SHE HIRED A STRANGER FROM A DATING APP TO STOP HER CLASSMATES FROM HUMILIATING HER—BUT WHEN THE BILLIONAIRE TOOK HER HAND, THE WHOLE REUNION TURNED INTO A NIGHT THEY WOULD NEVER FORGET

and looked down, trying to gather your thoughts. “I owe you an apology.”

“For what?”

“For whatever this is,” you said, gesturing subtly around the ballroom. “I clearly didn’t know who you were.”

“No,” he said. “You didn’t.”

You winced.

“But that may be the reason I came.”

You looked up sharply. “What does that mean?”

He took a measured sip of sparkling water continue reading …