Chapter 49 - bedtime

Aria

I slipped into the driver's seat, heart still fluttering from my encounter with Tyler. Beside me, Heather was grinning ear to ear.

"Sooo, looks like you and Playboy really hit it off," she said, eyebrows raised suggestively.

I rolled my eyes, backing the car out of the lot. "Oh please, I still think he's an arrogant billionaire like the rest." But even I didn't fully believe that anymore.

"Mhmm, sure," Heather said skeptically. "Is that why you're blushing and can't stop smiling?"

I scowled, feeling my cheeks flush deeper. "Am not! I'm just laughing at his cheesy attempts to flirt." I tried my best to seem nonchalant.

Heather wasn't buying it. "Don't try to deny it, I saw how charming and sweet he was with you all evening." She grinned knowingly. "He's quite the charmer when he wants to be."

I gripped the steering wheel, flustered. "Alright fine, he was...not as insufferable as I expected." I thought back to our lively debates about books and movies. "I guess he's kind of funn