nally asked herself what had come over her to make her go home with a stranger and get

re she could get out of the bed, a strong arm encircle

hing off to?" Dere

didn't mean

n't. Wha

e," she said seriously

s finally given way to sensible Rachel, and right now, a

s the hurry?" He asked as sleep

thing was off with her. He tried to quickly rewind his memory to see if there was somethi

?" He asked

she said lig

having a sober reflection and didn't quite concern him. She firmly disengaged his arm from her m

and he didn't know whether to ask her about it whe

etween them had been consensual and she had been the one who

e looked like her old self again with that cheerful smile and

ncerely. "I had such a great time. So... this

though I kinda feel like you are runni

She laughed, trying to lighten the mood in the room. S

ou again?" He

ith a handsome billionaire was the stuff of epic romance stories, but this was real life he

er simple life as it was and she didn't think she was ready to rock the boat by getting seriously inv

e said finally after ruminating for a few minutes.

r turned him down before. Her rejection stung h

wer of his nightstand where he pulled out wads o

ring her money? Was he trying to pa

or?" She asked

"For a taxi

i ride costs? What exactly a

nk you.' There's no need to insinuate n

't want yo

cash back into the drawer. "Yo

this the same Derek that had been so sweet to her all night and even

s she could manage. She wasn't going to give him the satisfacti

t going to waste it on him. He was a sore

d to herself as she got into the ele

*******

haved that way like a jilted teenager? Ok, so it was shocking to

he think he was too good to be rejected?

bed then marched angrily to the bathroom. Inside, he got a faint

e that woman was trouble, plain and simple. He didn't quite believe in love, but Rachel l

ed them to mush and made them do stupid things. His father was an example of a victim o

parties and spending money wastefully than actuall

scandal after Derek's mother had gotten caught repeatedl

aid, "I love her, son. I love your mother and I know she's not a perfect human being. I have always known that even before I

a laughingstock by how she disrespects you publicly and you still

ek, but you will when you

of my senses, then I don't want any p

week after that, his mother died in a plane crash off the coast of Bermuda on her way b

trong turbulent winds that messed up the pilot's visibili

her's death, he had felt a sort of relief, knowing that

hance of finding true love, but that had turne

cal intervention had helped. Derek had been crushed when his father's docto

ath and, Derek had sworn to himself never to fall in love. He would

his senses quickly before thin

a bullet," he wh