Bought Bride For The Argentinian (Conveniently Wed!) by Sharon Kendrick

Author:Sharon Kendrick [Kendrick, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Multicultural & International, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Foreign Country, Action & Adventure, Marriage 0f Conveience, Conveniently Wed!, Playboy Tycoon, Pretend Marriage, PR Executive, Argentine National
Publisher: Harlequin Presents; Original edition
Published: 2019-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

THERE WAS A moment of stillness, when time seemed to be suspended as Emily stared at Alej in astonishment. Her nails dug into the bed sheet. He had just asked her to marry him! The hunky Argentinian billionaire had just asked her to be his bride! And wasn’t it weird how easily the mind could distort reality and allow fantasy to take over for a few disbelieving seconds? Why else would a rush of joy have flooded through her body at the thought of being joined with the man she had once loved so fiercely? The man who could still make her feel more alive than anyone else. Who, even now, could take her into his arms and make her dissolve with longing.

Until she reminded herself that this was no romantic moonlit proposal, inspired by his certainty that they were meant for each other and he couldn’t live without her. This was a cold and calculated public-relations exercise. A marriage made not in heaven, but within the scribbled pages of a moleskin notebook—by her!

She prayed that she’d managed to hide her initial delight because if Alej had any idea how much the idea had thrilled her, it would put her in a poor bargaining position. But she didn’t have to bargain with him, she reminded herself. She was a free agent. An employee. And yes, she’d just had sex with him, but so what? She certainly didn’t have to marry him.

‘Is that a joke?’ she questioned as coolly as she could, though her heart was still crashing against her ribcage and she found herself wondering if he’d be able to notice its thundering movement beneath her vest.

‘You know it isn’t.’

She stared up at him—sprawled there unashamedly, his naked olive body outlined against the white covers. His eyes were bright, his jaw much darker than usual, and he exuded the air of a man who was physically satisfied. He looked utterly delectable and completely sexy—but she wasn’t going to think about that. She couldn’t afford to. ‘You must realise that I can’t possibly marry you, Alej.’

‘Why not?’ he said.

‘Because...because it’s a crazy idea.’ She shook her head, trying to inject some conviction into her voice as she found herself fantasising about a big white dress and a bunch of scented flowers the size of a rugby ball. What was the matter with her? She got up off the bed, mainly to protect herself from the allure of his proximity. ‘Crazy,’ she repeated.

Outside, the moon was gleaming silver over the Melbourne skyscrapers and the sense that she was living in some strange kind of parallel universe descended on her again. As if she would ever take part in a marriage of convenience to a man she’d once been in love with! Wouldn’t that be like playing a kind of high-stakes emotional Russian roulette, with her the guaranteed loser?

She drank some more water and then walked over to the window, still trying to get her head around what had happened. The sex

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