One Weekend with the Billionaire Chapter 69

*Braxton*

I have Julia in my arms, in my bed. That in and of itself is a lot to be thankful for. But… I am not entirely thankful because I know that she is worried. She hasn’t said anything at all to me about the problems I’m having with Jeff, but I think she must know something. Her eyebrows have formed a tight V for most of the evening, except for when we were making love in the art room. And then again… in here.

Making love to Julia is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever done in my life. I could kiss and caress her all day long. I could drive inside of her over and over again, using my hips and shaft to grind against her to keep her at the peak of ecstasy for hours. I wish we lived in a world where all we had to do was eat, drink, and make love.

That’s not the real world, though. Not even for someone like me who has more money than I could possibly spend in one lifetime. I still have responsibilities. I still have people to think about, people who work for me, people who have invested a lot of time, money, and passion into my business. Walking away from it all now, or letting Jeff win, would hurt a lot of people that I owe so much to.

So I can’t do that. I can’t just stay home from now on and put someone else in charge either. I’ve been such a hands on leader of my business that if I were to do that, no one would know where to start. The possibility of finding someone else and preparing him or her to take over niggles in the back of my mind. I should find a protege so that I can retire in a few years and spend all of my time with Julia. I smile at the thought. She would probably get tired of me after a while. And be very sore.

I readjust in the bed but don’t pull away from her. She murmurs quietly and tightens her grip on my arm. I wonder what she is dreaming about. Probably a world where Jeff Thompson doesn’t exist, and she and I can be together without anyone getting in our way.

It isn’t that simple in the real world, though, and I realize, tomorrow I will need to tell Julia the truth. I will need to tell her that Jeff is suing me, that he’s using a lawyer that hates my guts and will do whatever he can to make me lose everything I have. I will tell her that I have some wonderful lawyers, too, and I’m not giving up, but that this is a serious matter. I will tell her that everything will be fine, even though, deep down, I know that it might not be.

And it’s keeping me up at night.

I have the feeling Jeff will push to settle outside of court so that he can get something for certain instead of maybe going through court and getting nothing. His lawyer, Kyle Warren, will want to go to trial, though. He’ll want to try to take away everything that I have. I am not sure I want to settle outside of court because I don’t want to give either of them anything, but then, maybe a billion dollars is enough to make Jeff Thompson leave me the hell alone.

I don’t want Julia to think I am trying to buy her, though. I am not. I love her more than anything, and there’s no price I could put on that anyway, but I want her to be with me because she loves me, too, and I know that she does. Still, giving her husband a large sum of money to go away might make her think I am of the opinion that she is a commodity.

She murmurs my name in her sleep, and I smooth her hair. She is so beautiful, so gentle, so perfect. I love her more than anything. And I hate Jeff Thompson and Kyle Warren more than anything. It’s no wonder I can’t sleep.

Resolved that I will tell her everything tomorrow, I do my best to go to sleep, trying to concentrate on the positive. Julia is here with me right now. In this moment, the world is perfect. My eyelids grow heavy, and I hope that I can dream of her and that the nightmares stay away both in my sleep and in my real life.