A Five-Billion-Dollar Surprise

The next morning, Desmond had arranged for the housekeeper and driver to escort Cecelia back to the Croft residence while he headed to the office for a meeting.

Despite sitting through the meeting, his mind was elsewhere, replaying the scene of Cecelia lying in bed the night before, deliberately cursing him in her sleep. The realization that she had been faking it amused him, and unconsciously, a