“Nicole!” I exclaimed at her crudeness, swiping the answer button of my still-ringing phone and placing it on my ear, I gave Nicole a parting hug and proceeded to leave the room. ~•~ ‘You look astonishingly beautiful, Renee.’ These were the exact same words that’d come out of Robert’s mouth the second he saw me. On reaching the spot where I was to meet him, I saw a dark-tinted limousine waiting at a safe distance. At first, I never imagined the limousine to be his. So standing in a corner, I looked around expecting him to show up from wherever, but lo and behold, he had stepped out from the expensive luxury car, waving directly at me. I knew he was rich, judging by the grand hotel suite he was staying at, but I never expected him to own a limo. There were lots of things I had no

