Romance: The Damaged Billionaire Read Free

disbelief.
    Why would he want me to come take care of him in his home?
    He has enough money to hire enough private nurses to answer to his every beck and call.
    Hell, he has enough money to hire all of the nurses on the east coast to cater to him.
    But if the job was paying as well as he claims, then I’m definitely not in any position to turn it down.
    Damn that bad investment.
    I don’t like swimming in debt and that’s exactly what is going on right now.
    I thought that once I had finally paid off my student loans and avoided credit cards, that I would be in the clear, but I was wrong.
    Now I had a twenty-five thousand dollar loan dangling over me and I don’t like it one bit. That was one decision that I wish that I could take back.
    Let every bad decision be a great life lesson, my grandmother used to say. That’s exactly what I had to do with the loan.
    Learn from it.
    “Do you have a husband? Kids?” Archer asks me without looking me.
    He hasn’t even bothered to ask me my name.
    “No, no husband and kids. I haven’t made it to that point in my life yet.”
    “Boyfriend?”
    “No,” I sigh.
    “Good.”
    “Good?” I question but he doesn’t answer, “Mr. Phillips, I’m curious as to why you would want me to be your in-home nurse when you could hire any amount of private nurses?”
    “As I said to the doctor, I want someone with knowledge of my situation already.”
    “I’ve only just read your file, Mr. Phillips. I do not have an intimate knowledge of your situation.”
    “Nurse, I’m sure that you’re qualified or you wouldn’t be working in this hospital.”
    “I am qualified but I as I said I was just curious. Plus, as I’m sure you know, it will only take a nurse a few minutes to familiarize themselves with your file and your care, so I’m almost positive that you’re up to something else,” I say looking at him in the eyes.
    He nods his head, smiles and I look away.
    Dr. Williams walks back into the room with a big smile on his face and I know that it can only mean one thing.
    Archer Phillips was about to have me as his live in nurse.
    “The hospital has agreed to loan nurse Lara out for two weeks granted that you make that sizeable donation to the hospital,” he says as he looks at Archer deep into his eyes.
    Archer smiles.
    “You will have the check in your hands before I leave the hospital today. Nurse, you might want to go home and pack up some things because you will be moving in my penthouse immediately. Hand me your phone so that I can program my address into it.”
    I walk over to his bed and hand him my phone. He puts his address inside of my navigation and hands it back to me.
    “Be at my penthouse by three-thirty tomorrow. Don’t be late or I will take it out of your paycheck.”
    “Um…”
    “Don’t worry nurse. I will pay you very well for your time.”
    I nod my head and walk out of the room.
    What the hell just happened?
    Nobody even asked me if I wanted to do it!
    I can’t believe that the hospital would just loan me out like that… but everything was politics.
    Money meant everything to this hospital and they will get it anyway that they can, even if it meant pimping out their nurses. I guess I couldn’t complain though, I’m sure that whatever he was paying me would be more than what this hospital was paying.
    I step onto the elevator and press the down button to go to the parking garage.
    Maybe my life was finally about to look up a little bit.
    There was always a rainbow after a storm, right?
    Maybe working with Archer would be my rainbow?
    Not that I’m after a rainbow – all I’m interested in is the extra cash.
     
     
     

Chapter 2
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 
     
     
     
    I walk into my apartment, tossing the keys on my counter and a massive sigh escapes my lips as I pour a glass of wine.
    I still can’t believe that I will be moving in with the billionaire playboy, Archer Phillips – even if it is just for a couple of weeks.
    I go into my