“Oh.” She halted mid-stride. She’d forgotten Edward was waiting for her. “Oh, no, Edward. Of course, not you.” She looked at the blond man in front of her but saw a dark-haired green-eyed one instead. A slow dark grin appeared on her face.
“What did I do to deserve that awful smile?” He cocked his head and observed as she walked lithely to her leather chair without answering. “Sophia, you’re growing horns and a pointed tail. I’m almost afraid. What just happened?”
“Horns and a pointed tail?” she asked, absentminded.
“Yeah, you’re just missing goat hooves and the trident. You have that devilish look that scares the hell out of me. What’s happening?” he insisted.
“Nothing.” She bared her teeth at him in a rictus. “Yet.” She singled out her iPhone from her Cartier bag and put it on vibrate mode and rested it against her iMac where she could easily see the screen.
Then she touched the intercom, slowly. “Sarah,” Sophia’s voice was sugar-coated, “I’ll only receive Gabriela’s calls from now on. Please, don’t transfer any others. And inform reception that if Mr. MacCraig comes here in person, he should be held downstairs for at least five minutes—no, make it ten—before being allowed to come up.” She turned her chair, facing her computer and selected her personal email account.
To: Handsome ([email protected])
From: Sophia Santo ([email protected])
Date: Monday, March 15, 2010 at 09:54 p.m.
Subject: Dr. Walter’s appointment
To the Marquis of I’m-so-powerful-and-I-give-the-orders-amen!
Dear Sire,
I’m not going.
Have a good day.
Your humble servant,
S.
She bit her lip for a second before clicking on the ‘send’ button. She dusted off her hands and blinked innocently at Edward. “So, where were we?”
His blue eyes twinkled and he chuckled. “Poor, poor MacCraig.”
Sophia just smiled back at him then turned to the contract on her computer and started discussing it.
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He is rich, powerful—and blind. She is beautiful, intelligent—and engaged to a corrupt politician affiliated with the Russian Mafia. Forbidden romance ignites, but the consequences for breaking off the engagement is death. For both of them.
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USA TODAY and AMAZON bestselling author, Cristiane Serruya—or just Cris—lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with her husband, two teenage daughters, and Loki, her Shetland sheepdog.
She’s graduated at Law School, with a Master’s in Business Law, and also has a BA in Fine Arts, all from PUC-RJ. She’s studied in England, Switzerland, Italy, and France, and, of course, Brazil.
In 2011, after twenty-two years of practicing law, Cris decided to give writing a go. And—amazingly!—it was just the piece that was missing from the puzzle of her life. Now that she’s hooked, she can’t free herself—and doesn’t want to be freed.
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