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

Vega,” she whispered again, but this time the words sounded less like recognition and more like panic.

You knew the name now because of the way everyone else reacted to it. One man near the bar nearly choked on his drink. Another quietly lowered the hand he had been using to laugh behind. Two women who had been staring at you with amused cruelty were continue reading …