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The Fallen Revenge 2
Billionaire Romance
By: Lisa Cartwright
Copyright 2015 by Lisa Cartwright - All rights reserved.
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Prologue
Mia Madison was standing in shock outside Xander Will’s office. She had come over to ask if he wanted to be out for a quick lunch, even though they had said they would avoid each other at work.
She couldn’t get the memories of the last few days out of her head, the way that he had kissed her, touched her. But now, there was another woman sitting across from his desk, and that woman was most definitely Lillian Davis, who had secretly employed Mia to get revenge on Xander after he broke up with her. However, things hadn’t exactly gone according to plan.
Before Mia could decide whether to knock and figure out what was going on, or to just leave, the door opened, and both Xander and Lillian walked out, looking surprised to see her.
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Chapter 1
“Lillian,” Xander said, with a slightly confused expression still on his face. “This is Sarah Shaw. She’s Jayden’s new secretary.”
“Oh! It’s sooo lovely to meet you,” Lillian said, with an air of overdone friendliness. She offered her hand out to Mia for a handshake. “I’m Lillian Davis, a friend of Xander’s. Are you enjoying working at Will Golden?”
“Yes, it’s proving to be quite enjoyable,” Mia replied.
“Glad to hear it. I hope everything works out well for you. Unfortunately, I’m late for a lunch, but I hope I’ll run into you again soon, and we can get to know each other better.” Lillian winked at Mia and started to walk away.
“It was nice to meet you!” Mia said with a wave.
As soon as Lillian was safely outside of the building, Xander grabbed Mia’s wrist and pulled her back into his office, locking the door behind him. He kissed Mia passionately, running one hand through her long blonde hair and slowly caressing her curves with the other one.
“I know it’s only been a few hours, but I’ve missed you,” he said. “I can’t get the last few days out of my mind.”
But Mia wasn’t as responsive as he had expected. She was kissing him back, but it felt like she was just going through the motions.
“What’s going on with you?” he demanded. “Just a few hours ago we were fine. Tell me what’s on your mind.”
Mia shook her head. “It’s nothing, really,” she said.
Seeing Lillian there had really shaken her up. How was she supposed to be with Xander, and work at Will Golden for that matter, if she was keeping this secret?
“Are you jealous of Lillian?” he asked. “It’s really nothing. I’ll admit, she was the ex-girlfriend I had told you before, but you have absolutely nothing to worry about. We’ve been over for a long time. There’s no chance of me getting back with her, ever. We were just talking about some financial and business related matters, so we could really finalize the breakup.”
Although she was still feeling uncomfortable from her encounter with Lillian, Mia couldn’t help but smile at how hard Xander was trying to convince her of his innocence. It was rather charming, how much he cared.
“It’s okay, Xander, I believe you, really. I was just thinking about everything for a minute. We still have to deal with the whole Jayden situation, remember?”
“Ahh, don’t worry about that now, gorgeous,” Xander said. “Why don’t I take you out to lunch? There’s a new five-star restaurant on the Upper East Side that I’m dying to try out, and there’s no one I’d rather dine with right now.”
“As much as I would love that, Xander, I think I’ll just grab a sandwich from the cafe across the street. I don’t think we should be seen together in public yet, right? I mean, we don’t want to cause a scandal or anything.”
Xander sighed. “I guess you’re right,” he said. “But you’ll have to make it up to me later.” He gave her a quick little kiss on the lips and opened the door. “Enjoy your lunch, baby.”
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Chapter 2
Mia returned from lunch and went to set her coffee down on her desk outside Jayden’s office. She was still feeling rattled by her encounter with Lillian earlier in the day. It was incredibly unexpected, and now she was worried about how she would handle her false identity problem.