Page 9 of The Billionaire Revenge

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Carrie was on a call when Malachi walked into her office holding a bouquet of flowers. She smiled at him knowing that he was up to something. They had been dating for almost a month now and she had never been happier. She wasn’t sure what it was but she was almost sure that she was in love.

“You work too hard” he whispered walking toward her desk.

She motioned for him to be quiet before ending the call and hanging up.

“You need a leash,” she teased

“I have one at home” he replied walking over to her desk and planting a kiss on her forehead.

“How is darling doing?” he asked

“Better now that you’re here to bother me” she joked.

“I have the final photos of the shoot you did last week,” he said handing her a folder. She flipped through it looking at how well they had turned out. These were the still for the ad campaign they had been working on. If all went well, they would have it published by the end of the month.

“These are amazing,” she said

“My thoughts exactly” Malachi replied “now I want to take my beautiful woman to lunch”

Carrie followed him to the lobby where he had parked his car at the front of their building.

“What do you have in mind?” she asked

“I have somewhere special I want to take you.”

“I hope you don’t plan on kidnapping me,” replied Carrie.

“Oh no, nothing like that.”

The drive was short but Carrie was shocked to see where he had taken her. They were parked outside a Trampomart. She looked over at him skeptically.

“What are we doing here?” she asked

“I thought you could use a break.”

“Here?” she asked gesturing to the brightly colored building that was mostly advertised for children.

“Uh, do you know a better place to get jumping?”

Carrie could tell he was laughing at her but she didn’t care.

“I’m not going in,” she said.

“You will go in” Malachi said “and we will enjoy ourselves”.

Carrie laughed at his commanding tone.

“Plus I have to introduce you to some old friends”

“Friends?” she asked skeptically.

“Yeah” Malachi replied, “My old colleagues are in town! You’ll love them.”

They made their way into the building and Carrie was surprised at how colorful it was. She had never been into this place before and had never seen the need to. As she walked along, she saw two men approaching them. One of them was just as tall as Malachi while the other was a bit taller. They were both handsome and well dressed in their suits and ties.

“He didn’t lie to you and tell you you’d have to jump into those trampoline pits did he?” the shorter of the two asked. “I’m Jessie by the way and this ogre over here is Adam”