Her Asian Billionaire’s Perfect Match

“Now you are lying to your best friend,” Simoniel sighed, pouring some of the juice into her own glass after passing some to her. “John Masaki called me when he could not reach you. I told him you were out on a date and he went very quiet and then told me goodbye. What’s going on Lee?”

“Nothing is going on,” Leonie felt her heart jumping inside her bre*st. He had called her best friend? What the hell was he doing? “He wants to have s*x with me or something. I don’t know.” She said in frustration.

“That gorgeous rich totally delicious man wants to take you to bed and you are wasting your time going out with poor dull boring and full of his own sense of tiny importance instead. What’s wrong with you?” Simoniel asked her in frustration.

“I am not ready for that kind of a relationship.” Leonie said defensively, not looking at the other girl.

“What relationship is that?” her friend asked mildly.

“Can we drop it?” She deliberately turned the television on and turned it up.

“I get the picture,” Simoniel said above the noise. “But you are going to have to face it sometime.”

*****

John sat there beside the pool, trailing a hand inside the surprisingly cool water. Daylight had just disappeared although it was close to nine o’clock but that was the way it always was in the summer. The day had been especially hot today and he had left work at seven mostly because he had some things to tie up and he was thinking about her. He had tried calling her but her phone was off and he had to end up calling her friend only to be told that she was out on a date. He had wanted to ask who the creep was but he had avoided saying it – just barely.

His mother and Lucas had gone out for dinner and she had told him with a smile not to expect her back until very late. He had to admit that he was very happy for her.

Was she letting him touch her? His hands curled into fists as he stared across the rippling water of the pool. Would she let him do that? Would she go that far?

With an oath he pulled off his T-shirt and jumped into the water, slicing the water cleanly and going all the way to the bottom, closing his eyes and holding his breath for a few seconds and then he surfaced, threading water until he reached the side, his expression brooding. He had to see her and this time she was going to listen to him.

*****

Leonie hung her clothes carefully into the slot in the closet and stripped off her delicate black underwear and stepped inside the shower turning on the water and adjusting the temperature. She stood under the water and let the spray beat down on her body, her eyes closed.

Simoniel was right, she thought. She had taken it too far. She knew the date would not turn out good and she had gone just the same and for what? To try and prove to herself and John Masaki that she was not interested in him? That she was a hard ass who did not believe in love and all that it came with? He had stirred something inside her and had shaken the very foundation of what she had believed in for so many years and she was scared. For the first time in her life she had met a situation that she did not know how to handle and it was spinning her around. He had touched her and she had not shrank away from him, in fact she had wanted more and that made her question everything she had come to believe in.

*****

“How was your date?” It was him! She had just gotten out of the bathroom and was in the kitchen getting some tea when her phone rang.

“Who is this?” she asked coolly.

“You know who it is Leonie,” his voice had a thread of amusement that grated on her already raw nerves. “So how was it?”

“None of your business,” she told him turning off the stove and pouring water into the cup that already had the herbal teabag she had put there.

“Actually it is,” his voice had changed to one of authority. “Did he touch you?”

“And if he did? What are you going to do about it?” she taunted him.

“I will just have to make sure he does nothing of the sort again,” A shiver went up and down her spine at his tone.

“I am hanging up now.” She warned him.

“I would like to come over,” he told her.

“What?” she stopped stirring the honey into her tea and went still.

“I want to come over. Invite me over Leonie.” He said softly.

“I am not going to do that,” her body felt weak and she wanted so much to say yes but there was no way she was going to do that.

“Please,” he whispered. “Or you could come over here. I can be there in twenty minutes and we could have a dip in the pool to cool our bodies down before we heat up again. I could use my tongue to lick off the moisture off your skin. How about it?”

“His name is Robert and we had a wonderful time!” she said desperately not even feeling guilty about the blatant lie. “He took me home and he kissed me softly on the mouth and I enjoyed it.”

The silence stretched out for so long that if she had not heard him breathing she would have sworn he had hung up. Her heart was thundering so much inside her chest that she was afraid she was going to pass out.

“Goodnight Leonie,” his tone was acerbic and he hung up before she could answer.

Good! She thought, but it sounded hollow even to her and she leaned against the marble counter top weakly. Maybe now he would leave her alone.

*****

“My dear, I was in the area and just wanted to pop in and say hello.” Asami came in behind Simoniel who had seen her outside in the lobby.

“Mrs. Masaki how nice to see you,” she looked behind her to see if her son was coming behind her.

“And please call me Asami,” she said with a wave of her elegant hand as she took a seat in front of Leonie’s desk.
“Would you like something cool to drink Asami?” Simoniel asked her.

“How about some water dear?” the woman said with a smile. “I am trying to get out of the habit of having people wait on me hand and foot because dear Lucas does not like it one bit and I am trying to adjust my way of thinking.” She added with a smile as soon as Simoniel left.

“So it is going well then,” Leonie took a seat and smiled. You could not help but like her. She was beautiful as well as vivacious and did not pretend as if she was better than anyone.