Satin & a Scandalous Affair by Jan Colley

Author:Jan Colley [Colley, Jan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Man-Woman Relationships, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Love Stories, Australia, Diamonds, Jewelry, Crafts & Hobbies, Millinaires, Women Designers, Diamonds Down Under
ISBN: 9780373768615
Google: opPhrNo40UsC
Amazon: 0373768613
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-04-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Quinn, have you heard a rumour about a corporate takeover of Blackstone Diamonds?” His eyes snapped open. That was out of left field. Quinn had been lying in bed, idly thinking that his sporadic sexual encounters rarely involved morning sex, especially dreamy morning sex with the same woman. He was always rushing off to a meeting or a flight. Maybe he"d been missing out all these years.

Now he abandoned his reverie to answer Dani. “You stopped screaming your delight one minute ago and suddenly you want to talk business?” She lay with her head on his chest, her hair a riot of curls against his skin.

Quinn turned his head to look at the clock. Seven-thirty. Time he was up. “Yes, I have heard something. You want coffee or are you staying in bed?” But she was persistent. “Do you think Matt is involved?” Had she heard something last night?

Matt"s request to sell his shares or support a takeover bid had not surprised him; Quinn had heard he was polling all the Blackstone shareholders for support. He was getting it, too.

But not from him, at least not yet. His fingers rasped over his chin. “What is this inquisition before I"ve had my coffee?”

She kept her face down on his chest, a fact he found strangely worrying.

“I heard you,” she said in a small voice. “Last night at the restaurant. Talking about selling your shares in Blackstone.”

Quinn"s eyes narrowed in the dim room. Scratch all those nice thoughts about waking up with the same woman. He didn"t know whether to laugh or be offended. Who the hell did she think she was? “Eavesdropping, Danielle? If you heard us, you"d know I turned him down.”

She lifted her head and looked him right in the face. And it hit him: she was serious.

The urge to laugh disappeared. “A company takeover,” he said, twisting his finger around a springy red curl, “is very complicated. It needs the support of the board and the requisite number of shares. I"m Little League in Blackstones, Dani.” That was the truth. He had very few shares himself. But he knew Matt was in for more than the Blackstones knew about...and climbing. And Quinn knew who else had a substantial portfolio.

“But if Jake Vance asks you to sell…?”

Quinn stilled. She had heard everything. And she was right out of line. He was not in the habit of justifying himself to anyone, let alone a woman he"d known for a week or so, even if the sex was amazing.

He injected plenty of cool in his reply. “Yes, if he gave me a good enough reason, then I"d sell.”

Disappointment darkened her eyes, and just the fact that he recognised that pissed him off. There was no room for emotion in business. That was the dictum that Jake Vance, corporate raider, believed in, and Quinn agreed wholeheartedly, damn it!

“Quinn, what hurts the Blackstones hurts me, you do get that, don"t you?” Time to remind both of them this was just a fling.

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