Alpha Billionaire by Helen Cooper Page A

in the mirror. I stared at my reflection and wondered what I was getting myself into. My green eyes stared back at me with a slightly stunned expression. I had no idea why I was agreeing to this. Well, that’s not true. I was doing it for five grand. I was doing this in the name of research. I was this close to being sent to collections. If I didn’t get some money soon, my credit would be shot and I’d have a much harder time finding a job as an investigative reporter. What reporters had bad credit?
    “What should I wear?” I looked down at my shorts and t-shirt and groaned as I pictured myself wearing considerably less.
    “Hold on.” Hailey ran out of the room. “Crystal sent me a text; there was a request from the guys.”
    “You take requests?”
    “The tips will be good.” Hailey called back to me. “Hold on, let me check.” She walked back into the bedroom and dropped down on the bed next to me and checked her phone. “Okay,” she paused and gave me a look. “I’m not sure if I should tell you.”
    “Hailey...” I muttered. “Tell me.”
    “They want everyone in a bikini.”
    “Bikini? Where is the party? At the beach?”
    “Do you think it’s going to be at the beach?” Hailey grinned. “Would that make you feel better?”
    “No and no.” I sighed. “Where is it?”
    “Some exclusive club in the city. I think the lower east side.”
    “Fine.” I shook my head at her. “Are you giving me money for a cab?”
    “You’re going to make five grand, Evie.”
    “After the party. I’m not taking a train down. That’s like 3 changes.” I bit my lower lip. “I need to borrow forty dollars for a cab.”
    “Borrow?” She tilted her head and looked at me. “You’re going to pay me back?”
    “If I make five grand tonight, then hell yeah, I’ll pay you back.” I said and we both laughed.
    “Fine.” She said finally as she handed me sixty dollars. “ Have a good night.”
    “Yeah, it’s going to be fantastic.” I rolled my eyes. “Something I’ll tell my grandkids about.”
    “You never know.” She grinned.
    “Trust me, I know. This is not going to be a night I will ever want to remember.”
    “I wouldn’t bet on that.” She winked at me. “You never know who you might meet.”

Chapter Two

    “How do I always get myself into these situations.” I groaned, as I found myself in a room with two naked girls.
    “Sorry, what did you say?” Starr grinned at me, glitter all over her face and body.
    “Nothing.” I shook my head. “I was just wondering what outfits we’d be wearing.”
    “Outfits?” Starr gave me a crazy look. “What outfits?”
    “I thought we’d be wearing outfits tonight…” My voice trailed off. Oh my God, I was going to kill Hailey. Was she lying about the bikinis?
    “Don’t worry honey.” Starr laughed as she adjusted her blonde wig. “ Hailey told me you’d be taking over for her tonight and you might not be down with going naked. You can wear a bikini and pop out of the cake.”
    “Pop out of the cake?” I frowned. “What does that mean?”
    “It means you’ll jump out the cake and do a little dance.” Another girl Crystal spoke up as she joined the conversation. “Unless you’d rather give dances?”
    “ Uhm, the cake sounds fine.” I said weakly. “I’ll still get five grand?”
    “Yeah.” Starr nodded. “Though you could make more if you did the dances.”
    “Oh?”
    “I’m thinking I’m going to get about 25k tonight.” She grinned. “These rich guys pay well for some booty shaking.” She danced all the way to the ground.
    “But you have to be naked?” I asked, trying to avoid staring directly at her jiggling breasts.
    “You don’t have to be.” She shook her head. “But these rich guys, that’s what they want. They want it as freaky as it can be. Shit, I’m willing to be freaky for 25k.”
    “How freaky?” I asked, as my heart stopped. Was I going to be witnessing sex or something? I mean I knew I had