Demanding His Hidden Heir (Mills & Boon Modern) (Secret Heirs of Billionaires, Book 26) by Jackie Ashenden

Author:Jackie Ashenden [Ashenden, Jackie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-25T13:31:52+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

‘A SON YOU didn’t know about?’ Dante’s voice was ever so slightly incredulous. ‘Surely that’s something that would happen to me, not you?’

Enzo kept his attention on the big plate-glass windows in front of him, gazing out over the Milanese skyline.

His Milan office was his favourite, mainly because whenever he looked out of the windows and gazed over the city beneath him it felt as if he was sitting on a throne, the city he’d once struggled to find a place in now at his feet.

It was a very satisfying feeling.

‘Yes, well, I’m surprised it hasn’t happened to you already,’ Enzo said, clasping his hands behind his back. ‘Given your apparent inability to spend even one night without a woman in your bed.’

‘Is that the subtle note of judgement I hear, brother mine?’ Dante asked lazily. ‘Or is it hypocrisy instead?’

Enzo allowed himself a smile, the reflection in the glass smiling along with him. His brother took pleasure in baiting him, though Enzo didn’t let it bother him, as it was never personal. Dante took pleasure in baiting everyone he met, which sometimes wasn’t the most desirable trait when he was supposed to be the friendly face of Cardinal Enterprises.

‘Simon is four,’ Enzo said, ignoring the dig. ‘You’ll meet him soon.’

‘How exciting.’ Dante sounded anything but excited at the prospect. ‘And you said you’re going to marry the boy’s mother? After she ran out on you and then hid your son from you?’

Enzo had told him the story of Simon’s arrival in coldly clinical terms, touching lightly on his affair with Matilda but not going into it in any depth. He hadn’t wanted to tell Dante any sooner, not until he’d firmed up his plans, but now he had those in place it was time to start making announcements.

First his brother, then the rest of the world.

But not until Matilda’s divorce had come through. There would be scandal, obviously, but if he handled it right he could keep it to a minimum.

‘Yes.’ In the glass, he could see his smile turn sharp, remembering Matilda in the library, hot, panting and completely at his mercy. Intoxicating. ‘I am.’

‘Interesting. I wouldn’t have thought forgiveness would be your strong suit.’

‘The marriage is not about forgiveness.’ Finally, he turned around to face his brother, who was lounging on a low, black leather sofa like a lion sunning itself on a rock. ‘The marriage is about my son. She’s his mother, which makes her the best choice of wife.’

Just ignore the fact that you want her for yourself.

He wasn’t ignoring that. He did want her for himself. But only for his bed, nothing more. And, if the thought of meting out a few sensual punishments on her lovely body got him hard, then what of it?

Dante only rolled his eyes. His younger brother didn’t much care about a great many things—or at least he professed not to care. He didn’t have the same burning need that Enzo did for a home and a family.

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