The Billionaire I Fell In Love With

Ethan who had completely forgotten he’s no longer on his sunshades went to answer the door. “Ohh.. thank you” he said opening the door for the hotel worker to bring in their lunch.

He heard her gasp and then gazed at her.

“Ethan….. Harlow?” The lady nearly screamed.

“Damn!” Irish exclaimed as she quickly climbed out of the bed.

She got to the door and saw how helpless Ethan looked.

Irish collected the lunch from the lady before she could pour it away out of excitement.

“Look, can you please keep mute about this? I don’t want anyone knowing I’m here” Ethan said and the lady nodded, smiling broadly.

Ethan fetched some dollar bills from his pocket and handed it to her.

“Oh.. my.. God!” The lady exclaimed as she took it.

“Thank you” She smiled.

“I don’t want anyone knowing I’m here please” Ethan said.

“I promise i won’t tell anyone” She said.

Irish could see she’s Mary from her name tag.

“Can i touch you please?” Mary asked Ethan who nodded.

“Oh… my! Can i just die now” Mary said dramatically after touching Ethan.

Ethan and Irish glanced at each other and laughed.

“I should go now, before the manager starts screaming”

“Ohh” Ethan said, glad she’s leaving. His stomach is rumbling and he can’t wait to dig into his lunch.

“Yeah he’s a mad dog” Mary huffed.

“Uh… uh” Irish and Ethan said in unison.

Mary waved at them happily before turning to walk away .

They sighed as they closed the door.

“Do you think she can keep her mouth shut about me being here?” Ethan asked as they sat to eat their lunch.

“She looks like someone who stands by her words, i just hope her excitement won’t make her spill the beans” Irish said.

“Woah.. this is a whole lot” Irish said, opening the varieties of meals.

“We’re gonna go sailing after lunch”

“Wow… can’t wait” Irish said eagerly.

“You up for it?” Ethan asked.

“Of course” She smiled.

“I’m so enjoying this” Ethan said, with a mouthful.

“Me too” Irish said.

The turkey wasn’t dry, the stuffing was perfect, there was cranberry jelly, an assortment of vegetables, mashed potatoes and pecan and apple pie for dessert with whipped cream.

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They left the hotel almost immediately they finished their lunch and was glad they didn’t come across Mary again.

The boatman was waiting at the lake, standing near a beautiful old wooden classic sailboat.

He bowed in greetings to Ethan and Irish and they responded.

Irish looked excited and couldn’t wait to climb aboard.

The boatman took the tarps off and they all climbed aboard.

He showed them the cabin below decks if they got too cold.

“Woah!” Irish shouted excitedly as they pulled away from the dock in the cold air.

They spent the next three hours sailing around the lake.

They were both ecstatic, they had fun and took pictures.

Irish wouldn’t stop shouting in excitement and Ethan laughed whenever she did so.

They were both sad to end the great sail after three hours.

They thanked the boatman and Ethan handed him a generous tip before they walked back to the car.

“I had so much fun, thank you” Irish grinned as Ethan started driving back to the airport. “I’m glad you had fun” Ethan smiled.

“Aren’t we going back to the airport?” Irish asked as Ethan took a different turn.

“No, we’re going shopping!!” Ethan said, stunning Irish once more.

“We don’t have to” Irish said.

“Well.. we have to” Ethay smiled.

“Arin…”

“Gabrielle is gonna take care of her” Ethan winked .

“And you’re gonna offend me by not picking anything” Ethan added and Irish sighed.

“They’ve got nice things here, trust me” He said.

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They headed to the airport after shopping.

Irish had picked a great jacket with three pairs of shoes, not wanting to offend Ethan.

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Irish smiled as she checked the pictures they took while sailing.

They were on flight to California already and she and Ethan was sitting side by side in his plane, sipping wine.

Ethan looked like he’s engrossed in the magazine he was holding, but he had been stealing glances at Irish all along.

He enjoys watching her smile.

“Arin’s birthday is tomorrow” Irish said, facing Harold. Her cheeks grew hot when she caught him staring at him.

“Yes” Ethansaid.

“And she really wants Jessica to be there” Irish said.

“I won’t be surprised if Jessica and my mum appears tomorrow”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

“Ohh” Irish smiled, hoping Arin will like the pink dress she had sewn for her. Her mum wanted her to give Arin a white sweater too and Arusha had bought pink shoes for her.

Arusha won’t be there to give her tomorrow cause he’ll be going to their new house once he’s back from school today so she’s gonna help him present his gift to Arin.

He might come around tomorrow though.

“I’m glad tomorrow is a Saturday, i want to take my princess to so many beautiful places, I’mgonna buy her lots of things and restock her wardrobe with new ballet dresses, I’ll transform her ballet room into a more advanced one and I’ll do everything she wants for her, tomorrow” Ethan smiled.

Irish was touched deeply by how much he loves his daughter.

The light in his eyes when he said those things was just so adorable.

The joy of being a parent…

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It was dark when they returned to the house.

Irish was all smiles, she really enjoyed her day.

“Thank you, i really enjoyed my day” She said to Ethan m

“I’m glad you did” Ethan said and she surprisingly gave him a tight hug.

He hugged her back, smiling.RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only

She didn’t mind the workers standing around as she stood on her toes and pecked him on both cheeks.

Ethay was stunned, he would never have thought Irish would kiss him in front of his workers, she was always careful not to even call him by his name in front of his workers and now she had kissed him!

It felt so good.

“Goodnight and thank you” She said shyly as she retreated to get room with her shopping bags.

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Jessica and Mrs Harlow booked in to Ethan’s hotel, they wanted to surprise Arin tomorrow, which was her birthday and they warned the manager not to say a word to Ethan that they were here.

They went to bed after eating dinner and Jessica slept after talking to Gray, her boyfriend.

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Olivia stood at her bedroom window, looking down at the hillside in the pouring rain, she was watching her dog soaking wet and digging excitedly in the mud.

She smiled as he wagged his tail and looked up at her, he returned to digging again.

His name was Jax, a name Olivia had given him the moment her father gave it to her, six years ago on her tenth birthday.

Jax was her only best friend and companion.

He keeps her company and prevents her from getting bored to death.

She led an isolated life and always had.

Olivia laughed as she watched Jax chased a rabbit that eluded him and swiftly disappeared.

He barked and splashed happily through the mud again, he was having a great time as Olivia was, watching him.

She laughed again, thinking no one would believe that this muddy brown dog was actually white.

A knock on her door made her turn.

“Come in” Olivia said, adjusting her tiara.

The door opened and a maid walked in.

“I’m sorry to interrupt you, your Excellency, Dinner is ready” The maid bowed.

“Okay Robbie, I’ll be down in a minute” Olivia said.

Tbc .