Free All That He Loves (Volume 2 The Billionaires Seduction) by Olivia Thorne Page A

and opened up the internet browser. Typed in TMZ.com.
    I shouldn’t have done that.

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    Beneath the website’s scarlet red header and a series of smaller pictures of celebrities was the headline, “Billionaire Bangs Back-Alley Babe For 50K.”
    And then right beneath that, the top of a photograph. Only my face and the top of Connor’s head were visible until I scrolled down.
    I shouldn’t have done that, either.
    It was one of the shots where Connor’s face was in full profile. My mouth was open and I was making an outlandish ‘O’ face. My dress was down near my waist, and my breasts had two tiny red blocks placed strategically over the nipples.
    My hands started shaking as I scrolled down further.
    “ The rich really ARE different – as in freaky … Connor Templeton, of the world-famous billionaire Templeton family, can be seen here getting nasty with a young woman he allegedly paid $50,000. For what? You be the judge.
    “TMZ broke the story from an anonymous source … seems Connor, who usually avoids the spotlight, decided he wanted to get it ALL out in the open … on a Las Vegas condo property. It happened near the Strip – which seems very appropriate, considering how little clothing his female friend is wearing in these photos …
    “The woman has been identified as Lily Ross of Los Angeles. Ms. Ross worked for a big LA consulting firm until yesterday, when she was reportedly fired. Looks like she found other employment pretty quickly …
    “Our sources tell us $50,000 was paid directly into Lily’s bank account, and ever since then, she’s been accompanying Connor on a tour of Las Vegas, “Pretty Woman”-style …
    “We have to say, Lily is definitely cute ... but with a series of supermodels and Hollywood A-listers in his romantic past, did Connor really get his money's worth? Seems for that price he could have had a bevy of hot women – all at once. But maybe Lily has hidden ‘talents’ that only Connor knows about … although neither of them seems too shy about showing the world …
    Beneath that were a whole series of other pictures, with the text ‘Click to see more’ underneath them.
    I almost threw up.
    And then someone’s hand reached from behind me and slapped the screen closed.
    Connor.
    I turned and looked up at him scowling at the laptop. Then he looked at me, and his expression softened. “Don’t read that trash. Don’t even look at it.”
    The stewardess – or whatever her title was – came back with the bottle of water and an empty glass. She looked uncertainly from Connor to me. “Um… I have your water…?”
    “I… think I’ll have that drink you mentioned,” I said weakly.
    “Bring her some brandy,” Connor ordered. “And bring me a bottle of Dalmore. The 1974.”
    The stewardess nodded. As she was about to walk away, Sebastian’s voice stopped her: “No.”
    Everyone looked over at where he stood by the door to the plane, arms crossed, face glowering. “I need you in top form in exactly seven hours, Connor.”
    “And I will be,” he snapped.
    Sebastian shook his head. “Not with a bellyful of scotch, you won’t.”
    Connor stared down his assistant, but spoke to the stewardess. “Bring Lily a glass of brandy… and bring me the Dalmore.”
    The stewardess’s eyes flitted back and forth between Connor and Sebastian… and then she quietly went to the back of the plane, walking as quickly as she could without obviously running away.

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    The brandy helped steady my nerves for the phone call. I went in the back of the plane and sank down in one of the plush leather seats, the farthest away from all the hustle and bustle.
    It was almost midnight in North Carolina; I didn’t want to wake up my parents.
    Hey Mom, hey Dad, did I wake you? Oh, I did? Just wanted to tell you not to watch the news tomorrow or look online at anything, EVER. Okay, goodnight!
    No, I needed a comforting voice.
    She answered on the second ring.
    “Lily?”
    “Hey Anh,” I