Billionaire's Trust (Billionaire Erotic Romance: Never Never Man Series Book 5) by Sloan Storm Page A

how?”
    “Do I need to remind you? When he proposed to you? Before you lost the baby? He couldn’t bring himself to tell you he loved you. So unless by some miracle that’s changed, I don’t know, it seems like you gave in just to be with him.”
    I nodded as she spoke.
    “Well I guess I’m surprised you think I would do that!”
    “Wait, so, what are you saying, Maddie? That Grey told you he loved you?”
    “Yes,” I whispered.
    “What!” Katy exclaimed. “When?”
    “Earlier today,” I began. I raised my hand and looked at the ring as I continued. “And that’s not all he said.”
    “Goddamn it, Maddie! You better spill it right now or I’m driving over there and beat it out of you!”
    A sinister chuckle sputtered from my lips as Katy threatened me. Satisfied I’d tortured her long enough, I cut our phone conversation short and demanded she come over so I could tell her the truth.
    In less than an hour, my best friend sat next to me and demanded I give her the rest of the story. Still incredulous and unsure where to start, I just blurted it out the first chance I had.
    “He asked me to marry him again, Katy. And, this time, it came with something besides words.”
    “Oh my God! Oh my God! Shut up! Are you serious Maddie?”
    “Yes,” I said, as I began to relive the moment all over again in my mind. “It was incredible. I said ‘yes’, Katy. He told me he loved me and I said ‘yes’!”
    “Oh Maddie, honey!” she cried.
    Like literally, Katy started to cry. Of course, that made me do the same. Before I realized what happened, we both blubbered and sniffled our way through the next few minutes as I told her the whole story.
    “That’s amazing, honey,” she said as I finished. “I’m so happy for you. You deserve it. I love you.”
    “Thank you, Katy.  I love you, too.”
    “Well?” she said. “When’s the big announcement? Are you having a party? What’s going on?”
    “No,” I answered as I shook my head. “Nothing right now. We’ve decided to hold off for the time being. Oh, which reminds me, you can’t tell anyone. Okay?”
    “I won’t,” she replied. “I promise."

    MADDIE
    It had been about a week since I’d come home from the hospital. With each day that passed, my strength returned. In fact, I felt so well I decided to pay a visit to the studio and check in on the current state of the production. At the rate I was going, it wouldn’t be long before I’d be able to work again, and I didn’t want to keep Susan or the rest of the crew waiting one day longer than needed.
    In fact, well over a month had passed since I’d had any contact with Susan or the crew. I felt terrible about it, of course. My only hope was they’d all find a way to forgive me after I came back to work and enough time passed. In any case, I showed up to the studio in the middle of the morning and made my way to the soundstage.
    Yet as soon as I came upon it, it was obvious something was wrong.
    The entire set was completely different. I didn’t recognize anything about it. For a few moments, I wandered around looking for signs of anyone familiar. It appeared as though I’d arrived during a break in shooting, so I didn’t see any crew members right away.
    Just then, I noticed someone and I called out.
    “Excuse me!”
    A thirty-something looking man with a bulky pair of headphones wrapped around his neck stopped in place and turned towards me. He raised his eyebrows in my direction. His non-verbal cue suggested I’d interrupted him, so I hustled over to where he stood.
    As I approached, I continued, “I’m sorry for bothering you, sir.”
    “Mmm, hmm,” he replied with his eyebrows still tented in an expectant position.
    At last I closed to within a couple of feet of the man.
    “Yes, could you tell me where Susan Milton is?”
    He considered my question for a moment before shaking his head. “Never heard of her.”
    Wrinkling my brow, I leaned away from him a bit.
    “Um,” I began.