The Billionaire Boys Club (Billionaire Romance Series Book 1

The Billionaire Boys Club By Cara Miller


Kelsey leaned against the railing of the Washington State Ferry and looked up at the bluest sky she'd ever seen. Beneath the sky, the Seattle skyline shined in the distance, its forest of skyscrapers beckoning to her like a friendly waving hand. Waves lapped rhythmically against the hull of the massive ship, rocking Kelsey back and forth just like her mom used to do, just like it was when she would say go to sleep, Kels, everything's going to be all right.

Mom and Dad were sitting behind Kelsey several yards back, on a white bench underneath the big green-and-white smokestack.

Just beyond the array of buildings looming up on the far horizon was Kelsey's destination, the campus of Darrow Law School. A Top Ten law school, nurturer of many of the country's leading legal lights. She'd been so happy when she got the notice telling her that she'd been accepted.

And now she was on her way. Off to be one of the women she had only dreamed of, a lawyer fighting for her clients. As a little girl riding her bike past the Jefferson County Courthouse, she'd seen them, in their smart suits and worn briefcases. She had dreamed of becoming one and had worked hard to make her reality come true.

As she stood, cold, wet wind chilling her rosy cheeks, her hands looking for the pockets of her royal blue fleece, she thought about her future.

"Kels?" she heard her mother say behind her. She turned, her long blonde hair catching on her eyelashes. She brushed it aside. Her mother was standing, purse slung over her shoulder.

"Do you want a hot chocolate? I'm freezing,” her mother said.

Kelsey laughed. "You're always freezing, Mom. What kind of Northwesterner are you?"

Her mother grinned and put her hands on her only child's cheeks. "A cold one. So, do you want one?"

“Yes, please,” Kelsey replied. Her mom nodded.

"I'll have your Dad bring it up to you,” she replied. "I'm staying inside."

Kelsey nodded as her mom turned and walked toward the indoor seats. She turned back to the harbor, which was getting closer by the minute. The buildings which seemed small just moments ago, were starting to loom larger.

Although Kelsey had grown up in Port Townsend, she was no stranger to Seattle, having visited countless times with family and friends. It would be her first time living here — though frankly, she would be spending most of her time within the ivy-covered walls of the Darrow campus.

She could feel her nerves on edge with excitement. Who would she meet? What would she learn? Everyone whom she had spoken to about law school had said that it was a life-changing experience. Some felt it was for the better, some believed it was for the worst. But no matter whom she had spoken to, they had all agreed that being a Darrow Law School grad would put her at the top.

Kelsey was confident in her ability to succeed. She had been a top student at Portland State University, one of the best schools in the region. Although she hadn’t made it into the Ivy League for college, due to her lack of discipline and love of partying in high school, she had focused and excelled in college. Her fellow high school classmates wouldn’t recognize the new Kelsey.

She had to admit, though, she was worried. At Darrow, she would be competing with students from those same Ivy League schools, students who had been focused on excelling their entire lives. What would it be like to be in classes with them? Law school graded on a curve. The best got A’s, the worst failed. Where would Kelsey be?

She tossed her hair back, and the wind helped it stream away from her face. Grades were something to ponder later. For now, all she had to do was get to campus. Then she could face her dragons.

“Hey, Kelsey!” her Dad said as he walked up next to her. He gave her a friendly bump with the recyclable paper cup and handed it to her. Kelsey took it gratefully. The warmth felt good to her hands.

Kelsey’s father’s brown eyes sparkled as he looked at her.

“Excited?”



“Nervous.”



Her dad grinned. “Yeah, I can imagine. You can always come back with us and work in the store.”



Kelsey smiled back at him. She lifted the tab on the coffee lid and drank a sip of the hot chocolate.

“I think I’ll pass on that, Dad,” Kelsey replied.

“Oh, come on Kels,” her father teased. “We just got in that big shipment of fleece jackets. And you know that our tents will be coming in soon.”



“The store is your dream, not mine, Dad,” Kelsey said.

“I know,” her father replied, taking a sip of his own drink. “I’m going to miss having you around though.”



“No more summers in PT,” Kelsey said.

“Unless you get an internship there,” her father replied.

Kelsey shook her head. “I won’t be applying in Jefferson County, Dad.”



“No? Want to head to the big city?” her Dad smiled.

Kelsey nodded. “For now.”



“Maybe, one day, when you’ve started your family and you want a simpler life, you’ll head back to town and hang up your own shingle.”



“That sounds good,” Kelsey replied.

“Or maybe your mother and I will have to come to Seattle or Portland to see our only child.”