The Bravo Billionaire by Christine Rimmer

Author:Christine Rimmer [Rimmer, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, General, Contemporary, Love Stories, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373484362
Google: wXcu6OAjrtAC
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2001-09-14T14:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 14

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When they got back to Angel's Crest, Jonas asked Emma to have dinner with him. She accepted. After the meal, he walked her up to her room.

"That's two hours you have spent with me," she said when they got to her door. "Eight more to go by next Thursday." She looked very determined – and utterly adorable.

He allowed himself a smile. "Keeping score, are you?"

"Just keeping our agreement."

"Change your mind anytime."

"Stay the night."

Jonas shook his head with a great deal more regret than he wanted to feel. "Sleep well, Emma."

"Don't you worry. I will."

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The next day, Friday, she dropped in on him at Bravo, Incorporated. He found it vaguely irritating, the thrill that shivered through him when his receptionist buzzed him to say that Mrs. Bravo would like to see him.

He was alone in his office, with no appointments or meetings for the next hour. Good timing on her part, he supposed – not that it wouldn't have been a simple matter to let her cool her heels a little, to tell the receptionist he didn't want to be disturbed.

He said nothing of the kind. He didn't even stall. He was too damn anxious for the sight of her. "Send her in."

She strolled into his office in her spiky-heeled shoes and dropped into one of the two leather wing chairs opposite his desk. She crossed those long legs and folded her hands loosely in her lap.

"I have come to ask if we can take Mandy to the zoo on Saturday," she announced. "I know I should have asked you last night. But I didn't think of it until this morning. And then, well, I thought maybe I'd be more likely to convince you if I came in person. So here I am." He watched that beauty mark by her mouth. "Or Sunday," she added, eyes round with apprehension. "We can go Sunday if that would be better for you…"

What would be better for him? Easy: for her to give up this foolishness and let him back into her bed.

"Jonas, please can't we do this? I think Mandy will love it, seein' the animals, gettin' out for a while…"

She must have noticed he was staring at her legs. She coughed and recrossed them. "Jonas?"

He looked into her sweet, flushed face.

And he couldn't help thinking that a one-time excursion wouldn't be all that risky. Criminals, after all, studied – and made use of – the routines of their victims. Being at the same public place at the same time of day on a regular basis, or living in a house that could not be secured – those were two of the most effective ways to court trouble. Anyone out to do harm could learn with relative ease where to find his victim and when. But a one-shot deal? He and Emma and Mandy would have their day at the zoo and be back at Angel's Crest before anyone was the wiser. They might end up dogged by a reporter or two, but he could handle that.

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