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undershirt that looked too small to fit over the broad muscles of his chest.
But despite his much too impressive body, all sexual thoughts flew from her mind as she looked up into his smoldering gaze. She had to fight the urge to slink down farther into her chair. “Rourke,” she said with a calmness she didn’t feel at all. “What an unexpected surprise.”
He glared down at her in silence for a few long moments before motioning for the rocky shoreline in front of the house. “Take a walk with me.”
It wasn’t a question. She debated saying no just for the fun of it, but she wanted to get a chance to talk with him again. “Lead the way.” She pushed herself out of the chair.
Except he didn’t lead the way. Instead, he wrapped his strong fingers around her upper arm and pulled her along with him. She had to practically jog to keep up with his long strides until they were so far away that there was no chance Mary would hear them.
“Get your hands off me, you Neanderthal,” bit out Cali as she yanked at her arm.
He pulled his hand away as though he’d been touching lava before he turned to face her and crowded her space until she was forced to take a step back. “You want to tell me exactly what your plan is?”
She took a deep breath and tried to find her cool, calm center again. “My plan was to get you to talk to me again. So it worked.”
“You told everyone I know that I’m a cold bastard.”
“No,” she corrected. “I told Mary you were a cold bastard. And don’t even act like it isn’t true, especially not after the way you treated me yesterday. You can’t play the good guy card here.”
“Why is it so hard for you to believe that I want privacy?”
“Oh, I believe it.” Cali could understand the need for privacy better than most. That wasn’t going to stop her from getting Rourke to meet with his brothers. “But I have the payday of a lifetime waiting for me if I get you to go back to New York with me, so I’m not giving up that easily.”
He nodded as though she’d confirmed something he’d long suspected. “Money. You’re making my life hell for money.”
She snorted. Just the tone she expected from someone who’d never wanted for anything in his life. “I’m not doing this just for money. I’m doing this for lots and lots of money. Two million, to be precise.”
At least he had the grace to seem surprised. “Two million?”
“Your brothers love you and miss you. Please don’t torture them any longer, and just sit down and talk with them. They can be assholes, but so can you. You’ll get along great.”
“And you expect me to do you any favors after the shit you’ve been spewing about me?”
“All I have to do is tell Mary it was an honest misunderstanding and you’re a perfect gentleman. Then if all the people whose opinion matters to you so much see us around town a few times, I’m sure your reputation will be right back to perfect.”
“You have this all planned out, don’t you?”
No. She was really making everything up as she went along, but he didn’t need to know that. “Here are your choices. You can go meet with your brothers, you can pay me the two million out of your own trust fund, or you can sit back and watch as I make your life a living hell. So pick your poison.”
“You little—” He cut off before he finished, closing his eyes and clenching his fists.
“If you hit me, that won’t help your standing as West Bath’s most upstanding secret billionaire.”
“Hitting you wasn’t exactly on my mind,” he warned as his dark eyes raked over her and he inched closer.
She forced herself to hold her ground as she looked up at him. “Thinking of other ways to humiliate me then? Going to throw me over your shoulder and bring me back to Mary?”
“Actually, I was thinking of this.” With that, he caged her head in his hands as he leaned in and kissed her. She gasped in surprise, and he took full advantage as his tongue teased the
But despite his much too impressive body, all sexual thoughts flew from her mind as she looked up into his smoldering gaze. She had to fight the urge to slink down farther into her chair. “Rourke,” she said with a calmness she didn’t feel at all. “What an unexpected surprise.”
He glared down at her in silence for a few long moments before motioning for the rocky shoreline in front of the house. “Take a walk with me.”
It wasn’t a question. She debated saying no just for the fun of it, but she wanted to get a chance to talk with him again. “Lead the way.” She pushed herself out of the chair.
Except he didn’t lead the way. Instead, he wrapped his strong fingers around her upper arm and pulled her along with him. She had to practically jog to keep up with his long strides until they were so far away that there was no chance Mary would hear them.
“Get your hands off me, you Neanderthal,” bit out Cali as she yanked at her arm.
He pulled his hand away as though he’d been touching lava before he turned to face her and crowded her space until she was forced to take a step back. “You want to tell me exactly what your plan is?”
She took a deep breath and tried to find her cool, calm center again. “My plan was to get you to talk to me again. So it worked.”
“You told everyone I know that I’m a cold bastard.”
“No,” she corrected. “I told Mary you were a cold bastard. And don’t even act like it isn’t true, especially not after the way you treated me yesterday. You can’t play the good guy card here.”
“Why is it so hard for you to believe that I want privacy?”
“Oh, I believe it.” Cali could understand the need for privacy better than most. That wasn’t going to stop her from getting Rourke to meet with his brothers. “But I have the payday of a lifetime waiting for me if I get you to go back to New York with me, so I’m not giving up that easily.”
He nodded as though she’d confirmed something he’d long suspected. “Money. You’re making my life hell for money.”
She snorted. Just the tone she expected from someone who’d never wanted for anything in his life. “I’m not doing this just for money. I’m doing this for lots and lots of money. Two million, to be precise.”
At least he had the grace to seem surprised. “Two million?”
“Your brothers love you and miss you. Please don’t torture them any longer, and just sit down and talk with them. They can be assholes, but so can you. You’ll get along great.”
“And you expect me to do you any favors after the shit you’ve been spewing about me?”
“All I have to do is tell Mary it was an honest misunderstanding and you’re a perfect gentleman. Then if all the people whose opinion matters to you so much see us around town a few times, I’m sure your reputation will be right back to perfect.”
“You have this all planned out, don’t you?”
No. She was really making everything up as she went along, but he didn’t need to know that. “Here are your choices. You can go meet with your brothers, you can pay me the two million out of your own trust fund, or you can sit back and watch as I make your life a living hell. So pick your poison.”
“You little—” He cut off before he finished, closing his eyes and clenching his fists.
“If you hit me, that won’t help your standing as West Bath’s most upstanding secret billionaire.”
“Hitting you wasn’t exactly on my mind,” he warned as his dark eyes raked over her and he inched closer.
She forced herself to hold her ground as she looked up at him. “Thinking of other ways to humiliate me then? Going to throw me over your shoulder and bring me back to Mary?”
“Actually, I was thinking of this.” With that, he caged her head in his hands as he leaned in and kissed her. She gasped in surprise, and he took full advantage as his tongue teased the
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