Flashpoint Series Collection by Rachel Grant

Author:Rachel Grant [Grant, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944571238
Publisher: Janus Publishing

Armando Cardona was as handsome and charming as Brie remembered, but she didn’t regret that their fling was over. Bastian was handsome and charming and so much more. He’d saved her from a slave market and danced with her under the stars. He knew every ugly part of her and still wanted her.

Armando wasn’t the least bit fazed that she had a boyfriend in tow, and he kissed both her cheeks warmly in greeting before turning his charm on Bastian as if Brie had delivered a potential new best friend. They settled down to a large lunch spread—the largest meal of the day in Morocco—the food was traditional Moroccan served on a central platter and accompanied with mint tea. They ate with their right hands, using flatbread as the only utensil.

Brie had missed meals like this in South Sudan. But then, she’d missed eating for pleasure in South Sudan.

Even though the invitation had been issued only hours before, Armando had invited a few others from the neighborhood, and she and Bastian found themselves in a cozy gathering that included a couple—husband-and-wife real estate developers who built high-end resorts—and the billionaire owner of an airline. Just a few people from the area, enjoying an intimate lunch.

“You will be at Nikolai’s party tonight, won’t you, dear?” Annette, the resort developer, asked.

“Nikolai?” Bastian asked, perfect in his role as tourist in the world of the walled estates of Casablanca.

“Nikolai Drugov. He’s in oil, just like Brie’s family,” Annette said.

Because she’d met Armando a year ago, he knew her as Brie, not Gabby or Gabriella, making this luncheon feel more intimate than dinner with her brother last night had been.

But then again, Brie also liked Armando, while the verdict was still out on her brother.

“Nikolai is having a party?” Brie asked, showing just the right amount of interest.

“Yes. Black tie. He’s celebrating securing oil rights in the Arctic. Huge reserves. I’m sure he’ll want you there.”

Annette’s husband cleared his throat. “That might not be something to celebrate for Brie. I believe Prime Energy bid on the pipeline, but Nikolai chose a competitor.”

Brie was more appalled at the idea of Russia drilling in the Arctic, but she didn’t voice that. “I’m not really part of the company anymore. If PE didn’t win the contract, it’s not my problem. But it does explain why JJ is in such a bad mood.”

“Well then, you must come!” Annette said. “These things are always so boring—the same middle-aged men talking about golf and football—er, soccer to you,” she added with a nod to Bastian. “And business deals in China. I could carry on both sides of the conversation by myself at this point. Your Green Beret will liven things up.”

As if Bastian was a pet or hired entertainment.

Annette clapped her hands. “Oh! You could tell the story about how you rescued Brie! And some of your other adventures!”

Right. Like the story of being purchased in a slave market was fodder to entertain party guests. And Bastian’s missions likely involved a lot of bullets and blood.

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