Reckless In Love (The Maverick Billionaires, Book 2) by Bella Andre & Jennifer Skully

Author:Bella Andre & Jennifer Skully [Andre, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Maverick Oak Press
Published: 2015-11-11T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

For the night of the gala at the Regent Hotel, Walter Braedon had comped Charlie and Sebastian the penthouse suite, so they headed over early that afternoon to dress for the evening.

It had been nearly a week since they’d seen each other. With business to take care of in England, Sebastian had literally ached by the time he’d finally pulled her into his arms again. All he wanted, all he’d been able to think about for a week—hell, ever since the moment he’d met her—was her lips beneath his, her body quaking in bliss against him as he buried himself as deeply inside her as he possibly could. But though the sparks between them blew as hot as ever, he knew she was nervous about tonight. It had been tempting to take her mind off it in every sexy, delectable way he could think of, but his arrival at the airport had run late, and they’d had to head straight to the Regent.

Sebastian approached the hotel slowly, coasting past the rams in the center of the circular drive so that Charlie would get the full effect of her incredible creations. She gasped with sheer awe, one hand squeezing his arm, the other covering her mouth.

“Oh, my God.”

“I agree. They’re pretty damned spectacular.”

The animals reared against each other so that you could almost hear the clash of their horns. They battled on a splendid pedestal of mountain boulders surrounded by a garden of rock and exotic cacti, as though they were out in the wild rather than in the center of downtown San Jose. He pulled up beneath the portico. The Regent was grand, its gold front doors framed by huge columns and a flagstone entryway containing ferns, water lilies, and rippling fountains that sounded like music. Braedon had created a flawless setting.

“My rams.” Her voice trembled. “Here, in the middle of a palace. I can hardly believe it.”

When she turned to him, tears sparkled in her eyes, and his heart bubbled over with joy. He’d done right by her in finding the Regent and Walter Braedon. This was what he’d hoped for her, to see her work displayed for thousands. He hated the huge stumble he’d made with her over the cost of the velvet dress, but all of that was forgotten in the wonder on her beautiful face.

Under the portico, after the valet took his car, Sebastian hugged her tightly. “Believe, Charlie.” He took her hands in his and held them to his chest. “I always have.”

“Somehow it’s even better than seeing the dragon outside the church. I’m not even sure why.”

But he was. Just as he’d said on stage in Los Angeles, sometimes people were too close to things to see them clearly. She’d seen her rams only in her yard, and the dragon in front of a modest church. For the first time, she was viewing her work as it was meant to be: the centerpiece for all to marvel at.

Once inside, Sebastian checked them in

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