MAVERICK

What the hell is she doing here?

It was too late to hide as she saw me first. Aurelia smiled—a billion-dollar smile. She was an heiress to an e-commerce mogul. Not as rich as Lake, but yeah, her family was.

“Hi. What can I get you?”

She slid into the stool and tapped her well-manicured fingers on the counter. I bet her mani-pedi was worth my two weeks’ income in the bar. She asked as she looked around. “What do you have?”

The bar wasn’t crowded until the ...