The Stranger Asked Me to Pretend I Was Asleep on His Shoulder During Our Flight… But After We Landed, I Found Out He Was America’s Most Influential Billionaire—And My Ex-Husband Was Already Looking for Me

She meant it.

Luca, for his part, learned Blaire’s no.

He learned it about cameras, about surprise gifts, about introducing her in rooms that still smelled like his first marriage.

He introduced her only as Blaire, and only when she was standing there to hear it.

One evening on the patio he said, “I will not ask you to pretend anything again.”

“You already used your one favor,” she said.