Cinderella Hired for His Revenge by Emmy Grayson

Author:Emmy Grayson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-10-26T17:13:06+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

GRANT PAUSED IN the doorway of the kitchen, his eyes raking over Alexandra as she tucked a flower into a bouquet. Her dark hair had been pulled up into a ponytail on top of her head. The style left her face bare to his appreciative gaze. She bit down on her lower lip as she turned the flower a fraction and stepped back. To him, the arrangement looked stunning, just like everything else she’d done over the past few days. But watching her work, her attention to detail, showed him that while his initial reasons for hiring her might have been for entirely personal and vengeful purposes, he’d done the right thing. Alexandra was truly a gifted florist.

It had been seeing her talent on display inside the library’s elegant Astor Hall and hearing from the guests how much they’d enjoyed the accompanying note cards explaining the meaning behind the flowers selected, complete with a handwritten note thanking them for coming, that had sent him to the Hamptons early. Like a moth to a flame, he hadn’t been able to stay away. Not when he’d seen the effort she had put into helping him achieve his desires.

And then there had been her passionate defense of him last night in the kitchen, a secret he had never intended to divulge but that had nonetheless broken free from the cage he’d kept it in all these years. He’d never even told his mother his darkest desire, to use his wealth to eradicate the cartel that had ripped so much from them. Finding out a rival group had taken care of the problem once and for all had been both a relief and a regret. Relief that he wouldn’t have to face a decision that would have most likely resulted in bribery, injury and perhaps even death. Regret that he hadn’t been able to deliver the ultimate revenge.

Revenge.

That ugly word reared its head as he watched Alexandra circle the counter and examine the flowers from another angle. He had hired Alexandra to rub his wealth and success in her face. If she had picked up on that, she hadn’t given any indication. No, she’d done something much worse; she’d poured herself into her work and made him look far better than he was.

Light from the Edison-style bulbs hanging from the ceiling cast a golden hue over her skin. Even though he had instructed Jessica to act as if the clothes she’d picked up in New York were from her, it had pleased him, to a concerning degree, when Alexandra had stepped out in the white-and-blue dress. Not only had she looked stunning, but also seeing something he had picked out on her body had made him feel like she was his.

When he’d first sent the clothing order to Jessica, he’d told himself it was because Alexandra flitting around the Hamptons house in her jeans and T-shirt wouldn’t be appropriate. But there had been a part of him that had wanted to do something

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