The Billionaire's Deal (Book 3): Hard Nudge

By Ava J. Smith

Nina Monroe thought her arrangement with Lucas Kane would not be too complicated, weird as it was. And yet here they were fighting about jewelry that he wanted to give and she couldn't possibly accept.

And now she found herself doing publicity, posing as his glamorous girlfriend, while he looked on, angry and possessive. And Nina knew exactly what he wanted to do to her whenever he was feeling the way he was...

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"Ah. Here she is. Nina, this is your photographer, Karen." Lucas rematerialized at my elbow. "Karen, this is Nina."
"Hi, there."
Karen had green eyes that reminded me a bit of Lucas; she used them to size me up quickly, professionally. "Yes, I would like a kind of Bardot vibe out of you."
"That's a tall order — "
"Don't insult her, darling," Lucas drawled in my ear as Karen flashed me an impatient look.
"I didn't mean to," I said as Karen held up a hand.
"I said Bardot, I'll get Bardot.”
Then she turned to styling team and addressed Robbie. "What have you got?"
Robbie held out the magenta dress and motioned to Lola who had unearthed the white cape as promised.
"Yes," Karen nodded briskly. "I want her hair to be more mussed though, Pierre. Bardot was glamorous but also a little wistful and wild with youth."
"I'm not sure about all this," I murmured to Lucas.
He drew me closer and I felt warm when he gave me a reassuring squeeze. "I can help with the muss."
"What do you..." I drew a quick breath when he covered my mouth with his. Quick fingers dove into my curled locks and tugged, his lips sucking gently as he caressed and ravished.
"Aye," he pulled away, slightly breathless. "That looks perfectly mussed."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dark December LCC
• Release date: Jun 5, 2015
• ISBN: 9781513067438

Book preview

NINA LOOKED up at the clock and cursed. It was already a quarter to three. Simon would be here soon. Why wasn't he picking up the phone?

She looked over at Leah sleeping form and closed the door gently. She'd give it another minute and then try to call him again. They couldn't meet today, not when his mother was here, sleeping off a bad cryfest.

She wanted another day not seeing him anyway. A week away on business trip strengthened her resolve to end... this, whatever it was that was going on between her and Simon. It was no good having a thing you couldn't even mention to your best friend. Definitely not good getting involved with a man that much younger, especially when the man knew exactly how to get you to say Yes to everything he wanted.

Just last Friday, before she had to fly out, he had made her agree to... Her cheeks went aflame just remembering it. Anyway, where the hell was he? Nina tapped on the Call button again, getting another cup of coffee while she waited for him to answer.

Nina felt weak just by being back home, a place where they had spent so many hours together; just by glancing at his snapshot on her phone... Her decision had been made, if she could avoid seeing him so soon after she got back into town maybe she could finally tell him they shouldn't see each other anymore.

A knock on the door made her groan. She crossed to the tiny foyer and peeked out. Sweet Lord, she had forgotten how much of an impact he could have on her.

Nina waited a beat while her eyes savored all the details that she knew so well. His dark hair that made his blue eyes