images of you being all squishy and touchy-feely in my head when I’m kissing Declan!”. The story was light and fun with some humorous moments. Shopping for a Billionaire's Honeymoon (Shopping #11) (Billionaire romantic comedy): Romantic Comedy Billionaire Honeymoon Romance - Ebook written by Julia Kent. This. After Declan convinces Shannon to escape from their own wedding minutes before the ceremony begins, the madcap adventures are just getting started. In fact, some people polish their badges and wear them like an award. That, alone, sends chills down my spine. I hear the door close quietly and I cry under the hot water for as long as I have tears. “You just don’t want to lose the bet,” Mom says. But before I do that, I’ll take Chuckles’ lead and vomit.”. 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Mom approaches me with a mascara wand that looks like she used it as a dipstick in a sixty-year-old tractor on a farm. Probably repressed it. Dad has that insecure look on his face again. Steve ignores her, about to open his mouth and say something to Declan. The Billionaire and the Virgin. Oh, crap. My apartment is so small, Chuckles can hear her from the roof. You wouldn’t know it.” She glances at the clock. And Dad couldn’t be prouder. A flash of jealousy roars up in me, like it did with Jessica back at the restaurant. “What bet?” The words are out of my mouth before I realize I’ve just given her an opening the size of Rob Ford’s nostrils to talk about whatever calamity this bet involves. It looks great. 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No wonder Mom’s asking about helicopters and billionaires. “Why not?” The sudden look of insecurity on his face makes me feel so bad, like the day I took the car cigarette lighter to the new leather seats in his Mustang to make pretty circles. “We have a bet,” Dad says with a sigh. He shifts his arm just so, enough to make her drop her hand as he reaches for his wine glass, giving me a sidelong glance that tells me the message was most certainly received. Perhaps they inject the Xanax directly under the skin, because whatever it takes to achieve a flat affect that is so utterly devoid of emotion can’t be organic. The one your mother thinks will get her that wedding at Farmington?”. “What’s the wager?” I am really, really afraid to ask. “Dad, what did you change?” I scrutinize him as we stand in the living room. All four of us spin toward the sound. Dad just gives her a look that makes Larry the Lounge Lizard seem prim. Declans words from earlier ping through me. Our exquisite items vary from unique watches, rare supercars to some of the largest real estate in the world. He’s two years older than Mom, and has that middle-age paunch all the fathers of my friend have, except for Mort Jergenson, who runs ironman triathlons and makes my dad mutter about “showoffs” and how “only a trust fund baby could do that marathon shit” under his breath. I don’t stop him. Declan’s tight jaw and cold eyes tell me he sees it quite clearly. Why am I analyzing deep philosophical questions when I have a billionaire to dry hump in forty minutes? Yes, the split was that bad. The assumption that I’m a rube who can’t possibly know what she’s doing was part of the foundation of our entire relationship. “I don’t believe I’ve heard of them.”. And having his wife join right in. That friend of yours is a determine I turn away. Home >>> Shopping for a Billionaire 1 Shopping for a Billionaire 1 ~ Chapter 13. You looked like a sex kitten. Steve is oblivious. If there’s one thing my family has taught me, it’s that being a hypocrite is nothing to be ashamed of. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Shopping for a Billionaire 1 (FREE Billionaire Romance)(Romantic Comedy): Romantic … Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. I—I have a ton of sympathy for him, because I. Steve rushes to sit down next to Declan, leaving Jessica to stand there, the right corner of her lip twitching. I see it, Dad saw it from the first handshake he had with Steve, Amy sees it, but so many people Steve worked with never saw it. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Shopping for a Billionaire's Fiancee (Shopping #6)(Billionaire … Shopping for a Billionaire 1 (FREE Billionaire Romance)(Romantic Comedy): Romantic Comedy Billionaire Office Romance - Ebook written by Julia Kent. “Why don’t you join us?” I swear he growls. Boy, did he call it. Jessica looks like a Scandinavian Barbie, bored to tears. Declan does the necessaries, sipping and nodding with approval. “Paying attention is a good quality,” Declan says, turning his eyes to me. “The old warehouse?” Declan says. It dawns on me that he only comes over to our apartment when something is broken or when Amy and I invited him and Mom over for dinner. Mom, however, was a sobbing mess on race day when the bombings happened, and for two hours no one could locate Amy, who had been in the city along the race path to cheer friends on. Shannon has no idea how many layers of beauty she has. Maybe you should just douche.”. Shopping for a Billionaire 3 (Shopping #3)(Billionaire Romantic Comedy, BBW Romance): Romantic Comedy Billionaire Office Romance - Ebook written by Julia Kent. Raquel Welch.” His hand reaches for her and she steps in toward him. Someone patented that. Dealing with four periods at different times took a kind of engineer’s calibration to get just right. 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My formerly warm-for-his-form nether regions can’t think about Declan now without imagining Mom and Dad in a Red Room of Pain. Pretty bad when the highlight of m “You have three kids. And it won’t have maple in it. What’s it like to wear a watch? Dad turns a shade of red that perfectly matches his beard. Steve is cataloging me now, his eyes done with resting on Declan, instead looking at me as if he’d underestimated the value of a discarded possession. And yet I loved him. “You didn’t!” Poor Amy. Mom is holding what looks like a giant pizza-oven paddle in her hand. “Because ‘hipster’ means you’re trying too hard.”. The call today from my old boss, Greg, two days before Christmas at 2:12 p.m. should have tipped me off. Then I see it. And he’s showing no signs of wanting to, either, as his fingertips graze against my skin, moving in light circles, taking their time as they feel their way through questions I know the answers to now, but can’t quite put. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Shopping for a Billionaire's Honeymoon (Shopping #11) (Billionaire … “Did you shower this morning?”, “Hmmph. Too bad, kitty, I think. Maybe it’s the wine I guzzled. Said I look like a hipster a decade ahead of my time.”, “Dad, I don’t think that was a compliment.”, He looks like I slapped him. Fortunately, she was fine and back at mile twenty in the crowd. The witty banter and comedic situations made for an entertaining read. Copyrights by their respective owners and their use is allowed under the fair use clause of the Copyright Law. How do you drive away the very thing you once welcomed so eagerly just weeks ago? I could go my entire life without thinking about anal sex itself (or mostly not thinking about it…), but the thought of my parents reading my sister’s borrowed copy of Fifty Shades of Grey and then using that as some kind of blueprint to try out—. My eye catches the glint of sunlight off his gold watch and a second of unreality pours through me. “Who knew a billionaire’s butt was so valuable,” I crack, and then…I really crack. Men love butt floss.”. It was his first brand-new car. Something in me snaps and floods at the same time, desperation and attempts at maintaining an illusion of control all melting away with a rush of pleasure. Even Chuckles can’t stand it when his parents do this,” I mutter. To me? She clears her throat. Publisher: Julia Kent 1 23 0 Summary NEW YORK TIMES bestseller! He conveniently ignores the fact that Amy does that marathon shit, too. “She’s the one who lent me those Fifty Shades books, Jason,” Mom says in a sotto voce. Watch. Shopping for a Billionaire 1 - Shopping series #1 Julia Kent. Billionaire's Pet (Wicked Domination) A Billionaire for Christmas. Meanwhile, my heart is dancing the cha-cha and my legs start to shake from nerves. “Look closely,” he urges. This year she did run. “We’re grown adults with a healthy sexual appetite,” Mom chides. “And it’s red.”. “You have a goatee!” I peer closer. Hard to tell. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Dad turns the color of cheap photocopy paper. His hair is squirrelly and full of tight auburn curls, as always. Shopping for a Billionaire's Fiancee (Shopping #6)(Billionaire Romance) (Romantic Comedy): Romantic Comedy Billionaire Proposal Romance - Ebook written by Julia Kent. Her precision and focus is startling. Buy online at BillionaireCouture.com As if we can’t hear her. “Don’t you feed that poor cat?” Mom asks. She reaches into the bag and pulls out a jar of pancake makeup. Can you get the butter lamb, Declan? And this is another one—hearing his now-adult daughter, his baby, talk about anal sex. Ever. She didn’t qualify for the Boston Marathon last year, and everyone was sad for her when she got the news. “What guy wants a mouthful of petrochemicals and perfume?”. Why does this stuff mean so much to him? 5:17 p.m. Jessica is sitting across from Declan and I’m across from Steve. “Especially when I showed up for Parents Weekend at her college freshman year in an outfit from Hot Topic.”. “Tell her what you used, Jason.”. Good luck, Jessica. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Only Mom stays calm and waves the hand with the makeup paddle in it. Billionaire presents an extravagant, rich wardrobe for mature men who are unafraid of who they are and who they want to be. A warm breeze hits us, belying the chilling air. The place advertises every few months, and I’ve always been curious. “Kool-Aid?” I eye the clock on my coffee maker. “How would you know?” he growls at Mom, his eyebrows furrowing together into one big semi-gray caterpillar. “You’re my parents,” I snap back. “Kool-Aid!” Dad says, crowing. “Make up your mind, New England,” I say. Free trial available! And a lot of mad rushes to the grocery store to get the perfect ice cream to make our Medusa heads behave. She sniffs, expecting the men to join in her game. Shopping for a Billionaire 2 book. And if I have to watch you two making love to each other with your hands, I am going to join a convent and never touch another man for the rest of my life. Just a little. He’s a player, a mover and shaker, a guy with one foot on the next rung of the ladder no matter where he’s at—as he reminded me a million times while we were together—and he’s got his eye on the prize, and the prize isn’t Jessica any longer. “You ever have that ‘not so fresh feeling’?” Amy asks Dad. “One moment,” I say. Didn’t know that vasodilation could produce that color. Mine stretch so far across the room I think they’re going to fall out a window. Robb: Immortal in Death (In Death #3). The Winks! Chuckles looks up and squints, like he’s asking me what the hell is wrong with me for not being grateful for the offering. Who looks at Steve like he wants to deworm him. My eyes lock on her perfect, slender hand, and suddenly the only meat I want between my teeth are those fingers. She never told me that story. “The one that the artists took over as a sort of co-op?” His eyes light up. The waiter stops. No … The possessiveness makes my body go on high alert, and Declan’s hand stops moving. Finally, Declan stands and lets go of my hand, but plants a very territorial paw on my shoulder. But now…, Mom touches his arm gently, with a great deal of pity, too. Gray took over at least since I was in third grade. Pretty bad when the highlight of my day is beating my cat at being loved by my own father. In A Wild Moment (Billionaire In Love 1) The Billionaires Sub. Billionaire Edition. He pours a small amount in a glass. In fact, I think I’m channeling my cat via astral projection, because I become pure evil via my eyes. Salad and fish. Instead, I pour the rest of the wine into mine and Declan’s glasses, and gently return the bottle. Mom bum-rushes me and bodily forces me into my bedroom. And when we don’t—or, worse, when we’re mocked—why does it trigger so much pain? Jeffrey says I’m the hippest grandpa around. Then he turns to Steve and says, “You know my name?”. Dad stands up all the way. The tears come now and Mom’s arms are around me, one hand smoothing my hair, messing up the ponytail. This is how desire dies. “I would prefer a lighter white wine.”. Accustomed to treating me like a social necessary at dinners like this, he used to think he had to carefully coach me. He doesn’t seem to realize how obviously pretentious he is. “No time for a shower. He’s beaming at me and Mom scowls. “About Farmington Country Club. She says it like she’s a children’s television show host explaining a new concept to an imagined four-year-old audience. Whatever that means. He looks like a golden retriever puppy who can barely control himself from pissing all over the foyer as he waits to be let out. Declan remains standing the entire time and gallantly walks over to her chair, pulls it out, and inclines his head. “We need to do those eyes!” She sniffs the air around my neck. The building is made of block concrete. I can tell the landscape of his internal sense of the pecking order of the world has been deeply shaken. I don’t like to think about my father’s butt. I reinforced it. “Declan,” he chokes out. Now I’m seeing green. Steve’s face turns a pale pink I don’t recall ever seeing, and Jessica’s eyes roll so hard she burns twenty calories with the motion. How can he wink when I am killing him with my laser death stare? Shopping for a Billionaire 4 (Shopping for a Billionaire #4)(17)Online read: She sure is. I receive a nice, healthy glass of white wine and then the waiter pours a twin glass for Declan. “I have a date,” I choke out. Jessica’s eyes open wider, but this time driven by something other than coquettishness. After replacing the chilled bottle in its ice container in a stand that now sits at my left elbow, the waiter asks Jessica for her dinner order. I don’t want to. 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