FAKE DATING WITH BENEFITS MY BILLIONAIRE BOSS (Ophelia Corrigan) novel Chapter 145

CHAPTER 145
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I’d walked into events with actresses, models, singers, and women who could stop an entire room just by showing up.
None of those entrances had ever made me feel as ridiculously satisfied as this one.
The car stopped outside the venue hosting the Veyra show.
Camera flashes exploded beyond the window.
Jamie looked outside. “There are so many people.”
“There are.”
“Oh God. I’m nervous.”
I turned toward her. “Look at me.”
She did.
“You don’t have to impress anyone in there.”
“Easy for you to say when your last name is practically on the building.”
“Jamie.”
I touched her chin.
“You walk in with me. You stay with me. If you want to leave, you tell me and we leave. Got it?”
She nodded. “Got it.”
I got out first.
The shouting started immediately.
“SIMON!”
“MR. HART!”
“MISS COLLINS! OVER HERE!”
I rounded the car and opened her door.
Jamie put her hand in mine.
For a second, even I forgot about the cameras.
Holy fucking shit.
The black dress hugged her body, and the diamonds at her throat caught every flash.
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The cameras were going off from every direction, fast and relentless. I felt her fingers tighten around mine, and when I looked at her, Jamie was trembling.
I leaned down, bringing my mouth close to her car.
“They just want a picture of the most beautiful woman here. Let them take it. You look stunning, babe!
I put my hand on her lower back, and some of the tension left her body.
“Now come with me.”
We walked in together.
I greeted executives, buyers, fashion editors, and investors. Jamie smiled, talked, shook hands, carrying herself with the kind of effortless elegance she didn’t even realize she had.
And every single time, I introduced her the same way.
“My fiancée, Jamie Collins.”
My fiancée.
I fucking loved the sound of that.
The show lasted a little over half an hour, and after the final applause, we headed to the private after-party for invited guests. Between the music, champagne, and conversation, the room loosened up quickly.
We were near the bar when I heard a voice behind me.
“Simon Hart.”
I closed my eyes for half a second.
I knew that voice.
Jamie noticed. “What?”
“Nothing.”
I turned around.
Bianca Laurent.
French model. Early thirties. She’d been on the cover of pretty much every major magazine at some point over the last decade.
And for three extremely irresponsible months of my life, she’d been a terrible influence.
“Bianca.”
She hugged me before I could avoid it.
“You’re still gorgeous.”
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“You’re still an excellent liar.”
Flaughed, then noticed Jamie.
“So it’s true.”
My hand immediately returned to Jamie’s lower back.
“Jamie, this is Bianca Laurent. Bianca, my fiancée, Jamie Collins.”
“I finally get to meet the woman who tamed Simon Hart.”
Jamie gave her a polite smile. “No one tamed anyone.”
Bianca laughed.
Then she touched my arm.
“Still my favorite mistake.”
Fuck.
I felt Jamie go still beside me.
Bianca must have noticed too, because she lifted both hands.
“Sorry. Terrible joke.”
I looked at her. “Your jokes are pretty terrible, Bianca.”
“Funny. You used to love my jokes, handsome.”
“I loved a lot of questionable things when I was twenty-nine.”
Jamie took a sip of champagne.
Bianca smiled. “I’m not here to cause trouble. Promise.”
“There’s no trouble to cause.”
I pulled Jamie a little closer.
“That life ended a long time ago.”
Bianca looked between us, and this time her smile was genuine.
“I can see that.”
Then she turned to Jamie.
“He’s different.”
Jamie arched a brow. “Is that supposed to make me feel better?”
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Bianca burst out laughing. “Definitely not. But he never looked at any of us the way he looks at you.”
Bianca,” I warned.
“I’m going.” She kissed my cheek. “Congratulations, Simon.”
Then she kissed Jamie’s cheek.
“Good luck with him.”
Jamie watched her walk away.
“My favorite mistake”?”
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