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PROLOGUE

JADE

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“Just a few moreup the phone “Mr Stone is running somewhat behind today”

Somewhat behind?

I’d been waiting for close to an hour I’d prettyroom from cover to cover, even the articles I wouldn’t normally bother to read Did woet the attention of one of them who didn’t want to be with her?

Pretty weird articles, really Or was I the one who didn’t really understand? Judging bylife, maybe I should have paid azines I didn’t exactly have o out with me But then, it had always been that way

Can I have a dating slu life in the first place?

Because of work and school, I hadn’t been able to try out a lot of different guys, and to be honest, they hadn’t wanted to date e I had to either blame that one on complete exhaustion and stress, or admit to myself that I’d let somebody use me for two years

I preferred the former excuse

I don’t really want to attract a guy who doesn’t notice me the first time he meets me

Wasn’t there supposed to be sonition that somebody was my soulmate? And wouldn’t they realize it, too?

I certainly hope so, otherwise I’ to happen

Unfortunately, thanks to the score of woet a man who didn’t want me, and what theto the horoscopes

Maybe the article about iasms would have been useful if I had any, but I could have skipped the piece on giving a guy a better blow job

Not exactly so I’d normally peruse, but I’d had an hour to kill, and after I’d read the interesting stuff like National Geographic, I’d still had tiazines, too

I was pretty sure I wasn’t better off because I was now armed with the wisdoetting restless

I smiled and nodded at the secretary politely from my seat in the plush outer office of billionaire and business ul Eli Stone It wasn’t the elderly assistant’s fault that her boss had left er than anybody should have to wait for a scheduled appointment, even with a billionaire

I’m a billionaire, too Isn’t there soarich? Does one billionaire leave another one waiting for an hour to see them?

Unfortunately, I hadn’t been rich long enough to know the rules

Mr Stone had a net worth a lot higher than mine, but once somebody reached billionaire status, did it really matter?

I dropped the last h

I’ material, even the ridiculous stuff

I tappedif this was the way billionaires treated each other

Truth was, I’d only been a billionaire for a matter of months, and I still had no idea what I was supposed to do with my newfound wealth To be honest, all my money and investments terrified the hell out of eek Ask me any question about conservation or anio on for hours But I had no idea what to do with a fortune