Bold by Nicola Marsh

Author:Nicola Marsh [Marsh, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Amazon: B00TRRQZ2Y
Barnesnoble: B00TRRQZ2Y
Goodreads: 24970285
Publisher: Nicola Marsh
Published: 2015-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Chantal didn’t think things could get any worse.

Her romantic tryst with Zane in LA had been a bust the last two days. Forty-eight long hours when she’d been holed up in her suite with a stomach virus, alternating between visits to the toilet and curling up in bed in a fetal position.

She’d banished Zane after he’d tried to play nursemaid for the first hour, too embarrassed to be seen in such a state. No guy wanted to see his girl writhing around in agony or with her head over the porcelain. He hadn’t wanted to go but she’d vowed to withhold sexual favors for the rest of his stay in the States. Considering they hadn’t got that far yet, it was a hollow threat, but he’d cottoned onto her misery pretty fast and had left her in peace.

He’d texted and called several times, ensuring she was hydrated and medicated. He’d even knocked on the interconnecting door between their suites a few times asking if he could help but she’d driven him away with a few choice curses when he wanted to linger.

Thankfully, she was past the worst of it now and had agreed to meet him in the lobby bar before his tryout with the LA Owls.

Determined to look fabulous even if she didn’t feel it, Chantal applied lashings of mascara and coral lipstick, zipped up a sunflower yellow halter mini, slipped her feet into matching towering stilettos and twisted her hair into a high ponytail. Glancing in the mirror, she looked like an exotic go-go dancer from the fifties. But she’d achieved what she’d set out to do: look bright and cheerful when inside she felt limp and washed out.

There were a few post-lunch stragglers in the bar as she entered and no sign of Zane. But there was a familiar face at a table near the door. A face most of America had come to associate with anything sporty.

Christopher Harrison.

The last thing she felt like doing was making small talk with Zane’s dad, especially after Zane had told her the old man had reneged on their first meeting, but if she didn’t introduce herself now, it would be mighty awkward when Zane did show.

Damn, why didn’t Zane tell her they’d be meeting his father today? She would’ve spent another day in bed recuperating.

Then again, she could be working alongside him if she secured the sponsorship deal, so she’d have to get her game face on and do what she did best: smile, charm and ensure her business made money.

Christopher frowned as she neared his table, his steely blue-eyed gaze sweeping her from head to foot. With his shock of white hair and craggy face, he should’ve appeared old. But Christopher radiated a vitality that wrinkles and thinning hair couldn’t hide. Powerful men had an aura that couldn’t be emulated. She’d been around enough of them in her dancing days to know.

“Hi, I’m Chantal Kramer, a friend of Zane’s.” She held out her hand. “Nice to meet you, Mr.

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