Utterly Yours (Book One) (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) Read Free Page B

to remember.  Adam watched from afar, shaking his head –both of the grown men knew Tony was just trying to tucker Nathaniel out so that he would choose to go get some rest at the hotel; there would be no such luck.  Eventually, Tony ran out of people to introduce Nathaniel to, and someone had to get back to the hotel.
                  Tony griped at the two of them one more time before heading out to bring Nathaniel’s rental car and luggage to the hotel while Nathaniel stood in the parking lot waiting for Adam to finish off a cigarette.  “Those things are going to kill you one day,” Nathaniel scorned.
                  “No faster than your drinking is going to kill you,” Adam retorted and put out the cigarette before the two of them climbed into the car.  “I’m just glad I get to go back to California in a couple of days while your ass is going to be stuck here for another two weeks.”
                  “You really hate being back in our hometown that much, huh?” Nathaniel asked as he grabbed a seat on the passenger’s side and promptly buckled up, knowing that Adam was truthfully a terrible driver.
                  “Man, I drove through our old neighborhood from before your old man struck it rich and drug mine into the gig; looks like a shithole.  Can’t believe we used to live in that dump,” Adam huffed; they had only been about ten years old when their father’s had gotten into the big leagues through investing and they both had shipped their families out to California.  It was strange for them both to be back where it all began.
                  “It’s not so bad,” Nathaniel said.  “Remember the skate park?  You and I would go there just about every day after school.”
                  “I remember the two of us sharing one skateboard because some punk stole mine,” Adam snarled.  “Fuck Troy,” he added.  Most places in Troy were fairly nice, but like all big cities there were the slums –and that was where these men in suits were from.  It had only been a brief period in their lives, but it was one with both fond and detrimental memories.
                  Nathaniel was a little less resentful than Adam, but he agreed that California had been a lot better to them.  They decided not to linger on the topic for too long, and they headed straight for a local club that, by the time they arrived, was already popping with live music, dance, and a lot of drinking.  Almost instantly Nathaniel spotted a pretty red head sitting by herself at the bar, and he decided it was time to do what it was he did best
     

Chapter 4
     
                  Nathaniel sat talking to the redheaded woman at the bar while Adam made his way through the club; it took less than half an hour before the two men lost track of one another, but neither of them seemed to mind.  They had found themselves a gold mind of potential one night stands at this particular venue.  The redhead had certainly gotten Nathaniel’s attention early on during the night, but she was playing hard to get –nothing a little alcohol and smooth talking couldn’t fix.
                  This was a rather typical night on the town for Nathaniel; just as it had been since his early twenties, and he and Adam had always been one another’s wingman.  On this particular night, though, neither seemed to need one another.  The redhead woman was quickly falling under Nathaniel’s spell.  He had relied on his good looks for years now, and thus far it had paid off.  The stranger at the bar was destined to become nothing but another notch on his headboard.
                  “So what is it you do exactly?” she asked, her voice slightly slurred.
                  Nathaniel threw back another shot.  “Tech investments, basically.  We market and brand ideas that spawn within our company,” Nathaniel said.  “A lot