The Dangerous Billionaire by Jackie Ashenden

Author:Jackie Ashenden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: 2017-05-02T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Chloe spent the day sitting at the table working on Van’s laptop, dealing with ranch stuff and trying very, very hard not to think about what had happened between her and Van the night before. Especially not when it was so insanely distracting. His big hands on her skin; his hot, hard body covering hers; the way he’d felt inside her … God, so good.

But she really needed to not think about it because he’d been very clear it was only supposed to be one night. And that night was over. Which meant it couldn’t happen again, and she was fine with that. Absolutely fine.

Annoying that he’d gone out before she’d even woken up that morning, though. So she hadn’t even had a chance to run her hands over his incredible stomach one last time, but then you couldn’t have everything.

Yes, the sex had been great but it was done now. And all that other stuff, all that messy, tangled emotional stuff she’d felt when he’d held her in his arms, when he’d given her that blinding smile of his, well she needed to do what she usually did with it. Which was to not think about that either.

Besides, it wasn’t as if they didn’t already have enough on their plates, what with de Santis trying to find her and that takeover bid that Van told her about last night. And then there was the meeting Van had apparently invited him to …

Anxiousness twisted in her gut, but she ignored it as she typed the last couple of lines of the email to O’Neil then pressed send.

Sitting back in her chair, she stared at the laptop for a moment, wondering what the hell she was going to do next, because she had to do something. She didn’t want to sit here the way she had back in the Tate mansion, not when there was so much stuff going on.

Van was handling all of it, which didn’t seem fair, especially since Wolf and Lucas were off doing whatever the hell it was they were doing and apparently not inclined to help. No, Van only had her.

And you’re worse than useless in this situation.

Chloe scowled, not liking that thought. Sure, the situation they were in now was kind of her fault and even though she wasn’t exactly a muscle-bound SEAL who could leap over buildings while brandishing a gun, she wasn’t useless either. She had a fairly analytical brain, a good head for business, and nothing but time on her hands right now, so maybe she could start helping by finding out everything she could about Cesare de Santis.

Pulling her chair a little closer to the table, Chloe started searching.

There was a lot of information on him. As the erstwhile owner of DS Corp, a massive defense company, he was one of New York’s most powerful businessmen. Or at least he used to be. A year earlier he’d stepped down from helming his company in favor of his middle son, Rafael, and had been avoiding the public eye ever since.

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