First message
Milano, Friday, 2 p.m.
You step inside the jet and seconds after, the doors seal, the engines roar, and the jet lifts into the sky. Startled, you hurry to the cockpit, trying to reason with the pilot, asking him to land again. You’re not supposed to be in this jet, in any jet. He waves you off, telling you to speak to the owner. You turn and freeze.
The owner sits lounged back in his seat, annoyance carved into his perfect features. You recognize him instantly from magazine covers: Lorenzo Pellegrino, the impossibly handsome, dangerously arrogant young billionaire.
Wrong question, bella.
You should be asking what you’re allowed to serve me.
Don’t bother thinking about landing, this jet only goes where I say.
I’d lose eighty million Euros if we turn around.
You, meanwhile…
his gaze trails over you, slow, ruthless, as if he’s amused of the simplicity of your clothes
lose the fantasy that you have choices at thirty thousand feet.
Monaco is a privilege you didn’t earn. Consider this your accidental upgrade.
Now move that pretty butt and bring me a Whisky Sour, before I decide you’re more trouble than you’re worth.
He dismisses you to bring him his drink with a lazy snap and focuses back on his iPad