Stand Aside, the Billionaire Is Here novel · Chapter 22 of 24
Chapter 22: Ask Properly
The paper pieces drifted away on the grey water, and Joaquin watched them go.
"That had my signature on every page," he said.
"I know."
"I liked that signature."
"Then you can sign something else, when it's time."
I stood next to him at the rail with the blanket around my shoulders.
"I am not keeping you on terms," I said. "No clause, no year, no house, no guest room."
"If you want to stay, you have to ask me. Properly."
"Properly how?"
"With words. Out loud. In front of someone who will remember it."
He turned and looked at me, and the early light caught the scar through his brow.
"Your grandmother," he said.
"My grandmother."
"She will make me say it three times."
"Probably."
He grinned, slow, and held out his hand.
"Then let's go before she finishes her eggs."
Adelaide sat at the head of her breakfast table at seven o'clock.
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