Baby Surprise for the Spanish Billionaire by Jessica Gilmore

Author:Jessica Gilmore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-12-06T18:43:45+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

COMING HOME WAS always bittersweet. On one hand Leo loved Barcelona, the city where he had first tasted freedom, where he had started his business, where he had got to know Valentina. On the other it was irredeemably tainted by his upbringing at the old castillo just a few miles out of the city environs. Even though Leo maintained an apartment in one of the modernist buildings that characterised the ancient, proud city, he rarely stayed there.

Truth was his life was so contained he could manage on his boat or in a hotel with little difficulty. All he needed was his laptop and a few changes of clothes; his music was digitalised, his books likewise. His living spaces were a stark contrast to the antique-filled castillo, all of which were strictly for looking at, not touching—including many of the toys.

Anna’s initial enthusiasm to see his ‘inner sanctum’ as she termed it visibly dimmed when she set foot inside the huge apartment with its tiled floors and arched roof. Although she was clearly charmed by the many quirky modernist touches, by the huge terrace, the view out over the city and the leafy inner courtyard, she was much less enamoured of his sparse furnishings. ‘This could be the most gorgeous apartment in the world,’ she said after completing her tour. ‘The bathroom is so perfect I want to move in and never leave, and as for the views...utterly incredible. But I’ve seen chain hotel rooms with more personality.’

‘What can I say? I missed interior design week at school,’ Leo tried to joke, passing her a freshly made gin and tonic and doing his best to steer her out to the terrace where the view more than made up for any deficiencies in the décor.

‘It’s just I don’t see you in here.’

That could be because there was nothing of him to put into the apartment. Sometimes Leo thought that he and the old building had a lot in common—illustrious pedigrees housing something hollow.

Luckily it was easy to distract Anna with a tour of the city and she was obviously enchanted by the parks, by the wonderful array of Gaudí buildings topped off with the still not finished Sagrada Família, and by the tapas served with their drinks in the small, local bars. ‘Don’t eat too many,’ he warned her as she tucked into the small bowl of spicy patatas bravas. ‘We’ve got an entire wedding menu to sample yet.’

Her hand stilled, hovering in mid-air over the small fried potatoes, topped with a spicy tomato sauce. ‘I love tapas,’ she said dreamily.

‘Keep that thought in your head,’ Leo advised her. ‘There are a lot of dishes to sample. You might never want to eat them again when we finish.’

But Anna was shaking her head. ‘Never going to happen.’

She was right. Despite the magnitude of the task before them she didn’t seem daunted. The restaurant occupied the bottom floor of one of Gaudí’s distinctive curvy buildings and Anna and Leo were seated

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