It Started with a Diamond by Teri Wilson

Author:Teri Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Special Edition
Published: 2017-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

When had things gotten so confusing?

A month ago, Diana had been bored out of her mind selling engagement rings, and now she was standing in the middle of the biggest society gala of the year being interrogated by Franco Andrade.

He shouldn’t be capable of rattling her the way he did. The questions he was asking should have had easy answers.

Had they taken things too far?

Absolutely. That had happened the instant he’d fastened the sapphire around her neck. She should never have agreed to pose with him. That one photo had set things in motion that were now spinning wildly out of control.

Then she’d gone and exacerbated things by agreeing to be his pretend girlfriend. Worse yet, since she’d asked him to kiss her, she’d begun to doubt her motivation.

Did she really want to be co-CEO of Drake Diamonds? Had she ever? Or had the promotion simply been a convenient excuse to spend more time with Franco?

Surely not. She hated him. She hated everything about him.

You like it when I touch you.

Damn him and his smug self-confidence. She would have loved to prove him wrong, except she couldn’t. She loved it when he touched her. The barest graze of his fingertips sent her reeling. And now she’d gone and admitted it to his face.

She lifted her chin and met his gaze. “Of course we haven’t taken things too far. We’re both doing our jobs. Nothing more.”

“I see. And last night your job included kissing me.” The corner of his mouth curved into a half grin, and all she could think about was the way that mouth had felt crashing down on hers.

“You seriously need to let that go.” How could she possibly forget it when he kept bringing it up? “Besides, you kissed me.”

“At your request.” He lifted a brow.

Her gaze flitted to his bow tie. Looking him in the eye and pretending she didn’t want to kiss him again was becoming next to impossible. “Same thing.”

“Hardly. When I decide to kiss you, you’ll know it. There will be no mistaking my intention.” There was a sudden edge to his voice that reminded her of Artem’s offer to end this farce once and for all.

Say the word, and your fake relationship with Franco can end in a spectacular or not-so-spectacular fake breakup. Your choice.

Her choice.

She’d had a choice all along, whether she wanted to admit it or not. And she’d chosen Franco. Again.

She was beginning to have the sinking feeling that she always would.

She’d tried her best to keep up her resistance. She really had. The constant onslaught of his devastating good looks paired with the unrelenting innuendo had taken its toll. But his intensity had dealt the deathblow to her defenses.

He cared. Deeply. He cared about Diamond. He cared about why she refused to ride again. That’s why he’d forced her hand about the puppy. She’d known as much the moment that Mrs. Barnes had dropped the wiggling little pug into her arms.

Despite his playboy reputation and devil-may-care charm, Franco Andrade cared.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.