R

re either. I just wanted to get drunk enough to forget why I had come here in the first place. I threw back my head, gulped the drink, shuddered as i

e lately. Oblivion had to be better than this gu

ted at the stranger as I tried to bring him into focus. He was tal

anks,"

draped his arms aroun

etty woman like you doing a

having a

rself,"

s fingers brush ag

beautiful hair,

shrank back. Alarm bells began blaring in my head. The man was seriously creeping me out. I trie

u going?" he

use the restr

, so sit your ass down," he snapped. When I tr

," I sq

ice. The newcomer had come to stand beside me without me not

uster," said

ng on here c

I see a creep holding on t

"Are you calling me a creep?" h

orward until he and the

d, swore softly and walked away, but not before giving him the finger. The

kept me on my feet until he asked that question. I swayed and

ry,"

ips

wn on the chair the o

features. My alcohol-clouded eyes weren't also helping matters. I just got the impression that he was blonde and built around the lines of perfection. The man glanced

And how do you know what I'm thinking?" he asked

-" I hic

e to trace a finger around those lips to get their exact shape. Impatiently, I swiped

lf why you had to

I caught my in bed

what I had said in

I'm more drunk t

rstood you. He ch

r. He threw me out of the

I was raised to my lips, away from me. In doing so, he leaned real cl

y did

vine," I said. "

bout my problems now."

my hand had rested on his thigh. I felt no urge to remove it even though the man wa

" he said in a

ke of breath. He held my hand and, to my surprise, pushed it further up. He leane

out of here?" he aske

think of was tracing his lips. I proceeded to do that with my tongue the moment the door of the hotel room shut behind us. The man clasped me in his arms and kissed me long and hard until I felt my toes curl w

*******

at me. I looked down at myself, the realisation that I was naked hitting me like a train, and I almost screamed. For a moment, I wondered what

and run away? But I was distracted for a long moment by my first honest look at his face. With blonde tousled hair and piercing blue eyes set in a pe

ht... I don't general

Iris," he

And how the hell did he know my name? I surreptitiously glanced around the room for a weapon I could use

mise," he said like h

know my nam

ranger, to marry me? Sit

eady, but there was no way I would sit back dow

e," h

saves time. So you had a text message this morning, and I saw your phone's lock-screen

your

e had gotten married to a woman called Iris, then cheated and event

But

ying me would entail. You'll have lots and lots of spending money, and you'll be getting back at Ollie, who loathes me, by the way. When he sees I'm married to his ex-wife, he'll lose it, tru

e my husband,

fter a day of divorce. Wha

he corked

and get the company. He won't change his mind about the di

of her grandsons just divorced me, and the other w

ed behind my thoughts. I realized Ollie had considered me useless, so he chose to marry Charlotte. He didn't love me at all, and there was no use waiting for him to change his mind. That would only mak

ill this ma

mother that I deserve the company. Within the time frame, you'll be pro

," I sai

marr