Chapter Nineteen
Wes couldn’t wipe the grin off his face after Elise left his suite. The way she’d openly admired him was a compliment, but the thing that made his blood pump was her brutal honesty. She wasn’t afraid to talk to him about something that most people would have kept secret. It made him that much happier that he had decided to pay her taxes. That secret warmed in his chest and made him smile wider. His cell phone rang and Wes didn’t cringe like he usually did when he saw his mother’s picture on his screen.
“Hello Mother, I hope you’re doing well.”
“I am, but I don’t think I’m doing as well as you are. You sound quite different from our last conversation.”
“I’m happy. It’s beautiful here in New York and I’ve had time to figure some things out for my project. I think it’s go
