Bought by Jennie Lucas

Author:Jennie Lucas [Lucas, Jennie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Fiction, Romance, Americans, Contemporary, Adult, Marriage, Revenge, Health & Fitness, Pregnancy, Greeks, Pregnancy & Childbirth
ISBN: 9780373128952
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

HE’D been too gentle with her, Talos thought grimly.

As he sat next to Eve on the short drive west toward the nearby neighborhood of Monastiráki, he ignored her angry, shallow huffs of breath beside him. He’d been tempted to tell her everything in the penthouse, but he’d held back for the sake of his child in her belly. For fear the shock would cause miscarriage.

Ridiculous, he thought now, grinding his teeth. Eve was too strong for that. His ex-mistress—his wife, he corrected himself—was as hard as steel. A force of nature. Ridiculous to worry about an emotional shock causing injury to their unborn child, when the Eve he’d known had no feelings whatsoever!

But in mere moments, she would finally remember everything—and be forced to admit everything—when she saw her lover.

Clenching his jaw, he stared out the window. The Bentley drove past the dark alley, not too far from Constitution Square where he’d committed his one and only criminal act. At fifteen, two months after his mother had died, he’d smashed the window of an expensive car. It had not gone as planned. The owner of the car had stumbled upon Talos on the sidewalk, holding the ripped-out car stereo in his hands.

Talos hadn’t tried to deny his crime. He’d openly confessed and, with as much charm as his self-taught English could muster, suggested he’d done the man a favor. “I think a different brand of stereo might suit you better.” Then, with a bowed head, he’d waited for him to call the police.

Instead, Dalton Hunter had hired him on the spot. “Our Athens office could use a kid like you,” he’d said with a laugh. And Talos had soon found himself the new messenger and office boy for the American CEO’s worldwide shipping corporation.

From that day, remembering his crime with shame, Talos had been obsessed with justice.

After climbing the corporate ladder and making some lucky investments, he’d made his first million by the age of twenty-four. The father who’d abandoned his mother when she was pregnant with Talos had read about him in the newspaper and had contacted him.

Not to ask for money, he’d said. Just for a visit.

Talos had refused even to speak with him.

A man earned the circumstances of his life. He got what he deserved.

And Yiorgos had caused Talos’s mother financial and emotional distress which had ultimately led to her early death. The man might share Talos’s DNA, but that was all. Dalton Hunter had been far more of a father to him than that man had ever been.

At least so Talos had thought until eleven years ago, when Dalton had turned out to be utterly corrupt.

But when it came to corruption, one woman had beaten them all.

He glanced at Eve. She looked coldly beautiful in the tiny silver cocktail dress and stiletto heels. Her lips were scarlet as blood, her eyelashes black as night against her white skin. Just like the ruthless mistress he remembered. As if nothing had changed.

Wasn’t that what he’d wanted?

The car

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