Tough and Tender Omnibus by Dez Burke

Author:Dez Burke [Burke, Dez]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B019SHYA9M
Published: 2015-12-23T16:00:00+00:00

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Keyonna stepped back, away from his distracting touch, his tempting lips. Her heart turned cold against the warm entitlement in his tone. She had a clue about the reasons why he wanted to marry her – and they weren’t good enough.

“No,” she said firmly, turning away.

So that was what his kisses had been about. His passionate ministrations...all that part of a ploy to soften her up for this?

Well, Keyonna told herself he wasn’t going to seduce her into marrying him so he could secure his precious fortune.

“Do you think I’m fooling around?” Nick growled, gripped her elbow and spinning her around so she had to look up into his face. “Do you think I’m asking you on a whim?”

Keyonna held his gaze squarely. “Why are you asking me, Nick?”

Keyonna realized she had to hear it from him. Wanted to know if he could be completely straight with her. For some reason, that meant a great deal.

Nick hesitated, his eyes boring darkly into hers. And then he shrugged, releasing her as he let out an angry sigh. “I need a wife. As soon as possible. Because if I don’t get married in five weeks’ time, everything I own; all I’ve ever worked for, will be going up in smoke. My inheritance will end up being given all to charity – I’ll be left with nothing,” he said factually.

Keyonna let out a ragged sigh of relief. He didn’t look pleased having to come clean, but she could tell he felt some kind of relief at finally being able to lay it on the table.

“And you picked me,” she said more than asked, unable to keep the slight sarcasm from her tone.

“No, Keyonna, you picked me,” Nick said, his eyes suddenly flashing with irritation as he spun to face her. “My life was going fine until you decided to pull that kissing stunt at the dinner party. I would easily have settled for Rachel, but you blew it and I think it’s only fair that you should at least attempt to make things right. Don’t you?” His brow lifted in a mocking ‘V’ that made Keyonna bristle.

Shoving her hair back, she let out a ‘whoosh’. “Look. I’m really sorry about everything. But there’s no way I’ll...”

“Trust me, I wouldn’t be asking you to do this if there wasn’t so much at stake,” he said in a cold tone that reminded her of the old Nick; the forbidding, untouchable and ice-cold Nick that made something twist deep within her chest. A shiver of foreboding crossed through her and she hugged her arms to herself.

“You called me a tyrant,” Nick said coolly. “Well, that’s exactly what my father was. Apparently, he intended to teach me a lesson after some long ago imagined slight. He knew I’d do anything to hold on to what’s my birthright. He certainly made me work hard enough all these years to earn it. I was never given any special treatment for being the boss’s only son; in fact I had to prove myself even harder than everyone else to get to the heights I reached.

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