Utterly Yours (Book Two) (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) Read Free

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                  She smiled, and he was glad to see her smile.  “Hey, Nate,” she said.
                  “Lillian,” he said, returning her smile.  He had dressed fairly modestly: a nice button up and a dark pair of blue jeans.  Normally on a date he would always wear a suit, but he didn’t want to give away his secret just yet.  Besides, he was not exactly taking her somewhere that was suit worthy.  “Ready for our date?” he asked.
                  She laughed as she stood.  “Oh, so it’s a date now?”
                  “I was hoping so,” he said and hooked his arm in hers.
                  He opened the passenger’s side door for her, and she chuckled slightly as she climbed inside.  “Who knew Nate Lynch would turn out to be such a gentleman?” she said when he sat down in the driver’s seat.
                  “Well, what can I say, California was good to me,” he said.
                  “That’s right –California!  I have been trying to remember all day where your family moved to.  How was the west coast?” she asked.
                  “Pretty nice.  A lot of beaches out that way,” he said as he pulled the car out of the parking lot.
                  They didn’t go far, and they had plenty to talk about during the brief amount of time spent in the car together.  He avoided asking her about living on the street, not wanting to put her in an awkward position.  They mostly talked about their childhood and all of the ridiculous trouble the two of them and Adam had gotten into together.  The awkward elephant in the room was certainly her current living situation, and the topic of conversation was ignored.
                  They pulled up in front of a small diner, and Lillian cringed.  “We should go somewhere else,” she said quickly.
                  “What?  Didn’t you love this place when you were a kid?” Nathaniel questioned.
                  She laughed.  “That’s right.  Our moms would take us here almost every Saturday in the summer.  Yeah, I did.  It’s just that I’m not exactly welcomed here.”
                  “What do you mean?” Nathaniel questioned.
                  “I mean they’re not exactly friendly towards people like me,” she said, her face turning red.  “I came here once to buy a burger, and they threw me out and told me to go take a shower.”
                  “Are you serious?” Nathaniel frowned.
                  “Corporate places like this are normally like that,” she said.  “I have better luck with… mom and pop kind of places, you know?”
                  “Damn, Lillian, I’m sorry,” Nathaniel pulled the car out of the parking lot.  “If they’ve treated you like shit just because of the way you’re dressed, I won’t eat there either.”
                  “Well, I am wearing the same clothes I’ve been wearing for the past couple of months,” she said wearily.  The conversation was clearly drifting somewhere that made Lillian uncomfortable.
                  “Where would you like to eat then?” Nathaniel asked.  “Anywhere you want.”
                  She thought for a moment and then pointed down a road.  “There is another diner down the street from here; they’re usually really nice there.”
                  “All right, we’ll go there then,” he said and pulled down the road.  They entered into the diner, and Nathaniel was not so oblivious that he did not notice the patrons staring.  Did she really look that bad?  He looked her up and down, trying to do so without being noticed, and he deduced that it was fairly evident she was homeless by her dirty face and tattered clothes –but she still looked lovely to him.
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