Take Me, Cowboy & the Billionaire's Bargain by Maisey Yates

Author:Maisey Yates
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-06-15T23:57:39+00:00

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Hell no. It can’t be.

Darius King tightened his fingers on the champagne flute in his hand, the fragile stem in danger of snapping.

Shock and disbelief blasted him like the frigid winds of a Chicago winter storm, freezing him in place. Motionless, he stared at the petite brunette across the ballroom as she smiled at a waiter and accepted her own glass of wine. Though he’d only met her a couple of times, he recognized that smile. Remembered the shyness in it. Remembered the lush, sensual curve of the mouth that belied that hint of coy innocence.

Isobel fucking Hughes.

Not Wells. He refused to honor her with the last name she’d schemed and lied to win, then defiled for the two years she’d been married to his best friend. She didn’t deserve to wear that name. Never had.

Rage roared through him, incinerating the astonishment that had paralyzed him. Only fury remained. Fury at her gall. Fury at the bold audacity it required to walk into this mansion as if she belonged here. As if she hadn’t destroyed a man and dragged his grieving, ravaged family to the very brink of destruction.

“Oh, my God.” Beside him, Gabriella Wells gasped, her fingers curling around his biceps and digging deep. “Is that...”

“Yes,” Darius growled, unable to soften his tone for Gage’s sister, whom he cared for as if she were his own sibling. “It’s her.”

“What is she doing here?” Gabriella snarled, the same anger that had gripped him darkening her lovely features. “How did she even manage to get in?”

“I have no idea.”

But he’d find out. And asses would be kicked when he did. The security here was supposed to be tighter than that of the goddamn royal family’s, considering the people in attendance: politicians, philanthropists, celebrities, the country’s wealthiest business people. Yet evidence that the security team wasn’t worth shit stood in this very room, sipping champagne.

“How could she dare show her face here? Hell, in Chicago?” Gabriella snapped. “I thought we were rid of her when she left for California. No doubt whatever sucker she attached herself to finally got tired of her and kicked the gold-digging bitch out. And she’s probably here to suck Dad and Mother dry. I swear to God...” She didn’t finish the thought, but charged forward, her intentions clear.

“No.” He encircled her arm, his hold gentle but firm. Gabriella halted, shooting him a let-me-go-now-dammit glance over her shoulder. Fire lit the emerald gaze that reminded him so much of Gage’s. At twenty-four, she was six years younger than her older brother, and had adored him. And though she’d been in college, studying abroad for most of her brother’s marriage, tales of her sister-in-law had reached her all the way in England, and Gabriella despised the woman who’d hurt Gage so badly.

Darius shook his head in reply to her unspoken demand of freedom. “No,” he repeated. “We’re not causing a scene. And running over there and confronting her will do just that. Think of your parents, Gabriella,” he murmured.

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