The Stubborn Billionaire (a Muse novel) by Lexxie Couper

Author:Lexxie Couper [Couper, Lexxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: enemies to lovers, tortured hero, arrogant, forced proximity, revenge, Romance, Muse, Indulgence, Entangled, Lexxie Couper, alpha male, Billionaire
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Indulgence)
Published: 2017-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

He didn’t leave her side. Shoeless or not, he didn’t leave her side. He towered over her, his hand lingering on the small of her back, the whole time they were inside the gallery. He introduced her to everyone he spoke to—which seemed to be everyone at the opening—his smile warm whenever his gaze moved to her face. He was jovial, cordial, and so damn wonderful to be with.

Sienna wanted to hit him. If it weren’t for the fact he’d tried to hide her from his sister when they first arrived, she’d almost forget he’d pissed her off.

As it was, she had to keep reminding herself. She was having too good a time.

Damn it.

Taking a sip of the chilled white wine from the glass in her hand, she caught herself smiling up at him. How could he be so incredible and yet so goddamn frustrating?

Currently talking to the editor-in-chief of Art Australia, they were discussing a game of golf that had apparently gone awry after a pair of amorous pelicans chose the ninth hole as the ideal place to get busy. The conversation started with James introducing her as “one of the most amazing artists in Australia.” He then suggested the magazine contact her about featuring her work. When the editor flicked a look at her bare feet, James chuckled. “How many other women here would dare go shoeless, Frank?”

The editor nodded agreement and asked her what she thought of the exhibition. Ten minutes later—after debating the state of art in Australia with her and dissecting various art movements throughout history—he asked if he could call her later in the week.

She wanted to say the warm joy blooming in her stomach had something to do with the request, but it wasn’t. It was all James.

How often had he made her laugh during the evening? How special did she feel at his side? If only she could stop thinking about it. It was too dangerous. Thinking about how he made her feel, amongst a crowd of people who once would have been her social peers if she hadn’t turned her back on her family’s fame and wealth only served to highlight how easy it would be to fall under his spell. That he brushed off every sultry, stunning woman who tried to engage him in a suggestive conversation with polite disinterest didn’t help. Nor did the fact he drew her closer to his side, lowering his lips to whisper something inconsequential against her temple, her cheek, every time a man cast an appreciative look over her.

A message sent loud and clear—she’s unavailable.

Once again, she should be furious, and when she got home tonight, she was going to give herself a damn good talking to. When she got home. For now, she would just go with the flow. As long as she guarded her heart, what harm was there?

“Monday sound okay, Sienna?”

Crap, she’d zoned out. She gave the magazine’s editor a sheepish frown, heat filling her cheeks. “I’m sorry, can you say that again?”

He smiled.

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