Claiming Her Billion-Dollar Birthright (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
He continued to be her guide as she grew more and more accustomed to her new life. But somehow he managed to keep their conversations centered on business, or the resort itself. He refused to bring up anything personal and she must have come to the same conclusion. She was polite. Cool. She treated him as she would have a distant acquaintance. And every minute he was with her was a session in torture. He’d never wanted anyone with the fierce desperation he did her. Thoughts of her plagued him constantly. He couldn’t lose himself in his work anymore. Couldn’t stroll through the Manor without seeing her, hearing her—or hearing someone else talk about her. She’d charmed the staff and had settled into her new position as if she’d been born to it. And in a way, he supposed, she had. She was a Jarrod, after all. Which was the major problem for him. If she weren’t a member of the Jarrod family, he wouldn’t be doing his best to ignore her. Stopping by her office, he knocked, then walked inside to find her hunched over her keyboard, gaze fixed on the screen.
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