Aurora is a woman with the worst luck – she can’t seem to hold onto a job, though she is desperate to pay off a large debt and escape her past. Wondering when her luck will change, she falls into a job as a fortune teller and meets a young billionaire with dangerous charisma who offers an intriguing deal. If she pretends to be his girlfriend, he will help her with her debts. Aurora takes the job, promising herself that she can keep things strictly business. However, as she learns more about the devastatingly handsome and charming Theo Barone, she will realize that the future is not always easy to predict. 

“She wanted his lips on hers. 

But she didn’t expect their first kiss to happen under such circumstances. At a loss for words, Aurora could only stare at Theo as hundreds of thoughts zoomed through her mind at once.

Is she really going to let him kiss her in front of all these strangers? If she didn’t, he would be embarrassed in front of his friends. 

But they’re my lips! Aurora protested silently. 

But you promised to help Theo, her conscience poked at her.   

Theo wasn't grinning. He remained still as he held her gaze, as if he was waiting for her to decide. 

He's giving me a choice, Aurora thought. 

In a fleeting glance, she caught Audrey smirking at her -- and decided. 

Aurora inched closer with her eyes set on his mouth. Theo took the hint and swooped down to take what she was offering. 

The second their lips touched, it was electrifying.”

All Signs Point to Us is created by Noko Simkin, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author. 

All Signs Point to Us

“Let’s break the deal,” Aurora whispered. 


Theo didn't move. “No,” he responded briskly.


“Theo!” Aurora retorted. “We were supposed to be professional - that was one of the terms. And we aren’t.”


“My only term was that you be my girlfriend until Audrey leaves. She has not given up so you’re still my girlfriend. This,” he said with his finger oscillating between them. “Is a lover’s quarrel. Given our circumstances, it’s completely logical. So we’re being professional.”


Aurora’s eyes grew with each word until they goggled in fury. 


As much as she would like to think that he was wrong, he wasn’t, and that made her more furious. She had been duped; her third condition was actually useless from the beginning. Why didn’t she realize it sooner?  


Chapter 20: In Which They Can't Get Enough of Each Other