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“Yes. Order food. I’ll eat whatever. I’m going to find a way to get back on my feet, and I’m going to repay you and Beck.”
“There’s absolutely no reason to do that. We can take care of you.”
“I didn’t mind what we did earlier, but?—”
“Didn’t mind it? I hope to God it was better than that.”
Laurie rolled his eyes. “It was fucking glorious, but I didn’t mind that you assumed it was a transaction. Now you’re trying to give me things with nothing in return. I’m not okay with that.”
I held his gaze, and we stared at each other in silence for what felt like an eternity.
“Are you always this stubborn?” I asked.
“No. But now that I get to make my own choices again, I’m going to be.”
“I’m ordering dinner.” It was all I could do not to make him a proposition, not to agree to a little game of paying him for everything he let me do. Beck would fucking kill me, and I knew it was wrong, but God it would be so hot.
“Do you have any food allergies or anything you won’t try, even if ask you pretty please?”
Laurie shook his head, and I pulled up the room service menu on my phone and placed a call.
“Mr. Chamberlain, how may we help you?” a woman asked when she answered.
“I’m ordering food for myself and my guest, but I’m not sure what he likes so I’d like a sample of all your entrées.”
“Of course, sir, that’s no problem. What else can we bring you?”
I ordered a few bottles of wine, champagne, and a sampler of desserts.
“I’ll make sure your order goes in right away, and as always, you will have priority.”
“Thank you.” I ended the call.
“Did you literally just order all the entrées and all the desserts?”
I smiled. “I did.”
“And they’re fine with that?”
“They’re fine with anything that gets them my money.” Laurie was studying me when I turned his way. He really lived in such a completely different world than me. “I’m happy to share all I have with you.”
“That’s what Beck always says. His level of wealth is less obvious though. I guess that’s because I’ve only known him as a student. He always wanted to be the one to pay for things, and he had incredible clothes, but this setting makes everything seem a lot different.”
“What about when I came to visit?”
“You mean when I looked so different you didn’t even recognize me.”
“Part of that was because I was doing everything I could not to look at you too closely. Beck had ordered me not to dare flirt with you.”
“That’s crazy. There’s no way you would have been interested in me then.”
“Yes, I would have.”
He raised his brows, clearly disbelieving.
“You’re gorgeous and your smile makes me…Damn, I can’t say things like that.”
“What? Just say it.”
