Romance: The Damaged Billionaire

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Authors: Jodi Cooper
country without me for three days before they realized that I wasn’t with them,” Archer raises the challenge.
    My eyes widen in surprise.
    “Really? Where were they? And how do you forget your own child? That’s kind of ridiculous.”
    “They were in France. It was fashion week so it was supposed to be a family outing - only they left me behind. They apologized for it and bought me all types of stuff to make up for it but the damage was already done. It showed me that I really didn’t mean much to them at all. Who forgets their only child for a family vacation?”
    “Were you left at the house by yourself?”
    “No, the maids were still there. But even when I got to France, they still didn’t spend any time with me. My nanny took me to see the sights while my parents did what they did best. Which was ignore me,” he says as he looks off into space.
    I look at him with sadness.
    Clearly he has some demons and I can see why he acts the way that he acts.
    If my Dad treated me that way, I would probably be even more messed up than I already am, but luckily for me he just paid attention to another kid more.
    He never actually forgot that I existed. 
    “I’ll give it to you. Your childhood was worse than mine. But we’re older now. We can make our lives a lot better than what they were when we were kids. I know I try. That’s why I try not to let Joanne annoy me and why I spend so much time away from my parents’ house. Every time they call me up for dinner, I say that I’m busy because no way I’m suffering through that hell. I know that it saddens my Dad a lot but I have to think about myself and my sanity.”
    He nods his head seriously.
    “And that’s why I drink - to block it all out. I don’t want to think about. I want to live in the moment. But I know that I won’t be able to run from my demons forever. I will eventually have to face them but hopefully I won’t have to face them anytime soon.”
    “We all have to face our demons. It’s part of life. Granted, it’s not a good part of life, but it’s still a part of it,” I say looking at him in his eyes.
    “A part of life that sucks.”
    I laugh. “Well… you have me for the next two weeks. I’m sure us lonely kids can keep each other company.”
    He smiles at me.
    “I think that I will like that, Nurse Lara.”
    “Me too,” I smile.
    “I see I made a good decision in choosing you. You don’t seem so stuck up. And you’re not at all like the people I usually hang out with. They’re fake and phony. Kind of like the persona that I put on when I’m in public so that I don’t have to deal with reality. Most of us rich kids are alike though, it’s probably why we stick together. Although none of us really knows how to be a real friend. But we do at least try to give it a shot.”
    “I appreciate that you don’t think I’m anything like your little stuck up friends. But unlike them, I do know how to be a real friend and I will try my hardest to be a real friend, as well as a good nurse to you while I’m here,” I say to him with a smile.
    “Thanks. That’s all that I’m asking of you. To show a little needy boy some love,” he says.
    I laugh. “You are a mess… I hope that you know that.”
    He smiles. “Yes, I do… but I think you like a mess.”
     
     
     
     

Chapter 10
                 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 
     
     
     
    Archer and I spend most of the day talking about our messed up childhoods and life as teenagers.
    Surprisingly, we have a lot of stuff in common.
    I give him his meds and make sure that’s he’s comfortable and really get a nice glimpse of the person who he is on the inside.
    Night arrives quickly and I help him into his bed, placing the pillow behind his back so that he can sleep comfortably though the night.
    “I had a nice time with you today,” he says as he smiles at me. “This is the first day in a long time where I don’t feel like I need a drink at the end of

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