A wedding night Love Affair With The Billionaire novel Chapter 41

A phone call woke Eliza.

Fogged, she answered the phone.

"Hello." She had a sense of laziness to her voice, half asleep.

Hearing the contents, she sprang straight up.

"I'm hired?" As she was surprised, she squealed unknowingly.

"That's right; you can start tomorrow. Work starts at eight, don't be late."

Eliza was thrilled, but she still pretended to be calm, so the person on the other end of the line couldn't tell.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you!"

After hanging up the phone, Eliza didn't know what to do with her body, excited as a child.

This was probably the only good news that came out of these past few days.

As she calmed down a little, Nicholas came to her mind.

He couldn't have possibly opened a backdoor for her with how she passed the interview, could he…

If so, then she'd have to give him a proper thanks even more.

Eliza checked the time; it was four sharp in the afternoon.

It was still early, so she'd have enough time to invite him for a meal.

Fishing out the business card he gave her the other day, she called the number on it after some hesitation.

"Hello." A gentle voice came from the other end of the line.

"Hi, it's Eliza Stone. Do you remember me?"

He stopped spinning his pen momentarily. Eliza Stone, he remembered the name.

"What's up?"

Hearing his voice, Eliza thought it was better if she could talk to him about the matter in person.

"Well, I said I wanted to thank you for helping me out. I was wondering… if I can treat you to a meal? Will you be available this evening?"

He had a meeting in the evening, which he didn't have to attend, but his grandfather insisted that he join.

Compared to the meeting, he was more interested in the young lady on the phone.

It seemed that he had an excuse for missing the meeting now.

"I get off work at five."

"So… where should we meet?"

Eliza's life was monotonous. The only crazy thing she had ever done was when she went to the most popular bar in the city on a whim with Gracelynn, where they met Gracelynn's cheating husband.

With that bad experience, she was even more reluctant to leave the house.

So, she wasn't very familiar with the best restaurants in San Francisco.

"How about this?" Nicholas suggested, "There's a nice restaurant with reasonable pricing next to my company. Let's meet at six?"

"Okay, that sounds good."

"Alright, see you then."

"Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Eliza thought she should make an effort to dress up.

It would be ridiculous to wear an evening dress to such an occasion but too casual if casual clothing. After some thought, she picked out a white floral dress, elegant and decent.

Even though it was not a formal dress, it wasn't too casual either.

After putting on makeup and telling Aunt Bell she wouldn't be back for dinner, she headed out at around five.

She didn't ask the Deleon family's chauffeur to drive her as she was to thank him, a luxury car would change everything.

Anyhow it was a sunny day anyway. The sun was beginning to set at five, and the sky was painted a warm amber.

Though Eliza wasn't tall, she was well-proportioned. With the rays of the sunset shining on her, she looked slender walking on the streets.

Coupled with her good looks, she became a sight to behold.

She finally saw a cab after walking for about 20 minutes. Getting in, she told him her destination.

However, as it was the evening rush hours, she was naturally late…

It was close to six-thirty by the time she reached.

She really thought it was unacceptable for her to be late when she was the one who invited him to dinner! Regretful, she thought she should've just asked the chauffeur to drive her. Worst case scenario, she'd get off at the earlier intersection; she wouldn't be late at the very least!

Nicholas was already waiting at the company's entrance when the cab pulled over. A few young ladies have gathered around, peeking at him.

Nicholas looked like he could be on the cover of 'Sexiest Man Alive' magazine, Greek nose, rosy lips, pearly white teeth, coupled with a pair of bright eyes that gave off a half-smile. His face wasn't as chiseled as Tanner's, fleshy, making him look friendlier.

His hands were stuffed into his pockets, leaning slightly against the wall. Though in a suit, he looked easy-going and sunny.

Unlike Tanner, who would have people wanting to stay miles away from him when he turned grim…

Eliza chewed her lip, surprised that she thought of Tanner again! She forced that aloof man out of her mind, shaking her head.

She pulled an embarrassing smile as she got out of the cab. "So sorry for being late… I must've kept you waiting."

Watching as she got out of the car, Nicholas thought her white dress matched her harmless temperament.

It was a breath of fresh air.

The light makeup added a hint of maturity to her youthful face.

As he was a painter and ran a clothing company, he'd naturally pay more attention to these aspects.