a billionaire's penthouse before my first class even sta
here
ing a
ght maid uniform
use 31A-the place every girl on campus whisp
ath, knock o
ans
n, louder. S
Mrs. Donovan scribbled onto a sticky note like it was a grocery l
doesn't cover food. And I can'
t beep, sliding open like the gates to hell
house is
more than my mother's entire life. Floor-to-ceiling windows l
tiously, trying n
call softly
e. Maybe I can just clean and get th
stories. Ev
en W
y bill
ith them. And then tosses t
s only here to finish college or lose his inheritance. But that hasn't
the living room
. A moan. A
G
ree
g from dow
round and start scrubbing the kitchen like a good,
p grunt. And then a
omach
e hall is cracked open, j
ce groans. "That mou
ath ca
en W
e sin wrapped in smoke and silk. Deep. Lazy. Arrogant. Lik
r the mop bucket I left by the stairs. I make it to
tst
ng like my life
e. I can feel the heat of h
w m
ng my hands on the apron.
ye
ery scandal, every d
rtl
cross his collarbone
in. Towel slung
d on me like a thr
curl into
the usual ty
'm not a type. I'm
eps c
d my
ike he's studying me
ar
ke it's a new brand of champa
ough to mop a floor wit
es. Low a
hy is his
he says. "Yo
be liked. I'm h
now. The heat of his bare chest radiates into my sk
I cleaning alone, or am I being
lters-just f
uc
ck employee
Right. And I'm th
ere's an edge to it. He leans in,
old." A pause. "But be careful. Th
to be chewed,"
my mop and turn
r a long time be
e survived my first enc
re
I know it won