The Billionaire's Ruthless Revenge by Clare Connelly

Author:Clare Connelly [Connelly, Clare]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clare Connelly
Published: 2016-08-14T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

“See anything you like?” His wife’s voice was a murmur from behind him.

Kyle was startled out of his reverie to realise he’d been fixating on a large-scale black and white image of the curve of Bianca’s legs and backside.

He turned his back on it and looked straight at Annie. “Now that you’re here, yeah.”

She blinked at him and then shrugged as if to dismiss the compliment. “You were right. She’s more talented than just this stuff.” Annie waved a finger around the room.

Kyle really didn’t want to talk about Bianca though.

“How did you meet her?” The question was voiced casually enough but Kyle had years of experience with his wife’s jealousies and he heard the note of steel in the few words and understood.

“Through mutual acquaintances,” he hedged, putting a hand in the small of Annie’s back and guiding her through the room. “She used to date a guy I went to college with.”

Annie was walking slowly and he remembered belatedly that she’d been gesturing to her feet as though they hurt. “Would you like to sit down?”

Her expression was quizzical. “Why?”

His chest twisted at the derisive question. She was dismissing his concern. She didn’t want it. Not from him. But from Carlo? The jealousy now was all his.

“And you dated her too?”

The question shouldn’t have surprised him but it was more direct than her usual approach. In the past, Kyle might have obfuscated to protect his wife from the silly feelings of envy that had seemed to plague her.

“Yes.” He studied her face, trying to interpret the emotions he perceived in her expression.

“I’m always so impressed by how you stay friends with all these women you’ve slept with,” she said in a saccharine way that seemed to imply exactly the opposite.

He pressed his lips together. “We don’t have to stay if it makes you uncomfortable.”

“I’m fine.” She blinked up at him. “I gave up caring about your ... other lovers ... the day I moved out.”

He lifted a hand to her cheek and cupped it gently. “I’ve missed you.”

She swallowed rapidly. He saw the betraying gesture and dropped his thumb to the pulse point at the base of her neck. Her blood was raging just like his. “I’m sure you’ve found ways to console yourself.”

His laugh was a short burst. “I told you yesterday: it’s been a very long, lonely six months.”

She smiled tightly and took a step backwards, breaking their physical contact. “And I told you I find that impossible to believe.” She lifted a finger and pressed it against his lips in a gesture of silence. “Don’t lie to me. Don’t. I really don’t mind that you’ve been with other women since me. I considered our marriage over, and with it any obligations we owed one another.”

“I didn’t,” he muttered, his emotions bursting angrily through him. “And I swear to God, Annie, it would just about kill me to think of you with some other guy.”

Her cheeks flushed at the obvious burst of passion. Annie was not at all proud of herself but she recognised the pleasure she took from his jealousy.

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