Addicted to the Billionaire

-12-

I was sipping a glass of orange juice when I spotted Asher walking up to me, and I smiled. Jordan has since left me to pursue Linda.

"Hey, Candy right?" , he asked and I nodded, glad that he remembered my name. "I am so glad to see you here. I thought I would be bored, but now I feel more interested."

I am happy that he thinks that me being here will make the event more interesting. He moves closer and just as I'm about to ask him to take a seat, someone slips into the seat beside me and I find myself facing Xavier, who isn't looking at me, but is glaring at Asher, who senses the tension and walks away, but not without sending me a wink, which obviously annoys Xavier because he starts to grind his teeth furiously.

"Calm down Mr Reyes" , I soothed.

Finally, Xavier turned to look at me and I saw his mouth go wide.

"Candy... Miss Greene... you look... I mean the dress is... beautiful, you look ...really nice."

Wow, Xavier at a loss for words. This feels like the impossible just became possible.

"Thank you, Mr Reyes, you look quite good yourself".
I am lying of course. He doesn't look 'quite good', he looks gorgeous and sexy, in a dark blue suit with no tie and his top button slightly undone

There is an uncomfortable silence between us, and I'm about to break it, but he speaks first.

"Look I am really sorry about the way that I've acted lately. I shouldn't have yelled at you and my actions were quite barbaric and irrational. There is just something about you that makes me act irrational."

I practically held my breath. Was this a love confession? I was going to ask him what he meant when a voice interrupted me from behind.

"I'm so sorry, but Mr Reyes has a speech to make now.", a man behind Xavier said. He whisked Xavier off to the front of the giant hall as everyone took their seats at the dinner table. I made my way to my designated position and, surprise surprise, I found out that my seatmate was Asher. Jordan and Linda were put together on the other side of the table, and Xavier would be at the head of the table.

I tried to pay attention to Xavier's speech, but Asher was being so distracting, telling me funny anecdotes about Xavier as a child, and about how he had spent his college years. Asher was just so adorable and hilarious, and he seemed to take a lot of interest in me, which I found flattering. I barely noticed when Xavier finished his speech because that was when Asher told me the lamest joke ever.

"Why can't a nose be twelve inches long?" , he asked, with a most serious expression on his face.

"I don't know. Why can't a nose be twelve inches long?", I asked.

"Because it would be a foot", he smiled proudly, and I just had to laugh out loud, causing everyone to stare at us, and Xavier to look up from the really pretty blond girl who was sitting at his right and trying to get his attention. He glared at me I could see just how angry he was. For some reason, he was not comfortable with me being around his brother and I decided to try my hardest not to provoke him, even though I genuinely liked Asher – as a friend of course.

Soon, the servers brought in the food which was good because I was famished. There was also a lot of champagne and alcohol, but I didnt take any – my parents would be sure to smell my breath when I got home anyway.

The meal was awesome, but I was distracted by every female in the vicinity trying to flirt with Xavier which was really getting on my nerves. Though Xavier was cold and distant to all of them, it only seemed to encourage them to keep trying rather than deter them.

Get away from my man, I thought angrily, ignoring the voice in my head which was saying that Xavier wasn't my man either.

As desert was brought in, Asher looked up from his phone.