Seducing Her Scarred Boss (the one where good girl meets bad boy) (Billionaire Bosses, Forbidden Flings Book 2) by Natalie Anderson

Author:Natalie Anderson [Anderson, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781991166258
Publisher: Natalie Anderson
Published: 2023-04-24T23:00:00+00:00

The days couldn’t pass fast enough. He was on her doorstep before she even got home some nights. But he didn’t suggest she ride home with him and nor did she offer to take him. The boundaries might be invisible but they were there.

But as the evenings lengthened and their physical need was temporarily tamed she turned and talked to him. About nothing. About everything. But never about anything personal. She didn’t want to talk about her family, sensed he never would talk about his. But one night she got some courage and steered the conversation slightly towards him. ‘Why the Whistle Fund?’

He lifted his head off the pillow. ‘Why at all?’

‘No, why the name?’

‘Because that’s what you do when you need help. You whistle.’ He pursed his lips and gave a short whistle.

‘And you whistle so you’re not afraid—there’s a song about that.’

‘Yeah, and when you’re doing something you shouldn’t, you have a mate keeping lookout—who’ll whistle if you need to make a run for it.’

She laughed at that. ‘Did you need to make a run for it often?’

‘All the time.’ He grinned.

She laughed with him but wasn’t at all sure how much he meant it as a joke. ‘And you whistle at pretty women, right?’

‘Oh, no,’ he said mock soberly. That’s not pc.’

‘You’re not pc.’ She rolled onto her tummy. ‘Have there been many women Lorenzo?’

‘Are you sure this is a conversation you want to have?’ The coolness was almost visible.

Damn it, why shouldn’t they talk about their pasts? Couldn’t they have a laugh about the mistakes they’d made before? Why was he blocking her from getting to know anything more about him? She’d heard the little there was to hear. So his childhood hadn’t been a picnic, okay, she’d gathered that. But he’d gone to that great school hadn’t he? Someone had cared enough to pay for that. And he’d become amazingly successful.

‘Why not? Tell me about your first and worst, I’ll tell you about mine.’

‘Look, we’re meeting up for the occasional screw. That doesn’t mean we’re going to swap life secrets or play twenty questions.’

Sophy flinched. Every night wasn’t exactly occasional. Jerk. Her temper flared. Touchy, aren’t you? What happened? Did you fall in love once? Did she reject you—- did she say you weren’t good enough for her? The poor boy from the wrong side of the tracks?’ Sarcasm flavoured every mean little word.

He sat up and pushed the sheet from him. ‘Actually I rejected her.’

‘Oh,’ Sophy said. ‘Of course. Silly me. You like to do that, don’t you? And why did you? Did she want too much from you?’

He swung his legs off the bed, turned his back to her. This time she had it right. The anger rippled through his muscles.

‘Poor Lorenzo, someone actually wanting emotional commitment? Support, honesty, love?’

‘Nothing so devastating,’ he denied. ‘She no longer turned me on.’

Sophy blinked. Ouch. There was a warning. She got out of bed too, pulled a shirt over her cold arms. She didn’t want him to be with her all night now.

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