Beauty and the Greek Billionaire by Stefanie London

Author:Stefanie London
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled; Indulgence; romance, Billionaire Romance; Romantic Heroes Alpha Males; Contemporary Romance; New Adult & College Romance; Two-Hour Romance Short Reads; Action & Adventure Romance; Contemporary Literature & Fiction; Single Women Fiction; Contemporary Women Fiction; Women's Literature & Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Contemporary Romance Fiction; Contemporary Women's Fiction
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Marianna had been looking forward to the “honeymoon at home” all week. After the cocktail party, Nico had been more attentive. They’d eaten dinner together and gone for a swim one night when he’d decided not to retire to his office. He’d even started sleeping in the bed next to her, though he’d made no move to get close. The damn thing was the biggest bed she’d ever seen, so they could have had an elephant in there with them and still not been cramped. But she was happy for the progress nonetheless.

When they’d woken up that morning, he’d instructed her to pack a bathing suit and a towel. He was going to show her the markets, followed by his favorite beach at the top of the island. Beaches meant naked bodies…something that had unfortunately been on her mind night after night as her husband crawled into bed beside her. Even though he never reached for her in the dark, her imagination had been getting a workout.

First up was the Corfu morning market right near the New Fortress. Despite the early hour, the market was bustling. The sound of Greek was starting to become familiar to Marianna, and she found herself enjoying the soft “s” sounds scattered through the words. With her limited vocabulary, she was able to catch snatches of conversations, words here and there.

It was hard not to be excited by the prospect of a day of excellent food and swimming in a place that was more than fit to grace a postcard. All of Marianna’s life, she’d wanted to see the world; it’s what had drawn her to study languages in the first place. Her escape was through the words of other cultures, through the glossy pictures in her textbooks of far-flung places she never thought she’d get to see in person. But now she was here, although it wasn’t under the best of circumstances, at least she was getting to experience a beautiful part of the world.

“Lots of people come here to get their fish and fruit and vegetables,” Nico said as they wandered through the stalls.

He was dressed casually. A gray marled T-shirt that looked snuggly and soft, and a pair of tan pants that hugged his muscular thighs and trim hips. He managed to make even the most basic of outfits look mouth-wateringly good. The man could wear a burlap sack and still get her blood pumping.

The market was a riot of color, scent, and sound. Huge clusters of yellow zucchini flowers filled one market stall, while deep purple beets and glossy eggplants filled another. Bright orange prawns sat alongside shining silver fish and purple-tinged octopuses.

“Did you know the word ‘octopus’ has three plural forms and all of them are acceptable?” Marianna said. “Octopuses, octopi, and the lesser-used octopodes.”

“I did not know that.”

“Yep. Octopedes is my favourite.”

Music played over speakers dotted around the market, and people all around Marianna bustled and haggled for their produce. She could see herself spending hours here, just wandering around and observing.

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