The Virgin and the Billionaires: The Complete Series Read Free Page B

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ever acted like that to Dana before. Why would a gorgeous, incredibly rich man
be the first? It just didn’t seem to make sense.
    Dana reasoned that she shouldn’t worry too much more about
Mr. Price’s behavior because she would probably never see him in person again.
    It wouldn’t be long before she realized just how wrong she
was.
     
    ***
     
    At work the next morning, Dana received the first edits from
her editor. She was mostly pleased with how they came out. After drafting a
page of revision notes and sending it back, Dana was visited by Graciela’s
looming presence.
    “How did it go yesterday?” she asked.
    “Oh, it was great. I just got the edits back from Sandy in
editing and they look promising.”
    “How were the gentlemen?”
    “They were really polite. A little forward, but kind. They
did a great job modeling, too.”
    “I’m glad to hear it.” Graciela smiled, tilted her head, and
walked away.
    Dana’s phone suddenly began vibrating. She had never
received a call at work before. She looked at the screen. It couldn’t be
Jessica; it was a blocked number. After a moment of hesitation, she accepted
the call.
    “Hello?”
    “Hi, Dana.” It was a man’s voice, and it sounded familiar. “This
is Alexander Price.”
    Dana nearly dropped her phone. She hadn’t given Alexander
her cell phone number. Amy and Emily noticed her stifle a shriek and listened
in to the remainder of her conversation.
    “Uh, hi,” Dana replied, nonplussed. “How did you get my
number?”
    “That’s not important. You left something here. Come and
pick it up later.”
    Dana briefly contemplated sending one of the eavesdropping
interns over to pick up this ‘something’, but somehow she knew that it was
something she had to do herself.
    “Sure. I should be done here at 6:30.”
    “Perfect. See you.”
    “Bye.” Dana hung up. A look of disbelief fell over her face.
    Amy and Emily laughed. “Who was THAT?” They said in unison.
They didn’t seem to understand how ridiculously surreal this was.
    “Nobody,” Dana replied.
    “Yeah, right! Well, you sure look flustered for just getting
a call from ‘nobody.’”
    “Back to work, girls.” Dana’s soft cheeks continued to flush
as she made an effort to return to her own work.
     
    ***
     
    Work ended and Dana made her way out to her car. What could
she have left at the office yesterday? She didn’t realize she was missing
anything. But couldn’t Jessica have called to tell her she’d left it behind? It
seemed strange for Mr. Price to call her directly.
    Dana pulled into the parking garage of the office tower,
parked, and made her way toward the elevator. It shot up to the top floor and
let her out into an empty and dimmed lobby. Everyone else had clearly gone home
for the evening. She heard rustling coming from the back rooms. The door was
ajar.
    “I’m in my office,” Mr. Price yelled.
    Dana walked back toward his voice, the sound of fingers
tapping on computer keys lingering as she moved.
    Mr. Price took a second to look up. He shut the lid of his
laptop as soon as he saw Dana standing in his doorway. His gaze lingered for
what felt like an hour, and Dana was beginning to feel uneasy.
    “You came,” he said, sounding pleased.
    “Um, yes. What did I leave behind, Mr. Price?”
    Mr. Price arose from his chair and walked slowly around the
perimeter of his large oak desk. “Please, call me ‘Alexander.’” He paused.
“Would you be upset if I told you that I lied?”
    “That depends,” Dana replied.
    “Well, you didn’t really leave anything here.” Alexander
took a few steps toward Dana. “I only wanted you to come by.”
    Dana didn’t understand. “Why? Did you want to talk about
your photos? I’ll send them to you tomorrow -”
    “No,” he interrupted, taking a few more steps toward Dana.
“I wanted to talk about you.”
    Dana slowly turned and stepped away from Alexander as he
moved closer to her. She couldn’t pinpoint the