Mistress: Hired for the Billionaire's Pleasure by India Grey

Author:India Grey [Grey, India]
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-03-21T04:00:00+00:00

With huge effort Rachel forced a smile for the merchant banker whose hand was creeping rather too low down her back as he whisked her round the drawing room in a clumsy waltz. It was as if Arabella possessed some kind of supernatural power to slow down time, and was making the seconds drag by like hours as Rachel waited for Orlando to emerge from the library.

Not that there was anything to wait for, she thought despairingly. Orlando had only been using her to fill the gap left by Arabella’s absence. She’d known that already. If she was any kind of a decent person she’d be happy for him that he’d got his great love back. And, not only that, that he’d got a baby…

She closed her eyes against the sudden rush of tears, but felt them ooze out from under her lids as she pictured Orlando’s big, strong hands holding the baby, the lips that had so recently brought her to the brink of ecstasy dropping the tenderest of kisses on that tiny, downy head. And his eyes…. his astonishing, glacier-green eyes…looking down into the face of his own child and being softened with helpless love.

As a child she had never known her father, and his absence had caused her to construct an elaborate image of the kind of person she would have chosen to fill his role. A perfect hero: strong, fearless, handsome, honourable. Like Orlando.

She buried her face in the shoulder of the merchant banker while she tried to puncture the misery that was ballooning inside her, but was unable to contain her moan of hopelessness. Unfortunately the merchant banker mistook the sound for pleasure, and instantly tightened his grip, dropping his head to breathe hot, whisky-scented fumes into her ear.

Her eyes flew open in panic and she tried to pull away, but his palm was damp and heavy on her bare back, pushing her body harder against his, so she could feel the pressure of his arousal. It was just like Carlos all over again—and for a second she felt the room tilt and swim as panic swamped her.

‘My turn now, I think,’ said a cold voice.

Instantly the merchant banker released her from his insistent embrace and melted away. Rachel stood in the centre of the floor, looking dazedly up at Orlando.

His face was ashen, utterly drained of colour and emotion, and his eyes were dark and haunted. For a moment they gazed at each other in wordless agony, before he very slowly placed his bandaged hand on her back and drew her into his arms.

He had rescued her again.

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