Her Christmas Baby Confession (Mills & Boon Modern) (Secrets of the Monterosso Throne, Book 2) by Sharon Kendrick

Author:Sharon Kendrick [Kendrick, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2022-09-30T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

THE CHRISTMAS TREE which dominated the atrium of the luxurious Granchester was enormous and Bianca gazed up at its laden branches, blinking her eyes against its bright shimmer. The fragrant fir was decked with expensive lights and baubles and, according to the breathless commentary from the concierge who was showing them around, the tiny pink glass pomegranates were a nod to Zac Constantinides, the hotel’s Greek owner.

But all she could feel as she gazed up at its splendour was an aching sense of something which felt like disappointment. As if recognising that nothing could be as magical as the beauty of the simple tree they’d left behind in Kopshtell.

Her heart was racing and her skin glowing as a result of Xanthos bringing her to that shattering orgasm in the back of the luxury car just now, but it had been curiously a one-sided experience. He hadn’t allowed her to touch him back and his expert ministrations had been delivered with the impartiality of someone who’d been following an instruction manual. It hadn’t felt as if he were involved.

But then he wasn’t involved, was he? Not really. From the moment they’d left the airfield, he’d shown her a completely different side to his character. He was no longer the man who had whirled her breathlessly around the dance floor last night, but a powerful and sophisticated entrepreneur with untold wealth at his fingertips. From the moment they’d walked into the Granchester people had been practically falling over themselves to talk to him. And he was used to that. She could tell. Suddenly, his exalted status had become very apparent.

She was quiet as they rode the private elevator to their vast suite, with its floor-to-ceiling windows and glittering chandeliers.

‘Isn’t this an improvement on what we’ve left behind?’ he said, tugging off her coat and placing it on one of the giant leather sofas.

Bianca shrugged because her world had started to feel curiously disjointed. Here she was surrounded by nothing but opulence but all she wanted was to be back in that rustic hotel or even the snowy mountain hut, where their needs had been so basic and yet everything had seemed uncomplicated.

‘I suppose so.’

He raised his eyebrows. ‘You don’t sound very enthusiastic.’

She shrugged. ‘I liked it in Vargmali.’

‘Then let’s see what we can do to make you like it here, shall we?’

He unzipped her jeans and peeled away her sweater—his economy of movement belying the slight unsteadiness of his hands. Very soon she was lying unselfconsciously on a giant sofa in just her bra and panties and he was walking towards her, stripping off his clothes and letting them fall. His body was clearly aroused—but the shuttered expression on his face was unreadable and she wondered if she had imagined that warmer version of him yesterday, or whether the mountain air had briefly gone to his head. She lay back against the heap of silken cushions as his suit trousers hit the silken rug and tried to focus on the moment.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.