Come Away with Me (The Andrades) by Ruth Cardello

Author:Ruth Cardello
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, humor, strong women, office romance, alpha male, billionaire romance, ruth cardello, billionaire bad boy, romance in new york

In the dark of her heavily flower-scented apartment, Gio held a naked, sleeping Julia in his arms and stared up at the ceiling. He couldn’t remember a time in his adult life when he’d hit anyone. He didn’t do that. He stayed in control.

Until Julia.

From the moment he’d decided to bring her to the wedding with him—an act that had been uncharacteristically impulsive—he’d become someone he didn’t recognize. Emotion was best left out of most decisions. A cool head and determination equaled profit.

His philosophy hadn’t made him a lonely man, as some might expect. He knew he wasn’t a bad-looking man, but he was also jaded enough to realize that he could have been much less attractive and still gotten laid on a regular basis. Wealth did that. It was the ultimate aphrodisiac for enough women that he hadn’t realized until he met Julia how bored he’d become with the predictability of it.

Julia was like a day of sunshine after years of rain. Everything about her felt good—too good.

Fucking her should have made me want her less.

I should be gathering my clothes and calling for my car. Instead, he pulled Julia closer against him. He looked around. The light in the miniscule bathroom illuminated the room enough for him to see the entire place from where he lay. One wall had a small cupboard, a portable stove top, and a microwave. A wooden chair and table were covered with small boxes.

A police car went by outside, the siren blaring loudly through the thin walls. He ran a hand absently down the back of her head and buried it in her long hair. I don’t even let women sleep over at my place—why do I think moving her in would work out?

He looked down at her peaceful profile. Because the alternative is leaving her here again, and that is not going to happen.

She stirred against him. “Are you awake?” she whispered.

He ran his hand through her hair again. “Yes, and enjoying watching you sleep.”

She stiffened. “I hope I wasn’t drooling or anything.”

He felt uncharacteristically lighthearted and joked gently, “Gentlemen don’t wipe and tell.”

She slapped his chest playfully. “That’s awful. Funny, but awful.”

He took her hand in his and brought it to his lips. “I don’t have a reputation for being the nicest man. You’ll have to get used to it.”

She raised herself up on one elbow and looked down at him, gloriously unselfconscious about her nudity. “You say that like we . . . like we . . .”

He tucked a loose tendril behind her ear. “We?”

She looked down at him and chewed her bottom lip. “Tonight was wonderful, but it didn’t change anything between us.”

He pulled her back down against him. “I’d say it changed everything.”

“What happened to us wanting completely different things?” she asked.

He leaned down and kissed her shoulder. “I’d say we’ve proven that theory wrong.”

“I’m being serious.”

“If you’re hoping for a declaration of love, Julia, you’re not going to get one. That’s not who I am. But I want you beside me in my bed each night.

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