A Bride for the Billionaire Bad Boy (The Romero Brothers, Book 2) by Shadonna Richards Read Free Book Online Page B

think I’ll be needing it, though.”
    “Don’t count on that, Ms. Summers.” With those words,
he extended his hand to shake hers. Their meeting was officially over, she
supposed.
    He gave her a firm handshake. So firm that she felt a
surge of power shoot through her body.
    Have mercy! This man had a lot of strength. He caught
her by surprise by lifting her hand slowly and pressed his lips to the back of
her hand. This well-dressed human deity was not only sexy but so charming as
well. Electricity jolted through her body at his sexual touch. Oh, what a soft
kiss. Was he teasing her with a sample of what he could offer?
    It was a wonder that he wasn’t accused of getting more
women pregnant, she humored.
    Maxine was melting inside. How was she to respond?
"Thank you,” she said softly. She felt a surge of heat rush to her cheeks.
She hoped she wasn't blushing. She wished she had access to a mirror to be
sure.
    He eyed her salaciously before making his way out of
her office. “I’ll see myself out.”
    Maxine was beside herself. Lucas had caused so many emotions
to stir within her over the past couple hours they'd just spent together. She
wanted more of him. She needed to see more of him. What had she done? She
should've asked him to stay longer. But no, she had work to do, a lot of work
to do. And she knew he was busy and had lots of things to attend to himself.
She was honored to be given a few hours of his time today of all days.
    Just then Betty came back into the office with a
couple of coffees in her hand. “Are you all right?” Betty placed the cups on
the desk.
    “I’m good, thanks,” Maxine said absently. “Well, the
good news is that we'll be getting a new system in place over the next few
weeks.”
    “Yay,” Betty chimed in. “It’s about time. And what's
the bad news?”
    “Oh nothing. It's just that…” If I don’t get Lucas Romero inside me soon, I think I’m going to
explode.
    Maxine thought about her hormones running wild and
chalked it up to the fact that she hadn’t been with a guy in almost two years.
She’d been celibate way too long. Way, way too long. And now, the one guy who fueled
the fireworks to explode inside her and was rocking her world without even
knowing it had just walked out of her life again. How was she going to get with
him now? Not that she really wanted to be involved with a local celebrity, but
damn! Hot damn! She at least wanted to see him again. She was quickly becoming
addicted to the way he made her mind spin and butterflies to flutter inside
her.
    “You like him, don’t you?” Betty leaned in with a grin.
    “No. I don’t,” Maxine shot back sharply. She felt
sorry for snapping at Betty who was only trying to make light of the situation.
“Sorry, Betty, I’ve just got a lot on my mind.”
    “I know. No worries.”
    “Anyway, we’ve got tons of work to do before the new
system goes live. I’m going to contact the advertising agency we used last year
and see if they can do a little campaign on a budget for us. It’s the only
thing we have going if we’re going to compete in the new market.”
    “Tell me about it. Everything is self-serving these
days. All you need is an Internet connection and a password to do anything and
everything.”
    “For sure,” Maxine said, lifting her latte to her
lips. Her mind was still on Lucas, though. Would she ever see him
again—besides on the Internet tabloid news?

 
    CHAPTER SIX

 
    Four weeks had passed since the sex scandal involving
Lucas Romero became public. All eyes were on Lucas as he sat at the head of the
long oval table in the boardroom with the sun beaming through the
ceiling-to-floor windows. He casually leaned back in his leather executive
chair with his knee propped up.
    “So, what’s the verdict?” He turned to his team.
    His grandfather insisted on attending the meeting
along with his brothers Zack, Jules, Troy and Carl. Though the brothers didn’t
always attend meetings together, one