Storm saw Kem as if he had been accosted out of the airport. "I just want to say I've seen the news and it's all bullshit. Aira is with Storm. I've seen them together and they're a beautiful couple together. Shamia, she's with Aira during taping, filming, gigs, and all. The women together, they were two hard-working women."Reporters kept asking him what he was doing and where he was going.Storm paused when he saw Sham put the cupcake to her mouth. "I was chasing my woman in Palawan. Sham, if you're watching this, stop running from me. I'm just going to keep hunting you."Sham turned off the remote and stared at the two of them. "Did you two just see that?" "I saw it, and I have to say, dear, you've got to give him a chance," Aira said."He must be annoying, isn't he?" Sham asked. "Now he's gone and telling the world what he's going to do.""You might as well let him catch you." Storm saw the uncertainty in Sham's eyes. He understands her nerves. ***Later that night, he lay on t
A Contract With A Billionaire Book 2Blurb Book 2Amelia Robles is ruined by a disastrous relationship and loses everything. She needs to save her family business, and the man she left years ago may be the answer to all her prayers. "If" he accepts her outrageous emergency proposal! Strong, tough, self-made. Victor Montero made no mistakes, but this was one of the biggest mistakes of his life.The passion between tycoon Victor and Amelia is far from over. Before he agrees to her scandalous deal, though, he has some conditions of his own. First, he wanted a real marriage, not just a contract. Well, he wants an heir too! ***Amy is still having a hard time adjusting to the sight of her empty ring finger even though it's been a year since her divorce was finalized - thank goodness because if she had to spend another day legally hooking up with this horrible man she'd be stupid wedded to death, she worries that she might curl up in a ball and never unfold again.Still, as the elevator c
When they slept together, she was twenty-five, but still innocent and cut off from the world by her overprotective parents and siblings; Attended school in my mother's province and college in a rural area. Now she is older and wiser. Her teenage crush on Victor was a long time ago, so her body's reaction is both unexpected and unwelcome. Hundreds of tiny muscles in his face move when he feels something, his dark gray eyes turn almost black when he's angry, and turn almost gray when he laughs. Gray, which has always fascinated her. In the heat of passion, he closed his eyes, long eyelashes fluttering over his tanned cheeks, his lips parted... "Maybe it was a mistake." The past few years have taken their toll on Amy. She's emotionally hurt and battered, and even though she's putting up a last-ditch fight right now, she's not sure she's ready for how he'll feel if he rejects her, or adopt her plan! She stood motionless as his gaze roamed her face, tracking all the changes he would un
"Not for several months." There was guilt in his voice "He is losing weight. He's tired all the time. It's so unlike him." Her voice cracked as she forced herself to admit something she'd known for a while. "I don't think he has a long time left. I'm scared, I remember what happened to Carlos." The words were whispered. Victor frowned thoughtfully. "You think? Or do you know?"Her eyes met his, her lower lip trembling. "I know," she whispered, then stood up and walked to the window on wobbly knees. "He didn't say anything, but all I could say was. He kept talking about Carlos and our father, about how to take care of him." She held up a finger and rushed before tears spilled. He told himself she wouldn't do that! Not here, not in front of this man; not because of how he treated him, us.Her nerves tightened. "If there's anyone else I can ask," she said slowly. "You have to understand that I've looked at this from every angle." "Do you need help for your brother?" "No, yes." She
The sound of a needle falling to the ground would echo through the silent room. "Just to clarify—is this a joke?" "No. Of course not." Her pretty lips formed a perfect Cupid's bow as she grimaced, and her eyes flicked past him, as they had so often during this brief meeting. He can't say what he's been expecting, but it's definitely not this."So you came to my office to propose to me? A marriage proposal huh?" he asked, puzzled by the anger burning deep within him. He hadn't seen Amelia in years—she wasn't supposed to still be able to elicit that reaction in him—but there was no question that she had sent his senses into overdrive from the moment she arrived. Slow electricity ran through his veins like he had that night with her.Sleeping with her was a mistake he regrets up to this day, almost as much as the cruel thing he said to her later. But the truth is, he would have said anything at that moment to stop what had happened. If he could take it back that night, he wouldn't do
He straightened up, arms folded over his broad chest, noticing the way her eyes absorbed the gesture, falling and resting on his midsection before she reluctantly lifted them back to his face. "If I agree to this, you may not like my terms." "If" was better than what she had come here to expect. In the back of her mind, she was almost certain that his answer would be no, so it showed how hopeless Amelia was that she had even been through this."If" is the beginning of the negotiation. Her insides squeezed with a mixture of adrenaline and anxiety. "I want to hear that," she said tremblingly. He took two steps toward her, closing the distance, and knocking her nerves aside. Her heart stuttered in her chest, and despite the fact that she was no longer an inexperienced, sheltered traditional 25-year-old girl, there was a moment when she did feel like a 25-year-old.She held her breath when he came to her, his breath dangerously addictive, so she took a deep breath before she couldn't
"It was a mistake," he nodded in agreement. "That's not to say it's also not pleasant." She flinched. Dom's criticism came at her. She looked away, her lips pressed together. "I was there, remember? You didn't look like a guy who liked what we did." His expression didn't change. "I regret sleeping with you because of who you are. It's not about sex itself.""I think it's 'bad'?" He frowned. "Yes." Her laugh was suppressed. "Cute. Thanks." Just what she needed! "The fact that we slept together sucked. You're Carlos' little cousin, treat you like his real little sister. H-how do you think I'll react?"Thinking of this, her heart skipped a beat. For years, she believed his insults were a reflection of the experience rather than her surroundings. "I betrayed him. How can I have fun with it?""What now?" she pressed. "You don't seem to have that reservation anymore.""You're wrong," he responded, flaring his nostrils and exhaling. "But I’m also a realist. If I marry you it will be t
Her smile is hollow and her stomach is in knots. "It's not that simple," she whispered, walking to the window and resting her overheated forehead against the thickened glass. Her throat was dry and her head hurt. "My family has lost so much. After Carlos, they were never the same again. I know I can't replace him.""What does that mean?" His tone was sharp and close. She didn't move. Sadness hung over her, as fresh as that day many years ago."I don't like them," she said softly. "My mom, dad, Lance, Carlos. They were all cut from the same fabric. I was the cuckoo in the nest, a mystery. They never got me. Marrying Dom was supposed to be—." Shaking her head, she didn't want to discuss her ex husband at that time, nor did she want to discuss the reasons for her too reckless engagement."I didn't mean to add to their grief, but I did. I made them suffer and I just wanted to give them this gift. I wanted to do something they would be proud of, just once in my life , before it was too lat