Summer Escape with the Tycoon--Get swept away with this sparkling summer romance! by Donna Alward

Author:Donna Alward
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-03-15T11:47:20+00:00

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Molly savored every bite of dinner, and when her white-chocolate crème brûlée came, she was determined to enjoy it, too. She ordered a glass of ice wine to go with it, while Eric ordered a cognac and also some sort of flourless chocolate torte that looked divine.

“You can taste mine if I can taste yours,” he said, peering around the candles at her ramekin. “That looks incredible.”

Indeed it did. White-chocolate shavings sat prettily atop the torched crust of the dessert, along with a bright, fat raspberry. “Deal. But I get to break the crust.”

He grinned. “Of course.”

She pierced it with her spoon and scooped up the first bite. Taste exploded in her mouth—rich creamy custard and the white chocolate that somehow had a hint of vanilla in it. “Oh, my God. Go ahead. It’s incredible.”

He took a spoonful and she watched as he put the utensil to his lips. Lord, he was pretty. Maybe she should think handsome, but his face was so perfect, his eyes so heavily lashed. More than once tonight she’d seen him catch the attention of single women in the room. And yet he seemed completely unaware.

She was still trying to digest what he’d told her about his family tonight. To go from worrying about having enough to eat to being a billionaire—what a transformation. It took a strong, determined man to achieve what he had.

When he’d tasted, he offered her his plate. “Try it. It looks decadent.”

It was. The complete opposite from her white chocolate and custard, the torte was dense and dark and sinfully delicious.

“This was such a good idea,” she said and sighed.

“I don’t know why you think you shouldn’t eat dessert. There’s nothing wrong with your figure.”

“Well, I’m not a size six like my mom. She’s worked diligently to keep it that way since college.”

“So what?” Eric took a bite of his torte, and also took a moment to enjoy it. When he opened his eyes he smiled at her. “Who needs you to be a size six? Who needs you to be anything other than who you are?”

She sat back. “You have to understand. Hearing you say that sounds so...foreign. Particularly when who I am is rarely good enough, or hinges on...”

She stopped, then met his gaze. “Hinges on me doing what my family thinks is right for me.”

“I can’t understand how this happened. You just don’t seem like the type, you know?”

“I know. I truly think it goes back to my brother. I felt the weight of all that expectation. It made me feel responsible. As if maybe, if I could fulfill the dreams they had for him, it would somehow take away the pain of his death.” She deliberated for a moment, then confessed, “He was the one who saved me in the water that day. Two months later, he was gone. He saved my life only to lose his. Tell me that isn’t cruel and unfair.”

He didn’t say anything. He didn’t have to. She knew how it sounded.

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