Black sheep billionaire seeks fiancée
Only heiresses need apply
Self-made Julian Ford, a ruthless entrepreneur from the wrong side of the tracks, needs to secure funding from a group of traditional investors. His solution: announce an engagement to a woman from a long-established San Francisco family…and Lily Barnes-Shah fits the bill perfectly!
Julian’s business proposal provides Lily with an escape from an unwanted convenient marriage. But she couldn’t have envisioned the burning heat between them. Or that she’d be craving something outside of the bounds of their temporary agreement: a passionate surrender between Julian’s billion-dollar sheets…
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Preview
‘…When were you meant to have married?'
'Next year.'
'If you agree to this, that will never happen. What do you say?'
This whole idea was madness. Her heart raced just from thinking about it. She would be lying to her brother. Her mother.
But doing so might grant her a life that was all her own. That was what Julian was offering, and all he wanted was a fair shot at a deal that was unfairly being denied to him.
And Julian himself was an attractive part of the package. A fun, thrilling part. Of course this was all fake, but the idea of being around him and getting to know him better this man who made her feel things she never had was extremely appealing. Even now, when he was doing nothing more than looking at her, he turned everything inside her molten.
Maybe he could show her the passion she had been denied, even if it was temporary. And maybe… just maybe...she could finally have someone in her corner. Someone she could be honest with and confide in. Heaven knew how much she missed that.
It was hard to trust that everything would work out as he planned, though. It was hard to trust, period. Yet he had resources—power. He could more than adequately take on Lincoln if it came to that. Though she hoped it wouldn't.
If Julian could free her, the least she could do was help him.
He was right. This was a mutually beneficial plan, and she could count more pros than cons to this arrangement.
This was insane.
A rash decision.
Don't do anything rash, please. Devan had asked.
Too damn bad!
This was a way out and she would seize it with both hands.
‘Let's do it,' she said, surprised by the steadiness of her voice.
A small smirk curved one corner of his mouth and she lost the ability to speak as his face was transformed into something roguish.
'I'll pick you up tomorrow evening. Seven. Wear something you'd like to get photographed in.’
He winked and leaned down to place a quick kiss on her cheek. Sensation exploded throughout her body, but before she could turn her head, maybe kiss him back, Julian had already pulled away, his eyes smouldering.
She saw his jaw flex and then he was striding out of her office...leaving her a nervous, excited, heaving, trembling mess. "