A Weekend with Her Fake Fiancé by Traci Douglass

Author:Traci Douglass
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-09T17:42:39+00:00

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Zac wasn’t a stupid man. He knew as soon as Carmen ended their kiss that it was a mistake. She deserved a man who could devote himself to her one hundred percent. A man with no secrets.

That wasn’t him.

Dammit.

He’d agreed to come this weekend because he’d thought it would be simple. Easy in, easy out. Easy enough to avoid his family and his past and to help her out along the way. He was finding out now that it wouldn’t be.

Not that he’d come face-to-face with his father, but the man and his sins still lingered over the place and over Zac like a shroud. Carmen had been right. He had been on guard at dinner, waiting for an enemy—his own father. He’d managed to avoid the man for twelve years. He didn’t plan to end that streak this weekend.

He knew she’d been curious about him earlier, asking all her questions. And he feared he’d been rude by not answering. But it couldn’t be helped. He didn’t let people close. He’d been there, done that, and had the scorch marks on his heart from getting burned by his father’s deception.

Because when you let people in, allowed them into your life and your heart, you only ended up being disappointed and hurt. Never mind that he might be setting his standards too high, setting himself and everyone he cared for up to fail. He was safe, his heart was secure, and that was all that mattered. He’d made the mistake of trusting people, loving people before, with his father, and it had ripped him to shreds. So, no. He wouldn’t be doing that again.

Besides, he had no business being attracted to Carmen anyway. They were friends, work colleagues. And yes, for one brilliant night they’d been lovers. But that was over. There was no point letting her in and baring his soul to her.

She was the opposite of the women he usually got involved with. She was smart. She was tough. She was proud and perfect and passionate. She’d clawed her way up from nothing to make a life for herself and her family. The thought of that frat boy attacking her back in Trinidad had him clenching his fists at his sides. If he’d been there he’d have flayed that guy alive.

But now he needed to stick to their original plan. Play his part and keep his hands to himself from here on out. He’d opened up a bit to Carmen tonight, but that would be all. It didn’t matter that she was full of surprises—like the way she’d run around the hotel in nothing but a robe... Like the way she’d felt against him as they’d danced... Like the way she’d responded so passionately to his kiss.

Forget about the fact that he wanted to know what else she might do. Or say. Or if he could make her moan again like he had that night they’d spent together.

Damn.

If he wasn’t careful he might lose more than his head when he was with Carmen, and that scared him most of all.

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