Harlequin Desire September 2019--Box Set 1 of 2 by Katherine Garbera

Author:Katherine Garbera
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“I feel like a zoo animal in a cage,” Shay muttered, lifting a glass of white wine to her lips. “They could at least be subtler about the staring.”

Gideon arched an eyebrow, scanning the large formal living room. Several pairs of eyes met, then slid away from his, caught ogling the newest couple in their midst. Satisfaction whispered through him. He’d accepted this particular dinner party invitation because of who would be in attendance. Not just business associates, but members of the social circle Shay was intricately a part of. Talk of their appearance together would rush through Chicago’s society elite like a brush fire.

“They’re wondering why you’re with the beast,” he said.

“Probably.”

He snorted at her quick agreement, earning a dazzling smile from her. He had to hand it to her—Shay was a brilliant actress. As soon as they’d crossed the threshold into Janet and Donald’s mansion, she’d immediately charmed his client and her husband. And though he knew the truth behind their arrangement, even he could almost believe Shay was smitten with him. Small, but intimate touches to his arm and chest. Gentle teasing. Special smiles. Yes, she deserved an award for her performance.

And as their hosts approached them, and she slid her arm through his, her soft breast pressing into side, he ordered his dick to stand down for about the fifty-fifth time…in two hours.

If he was a better man, he would insert some distance between them, not enjoy the sensual lure of her scent. Or savor each time he settled a palm at the small of her back—a back covered only by the same sheer material that “covered” her shoulders and arms. She was sex and class in this dress that skimmed every delicious curve.

Damn if the heat from her didn’t seep into his palm and ignite every greedy need to stroke her skin, sift his fingers through the thick, dark strands of her hair…claim her saint-and-sinner body for his own.

The only woman to have stirred this unprecedented reaction in him had been Camille. It unsettled him. The mysterious waitress was no longer in his life. But Shay… Everything about her tested his control, his reason, his plans.

How he kept touching her when every rule of logic demanded he keep all displays of affection public to cement the facade of a happy, in-love couple. How she challenged him with those flashes of temper when no one except his best friend and business partner dared. How she surprised him with things like working in a food truck. How he couldn’t jettison the sense that there was something familiar about her…

And then there was his jewelry on her wrist. The gold and rubies gleamed against her skin like sunlight and fire. And that fierce surge of possessiveness that had blindsided him in the car swelled within him again. He braced himself against it.

This wasn’t the first time he’d bought a woman jewelry. Hell, the amount he’d bought Madison could have filled a store and still left enough diamonds to pay for a small city.

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