Seduction and Surrender (Reckless #2)
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His gaze narrowed. “What?”
“Nothing.” Then Kate pointed. “You don’t wear cuff links. Is that allowed when you’re a CEO?”
A shrug, a bland, blue stare. “Everything’s allowed when you’re me. My company is privately held.”
Her spine stiffened. As she opened her mouth to speak, he stopped her with a lifted finger, picked up his phone, and hit a button. “I’m calling Max. He’s scheduled to fly out at seven. He’ll fill you in on all the details en route. As will Werner in our Amsterdam office. Now, in the nicest possible way, I’d like to invite you to work for us. Just the one assignment in Amsterdam. Yes or no, Miss Hart? I’m done fucking around. Just a minute, Max.” He held her gaze.
“You’re a control freak,” she muttered.
“Is that a yes?”
Silence.
“Two weeks, a month, that’s it. Money’s no object. Come now, say yes.” He smiled, a beautiful, charming, practiced smile.
Why did it seem that his smile was offering her the entire world and all its pleasures? Clearly, a lunatic thought.
“Very well,” he softly said into the lengthening silence, his blue gaze grave. “Give me two weeks of your time. I won’t ask for more.”
A pause, a last small grimace, a barely discernible nod.
His instant smile could have melted the entire polar ice cap in under a minute. “Welcome aboard, Miss Hart. I look forward to working with you.” He grinned. “At a distance, of course.”
He was way too smooth and way too beautiful and way too familiar with getting his way. But, deep down, irrationally, she wanted the job more than anything. And she knew better than to fall under his spell. Screwing the CEO was never wise.
As if, anyway.
Besides, the word bondage had come up on one of the murkier blog sites in Europe. Whether it was true or not, a man that rich and powerful?
Anything was possible.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Welcome
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
A Preview of Power and Possession
A Preview of All He Wants
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