The Billionaire's Virgin Temptation by Michelle Conder

Author:Michelle Conder
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-12-18T16:33:34+00:00

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Ruby didn’t notice Sam until she had both feet planted on the boat. If she had when she’d only had one foot on board she might have turned and run. As it was she could only stop and stare at him.

He wore aviator sunglasses, his long, lean body encased in a T-shirt that emphasised his flat belly and wide shoulders, and fitted board shorts that hugged his muscular thighs. His feet were jammed into boat shoes, his arms full of an exuberant black and brown puppy with one adorable ear folded forward. Both their gazes were trained on her. It struck her almost immediately that she had never seen Sam in casual wear before and he was ten times more dangerous to her this way than in a custom-made suit. Heat seared her insides, her body uncaring that last night he had been so arrogant she’d wanted to throttle him.

As she watched Sam lowered the squirming bundle of fluff onto the deck and it raced towards her. She instinctively went down on her haunches and the puppy jumped into her arms, licking her face.

‘Some guard dog he is,’ Sam grumbled, coming to a stop in front of her.

Finding it hard to hold herself aloof with the puppy all over her, Ruby laughed joyously. ‘He knows I’m a friend. Don’t you, boy? Girl?’

‘Boy,’ Sam replied, just as Miller came up from below deck carrying Redmond in her arms.

‘Hey, Ruby.’ Miller hugged her as she stood up. ‘Forty-five minutes. I’m impressed. By the way, Tino invited Sam, so our girls’ weekend has definitely been gatecrashed.’

‘So I see,’ Ruby murmured.

‘Let me take your bag.’

‘I’ve got it.’ Sam reached for it first and hoisted it onto his shoulder before Ruby could object.

‘Thanks, Sam.’ Miller grinned widely, shifting Red to her other arm so that he could reach out and play with Ruby’s hair. ‘I’m so glad you’re here. Tino, Ruby’s—’

‘Here, I know.’ Valentino pushed out of the engine bay one-handed and came up behind his wife, taking an excited Redmond from her arms. ‘Glad you could make it, Ruby. And right on time.’

The puppy jumped up at her again, his nails scoring the skin on her knee. Ruby winced and grabbed his paws, petting his head. ‘You’re going to be a giant, aren’t you?’

‘Sorry.’ Sam moved forward. ‘He hasn’t learnt any manners yet.’

‘He’s yours?’ She was surprised. She hadn’t expected Sam to be a pet person. Pets seemed so permanent for a man who wasn’t the relationship type.

He picked up the puppy and wiped slobber off his face as it licked him. ‘Yes, he’s mine,’ Sam answered her. ‘I just got him this morning from the rescue centre.’

‘Someone disowned him?’

‘They did more than that.’ His voice deepened with disgust. ‘He was thrown into a wheelie bin with his brothers and sisters.’

‘Oh, you poor thing.’ Instinctively Ruby reached out her hand to stroke between his ears, the move bringing her closer to Sam than she would have liked. ‘What’s his name?’

‘Mutt.’

‘Mutt?’ She scowled at him.

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