One Weekend with the Billionaire

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he kitchen one last glance to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Jeff has already left for work, b

tart button. It’s not a big machine, but then, only two of us live in our tiny apartment for now. Jeff h

want his wife to have a job, even though he knows we could use the money. He has been at the financial advising firm for almost two years now. Meriweather and Associates is a great place to work, but I’m not sure that Jeff is as good a

t of his salary on appearances, and we have a lot of credit card debt as well. His boss, Braxton Merriweather, is a billionaire. He throws lavish parties and invites people from his company to join him. Jeff

dients to fix Jeff a nice meal. Today, I’ll get something extra special, even though my allowanc

ll do the shopping, keep the apartment clean, secretly work on my art that Jeff does not know I’m still working on, and have dinner ready when he gets home, which will probably be around 7:00. He likes to leave work late so that Mr. Merriweather thinks that he is working hard, even though I am guessin

ool. We both had dreams of coming to the big city. I wanted to be an artist, and he wanted to be a huge financial planner and own his own

my finger, Jeff changed, and now, t

nt to make sure that every part of me is covered when I go out in public. He says I have a nice figure, and he doesn’t want to have to knock so

s expensive. It’s one of Jeff’s favorites. I haven’t gotten him a gift for our anniversary, but I did get h

go out into the hallway. She is coming inside with a shopping bag. I

we have coffee together. “I’m good, thank you. How are you and Mr. Muller?” Her husband is a reti

it warm out there today. You probably don’t ne

live on the fifth floor. I don’t mind going down the stairs, but coming up is tiring. We have a working elevator, but Jeff

g it might be my sister or my mother. They text me every day to see how I am doing

t means we won’t be spending our anniversary together. I have gone to a few of the parties Mr. Merriweather throws, but not many. Jeff says he doesn’t want to make the other men at

er Towers at seven. We

bumps into me from behind, jostling me. I apologize. I

erriweather owns, but I will figure it out. It sounds like this is an important party or else Jeff wouldn’t want me there

t, nervous about the party but hopeful that things are finally headed in the righ