The Ultimate Revenge by Victoria Parker

Author:Victoria Parker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

NIC SLAMMED THE Bugatti into fifth gear, pushed his foot to the floor and spun down the B-10 coast road heading into the heart of Barcelona town. On his right, the long sun-drenched waterfront skimmed the blue crystalline waters of the Balearic and on his left reclining in her seat, was the woman who was turning him inside out.

With a need for speed that echoed the years that had passed he drove himself harder, farther, faster. Running from his mournful memories or towards his predestined future, he wasn’t sure.

This was all getting a bit close to home, he thought wryly, his accusation to Pia still fresh in his mind. ‘Do you ever stop? Live. See friends. Be happy.’

The hypocrisy of his words didn’t escape him. Avô was rather fond of telling him he needed to slow down, play harder, be happier.

Happy? He couldn’t remember the last time he’d felt the sweet tendrils of joy curl around his heart and lift the cumbersome weight of rage. Before yesterday, that was. His relief at seeing Pia up and about had floored him and he didn’t want to over-analyse that. It certainly didn’t mean he was developing any sort of...feelings for her. That would take the crowning glory for stupid moves on his part.

But, if he was being totally honest with himself, for the first time in years his purposeful stride had faltered. Nic would never forget the look on Pia’s face—the fear that he knew of her past, the shame that had eviscerated the beautiful pink flush after his kisses.

Yes, okay, he’d wanted to push—to ask why, to dig, to find something he could use to demolish her father. Instead he’d stood there and looked into those exquisite violet-blue eyes, with the sultry taste of her lingering in his mouth and hadn’t been able to do it. Couldn’t make her relive it. Only wanted to soothe her, help her forget, make it all disappear. Not cause more pain while he was rocking her world, shaking the foundations she’d built her pride upon.

She’d never forgive him, but there was little likelihood they’d meet again after his meeting with her father. Nic would go back to New York and likely marry Goldsmith’s daughter, place Santos Diamonds back in Avô’s hand. As for Pia, she was strong. The strongest woman he’d ever met. She would close this chapter in her life, stand up and move on, doubtless ruing the day they’d met.

Hands white on the steering wheel, he breathed through the tightness in his chest.

It wasn’t as if Pia would be left with nothing, he assured himself. Merisi seemed like an octopus, with tentacles that reached far and wide, so Nic doubted he’d ever know the full extent of his business interests. But one thing he would never falter on—Q Virtus must fall. The coliseum that had held the gladiatorial battle of Santos versus Merisi and witnessed his family’s demise. And Zeus must be exposed for the crook he was.

Then he could crawl beneath a rock, as far as Nic cared.

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