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Title: Mister Moneybags
Author: Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward
Series: standalone
Genres: Contemporary Romance
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Blurb:
I met Bianca in an elevator.She was on her way to interview me when we got stuck.
The beautiful, raven-haired reporter assumed I was a delivery guy because of the way I was dressed.She had no clue I was really Dex Truitt, the wealthy, successful businessman sheโd dubbed โMister Moneybagsโโher afternoon appointment.
Bianca told me how much she hated Dexโs typeโsnobby, over educated, silver- spooned men who didn’t appreciate the simple things in life.
So, after the elevator finally started moving again, I cancelled the interview and let her believe I was someone I wasnโtโa bike messenger named Jay. I loved the way she looked at the fake me and didn’t want it to end.
I began dating her as โJayโโall the while letting her interview the real me over email.
I didnโt expect that our chemistry online would be just as hot.
I didnโt expect the mess Iโd gotten myself into.
I didnโt expect that Jay and Dex would fall in love with her.And she was falling for two men.
Only, both men were me.
And when she found out, we were both going to lose her.Nothing could have prepared me for that day. And I certainly wasn’t prepared for what came after.
All good things must come to an end, right?
Except our ending was one I didn’t see coming.
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EXCERPT
MEET BIANCA
I sighed audibly. Are we even moving? It was seriously the slowest elevator Iโd ever taken. Frustrated, and maybe a bit anxious to get the interview over with, I took another shot at the elevator panel. Again, pressing the button repeatedly, I groaned, โCome on. Iโm already freakinโ late.โ
I breathed a sigh of relief when the car seemed to finally pick up speed. But then, it jolted to an abrupt stop, and the elevator went pitch black.
โWell now youโve gone and broken the damn thing,โ a deep voice said from behind me. Startled, I jumped and bobbled my cell phone in the dark, which resulted in it falling. From the sound of it smashing against the floor, I knew it had broken.
โShit! Look what you made me do.โ I bent over and patted the floor, but I couldnโt find it. โCan you at least give me some light so I can find my phone?โ
โIt would be my pleasure.โ
โThank you,โ I huffed.
โIf I had a cell phone on me.โ
โAre you kidding? You donโt have a cell phone on you? Who walks around without their cell phone?โ
โMaybe you should try it. If you werenโt so obsessed with yours, we wouldnโt be in this predicament.โ
I stood, and my hands went to my hips. โHow so?โ
โWell, you were so busy typing away on your phone, you didnโt even notice another passenger was in the car with you.โ
โAnd?โ
โHad you seen me, you wouldnโt have jumped hearing my voice and broken your phone. Then we would have had light, and you would be able to see that elevator panel well enough to push that button another twenty or thirty times. Iโm sure that wouldโve helped.โ
I felt the man moving around behind me.
โWhat are you doing?โ
When he answered, his voice came from a different place. It was to my left and beneath me. โIโm on the floor looking for your cell phone.โ
It really was pitch dark. I couldnโt see a thing, but I felt the air move, and I knew he must have stood back up.
โPut your hand out.โ
โYouโre going to put my phone in it, right?โ
โNo, Iโve taken down my pants and Iโm going to stick my dick in it. Christ, youโre really a bitch, arenโt you?โ
Thinking he couldnโt see me, I smiled at his sarcasm and put out my hand. โJust give me my phone.โ
MEET DEX
Wow. My little ball player was quite the fox.
Iโd only seen her from the back before the lights went out. Now, I was staring into her beautiful, big brown eyes, feeling like this elevator mishap wasnโt such a bad thing after all.
She cleared her throat. โThe lights came back, but weโre still stuck.โ
I clicked on some of the buttons. โSeems that way. But this is a step in the right direction. I bet this thing will be moving in no time.โ
And by this thing moving, I do not mean my dick, although I could have sworn I felt it twitch when she just licked her beautiful full lips.
Do that again.
Fuck.
She is beautiful.
My eyes travelled down the length of her body then back up again, loving how the small buttons on her conservative blouse formed a path up to her delicate neck. I wouldnโt have minded sucking on that skin.
Maybe I could entice her to play hooky with me.
โWhere are you headed once we get out of here?โ I asked.
โThe thirty-fourth floor,โ she said.
What?
What is she doing going up to my floor?
I know she doesnโt work for me. I would have remembered that face, those eyes.
โWhat kind of business you have going on up there?โ
โI actually have the pleasure of interviewing Mister Moneybags himself.โ
My stomach sank.
Ohhhh.
This didnโt bode well for me.
I swallowed then cocked my head to the side and played dumb. โWho?โ
โThe elusive Dexter Truitt. Heโs the CEO of Montague Enterprises. They occupy the entire top floor.โ
Trying to seem like I was not seriously about to lose my shit, I asked, โWhy do you call him Mister Moneybags?โ
โI just picture him to be this crabby, money-hungry asshole, I guess. Sounds like a fitting name. Of course, I donโt actually know him.โ
โWhy do you think that way about him, then?โ
โI have my reasons.โ
About the Authors
Vi Keeland
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. With more than a million books sold, her titles have appeared in over fifty Bestseller lists and are currently translated in fourteen languages. She lives in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
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Penelope Ward
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of thirteen novels. With over a million books sold, her titles have placed on the New York Times Bestseller list fifteen times. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 12-year-old girl with autism (the inspiration for the character Callie in Gemini) and a 10-year-old boy. Penelope, her husband, and kids reside in Rhode Island.
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