Free Her Lion Billionaire by Lizzie Lynn Lee Page A

stuff.”
    Charlotte forced herself to smile wide. “Maybe next time.”
    The only person who didn’t laugh was Jeremy. There was semi-terror in his eyes when he found out that she wasn’t an ordinary person as he’d perceived.
    Charlotte pretended she didn’t notice, but she felt a chill creep up her neck as they said goodbye for the night and headed into their own room.
    Jeremy’s eyes were unsettling to her nerves.
    They were murderous.

Chapter Seven
     
     
    Charlotte avoided Jeremy whenever she could after that encounter. It was hard to do. Jeremy had a knack for ambushing her when she least expected it. She didn’t breathe a word about what she saw in Jeremy to Daniel. She wasn’t quite sure how to phrase it to Daniel without sounding like a tattletale. Moreover, she was an outsider. She’d met Daniel less than two weeks ago. Daniel and Jeremy had been brothers since forever.
    Curiously, Jeremy seemed intrigued by her ability. Last evening, he’d deliberately trapped her in the elevator as she was going down for dinner.
    “I’d like to have a word with you, and it’s a secret.”
    Jeremy’s visibly forced smile didn’t make her feel any better. She was alarmed. “Yes?”
    “If I touch you, would you be able to tell my future?” Jeremy edged closer.
    “Please don’t do that.” Charlotte shrank into a corner.
    “Why not? I bet my brother did more than touch.”
    “He’s different.”
    “Different how?” Jeremy pressed.
    “I like him.”
    “And you don’t like me?”
    She regretted her choice of words. “I don’t like to be touched by strangers. Look, I can’t tell fortunes, okay? If I could, I’d have won the lottery by now.”
    “You sell yourself short, Dream Eater. Do you realize how rare you are? Shifters like us are plenty, but there’s only one Dream Lord reigning at one time, and I heard they live a very long life. Almost immortal. And for them to have a half-breed child who walks in both planes—our world and the dreamscape—that’s the rarest of the rare.”
    “You’re making too big of a deal out of it. I’m not that special.”
    “Convince me.” Jeremy offered his hand. “Read my future.”
    “No thanks.”
    Jeremy cocked his head to the side. The glint in his eyes had turned dangerous. “Oh? Did you see something the other day?”
    Charlotte racked her brain for a second, looking for the best excuse to get her out of this situation. If she told him she didn’t see anything, she bet he wouldn’t believe her. Jeremy was too smart for a grade-school fib.
    “Well?”
    “I’m not sure I should tell you this,” she began.
    Jeremy looked even more interested. “What did you see?”
    “You and your girlfriend aren’t going to last long. Sorry.”
    He quieted, digesting the information. “That’s what you saw? You sure it wasn’t something else?”
    “You’re going to meet someone new and you’re going to cheat on her. The breakup won’t be amiable.” Charlotte hoped he’d bought her lies. “Can I get out now? Daniel is waiting for me downstairs.”
    He watched her for a few seconds before he hit the green button on the elevator. The car lurched downwards.
    She couldn’t have been more relieved when the door slid open. She hurried out to find Daniel. She felt like she’d just escaped a lion’s mouth.
     
     
    As the weekend drew closer, Charlotte felt relieved that Daniel’s meeting would be over the next day. That meant she wouldn’t have to face Jeremy any more. She was restless about the vision she saw. Jeremy planned to do something to Daniel.
    She couldn’t trust her vision one hundred percent, because she wasn’t sure if it would come true. The vision she saw about her and Daniel hadn’t exactly panned out completely. What if she was wrong? If she told Daniel and it turned out to be a false premonition, she wouldn’t be able to face him again.
    As the morning shifted to noon, Charlotte decided to take a walk to clear her head. She trudged