The Billionaire's Hired Girlfriend

Chapter 6

Alexandra was going nuts! She couldn't concentrate or do anything right after that damn hot-choc with Peter and Jayden. Once home and alone in her bedroom, she threw her satchel on the floor and collapsed on the bed.

"You've sent me the wrong man," she muttered under her breath, looking heavenward at the white ceiling. She sighed and rolled over to lie on her stomach. "He's not even interested in me. He's interested because I can help him." She pouted her lips. "His girlfriend must be very hot." Then she thought to add, "And very stupid."

She rested her chin on her palm as she stared at her pink netbook screen. Well, you better stop thinking about him and start paying bills, Alex, she told herself.

Nodding her head and determined not to think about Jayden, she logged into her internet banking and started paying her electricity and phone bills. The balance in her bank account after that made her feel terribly depressed. She sighed. Oh, well, at least next Wednesday would be payday. Her spirit lifted with that thought. She moved on to check her e-mails. She stared up at the ceiling as she waited for her login. When she glanced back at the screen, she gasped.

"Oh my God!"

She stared hard at the screen, which read: Jayden has requested to be your friend. Press accept if you know him.

She nibbled her lower lip, excitement bubbling up within her. Should I accept? Her finger moved toward the link below that would lead her to the Facebook login page. Click!

Oh, Alex, you're not a stalker, are you? No, no, Alex, you're not a stalker. You're simply checking out this American guy, a guy who asked you to be his fake girlfriend. What type of request is that, anyway?

So, okay, checking him out meant she was simply doing her research. After all, she didn't want to get into an agreement with a weird creep who'd probably harm her now, would she?

His profile picture was of him skiing at the top of a snow-covered mountain. Queenstown? She couldn't even make out his face. But he still looked hot even in that winter jacket, wool hat, and sunglasses.

Browsing through his Facebook, she found he loved extreme sports and he was a fan of many sports clubs. She concluded he was real. She noted he didn't show his relationship status. He was probably still too heartbroken from the breakup.

After she had enough, she logged out of Facebook and turned off the laptop. She rolled herself over her double bed and sat up. Just then her cell phone rang. She wondered who it was as she reached for it. She flipped the phone on and saw it was Peter.

She grunted under her breath and said, "Hey, Pete."

"Hey, Alex, how's things?"

Before Alex could say, "Everything is not all right," because she kept thinking about Jayden and seeing his handsome face in her mind and she had just finished stalking him via Facebook, he said, "Look, Alex, so sorry about this afternoon."

Alex bit her lip. "That's okay, Pete. I know you want to help your friend. At least Margaret isn't matchmaking you. Well, she doesn't have to since you're already engaged anyway."

She heard him laughing, loud and clear, from the other side.

"Hey, so no hard feelings, right?"

"Yeah, no hard feelings. I forgive you."

"Thing is Jay is gay."

Alex blinked. "Say what?" she shouted into the phone. She drew back, shocked at herself for bellowing like that. She could just imagine Peter rubbing his sore ear as he stared at the phone in a bizarre way.