Utterly Yours (Book Two) (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) by Alexa Brookes Page B

friend Adam had become billionaires overnight.  Oh, I am going to have fun with this , he thought as he was finally arriving back at the hotel.  For now, though, he just needed some sleep.

Chapter 2
     
                  “So basically he spent the money on the shelter is what it comes down to,” Tony, Nathaniel’s assistant, said as the two of them enjoyed a light lunch after a long morning.  Nathaniel had slept in, but he had gotten up earlier than expected to do some volunteering at the shelter.  Tony was rambling on about the thirty thousand that had gone missing from Nathaniel’s bank account; Tony had found out for Nathaniel that Adam, Nathaniel’s business partner, had withdrawn some funds for the shelter.
                  Nathaniel was not paying much attention as Tony showed him an itemized list of what Adam had spent the money on.  Truthfully, if Adam had taken out thirty thousand, he was sure Adam had a good reason, so he wasn’t sure why Tony was spending so much time trying to show him exactly where the money had been spent.  “Yeah, yeah, okay, it’s all good, Tony,” Nathaniel said, waving the tablet out of his face so that he could enjoy his lunch.
                  “You’re really distracted,” Tony said.  “What’s up?”
                  Nathaniel grinned at his young assistant.  “I found her.”
                  “The chick with the knitted hat?” Tony asked.  “I told you that you were just going to the park at the wrong time.”
                  “Yeah, thanks for that.  I’d probably still be spending my afternoons searching for her if it wasn’t for you,” Nathaniel said while taking a bite of his turkey sub.
                  “So who was she?  Did you figure it out?” Tony asked.
                  “Yup.  An old classmate of mine,” Nathaniel explained.
                  “Wow.  I wonder what happened to her that got her coming to a soup kitchen?” Tony wondered aloud the question that had been haunting Nathaniel all day.
                  “I don’t know, but I suspect that I’ll find out eventually.  I’m taking her to dinner tonight,” Nathaniel said.
                  Tony raised a brow.  He leaned forward, propping his elbows on the table.  “I bet a woman in her situation isn’t going to know what to do with a Nathaniel Lynch style date, huh?”
                  Nathaniel laughed.  “I’m not doing anything crazy.  Just a simple dinner –probably at a local diner or something.”
                  “A local diner?” Tony questioned.  “You are taking a woman to a diner for a date?”
                  “It’s not really a date,” Nathaniel said.
                  “Nathaniel, you have taken me on fancier dates than that,” Tony said.  “What are you up to?”
                  “Okay, I’ll give,” Nathaniel said, chuckling slightly.  “She doesn’t know I’m the owner of the shelter.  She thinks I’m just one of the volunteers there.  I thought it would be fun to kind of play along.”
                  “Oh, damn it, Nathaniel, don’t do that,” Tony scorned.  “She’s going to get pissed.”
                  Nathaniel huffed.  “Why?  It’s not like I’m lying.  I just am not going to flaunt my money around just yet.  She remembers the old Nate who used to chase her around on the playground as kids.  I wouldn’t mind reliving some of my more innocent years for a bit.  Plus, I’ve gotten kind of rusty.  It’d be nice to see if I can charm a woman without taking her on the private jet.”
                  Tony shook his head.  “I am advising against it.”
                  “Well you’re my assistant, not my advisor,” Nathaniel said.  He leaned back in his seat.  “Besides, women