Fearless In Love (The Maverick Billionaires, Book 3) by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully Read Free Book Online

guy. He needs a good woman like Harper.” His eyes turned bright with that look of love he got whenever he said her name.
    Will had never looked happier or seemed more content, not even when he’d made his first billion. Only Harper had done that for him. Along with her brother, Jeremy. They’d be married in Chicago at Bob and Susan’s house over the Christmas holiday, and Matt had a feeling Jeremy might have a little niece or nephew within a year.
    “It really sucks how things have worked out for them,” Daniel said. “I’m not a fan of divorce, but sometimes I’m not sure there’s another way.”
    Matt agreed, but he was afraid Evan couldn’t see the light. “He’ll never do it. He’s too loyal.” Then he turned to Sebastian. “How’s Noah’s dinosaur coming?”
    Sebastian’s fiancée, Charlie, was a brilliant artist who worked primarily in metal. And she’d promised Noah a dinosaur for his garden.
    Just hearing her name had his friend smiling with a look in his eye that could have been the twin of Will’s for his fiancée. “New commissions are being thrown at Charlie every day, but she loves working on Noah’s present. All I can say without spoiling any surprises is that you should think about getting the garden ready soon for some absolutely brilliant sculptures.”
    “You and Will are just too disgustingly happy,” Daniel groused good-naturedly.
    Sebastian trained his eagle eye on Daniel. “What about you? You’ve been spending all your free time working on your cabin in Tahoe lately. Is there someone you’ve got hidden up there that you’re not telling us about?” He cocked one devilish brow.
    Daniel laughed and shook his head like they were nuts. But he tugged at the open collar of his shirt, as if somehow, impossibly, it had become a little tight. “I just want the roof on the cabin before winter this year.”
    “Right,” Will said, obviously having noticed the collar-tugging as well.
    To save himself, Daniel turned the spotlight back on Matt. “What about you? Anyone caught your eye recently?”
    Jesus, he’d thought their interrogation was over.
    “Nope.” But if Daniel’s collar had been tight, Matt’s was strangling him.
    Because Ari had caught him from the first time he’d ever set eyes on her.

Chapter Six
    October in the San Francisco Bay Area could be warm, especially in the early part of the month, but Matt’s pool was heated all year round, and Ari intended to make the most of it. Three times during their first week, she’d given Noah swimming lessons, and he was doing extremely well. He wasn’t afraid of the water in his face, but he hated his water wings.
    “Sorry, sweetie,” she called out as he clung to the far edge of the pool. “You can’t take them off. Let’s try it again—swim to me.” She held out her arms in encouragement as Noah did another lap of the shallow end.
    He splashed through the water toward her, the water wings making his strokes awkward. Matt had insisted he wear them for safety reasons, but from everything she’d learned in her courses—and she’d even looked up the question online—there was a good basis for kids his age to swim without flotation devices when they were under adult supervision. She hoped Matt could see that tomorrow if he joined them, since he devoted his weekends to Noah.
    The week had been fabulous. Noah was adorable, and his laughter twisted her heart around his little finger. Their driver, Doreen, took them anywhere Ari wanted to go. They’d visited the Oakland Zoo one afternoon, gone to the mummy museum another day. Once, they’d played with Jorge and Rosie, and just as Ari had predicted, the two children had become fast friends. When she told Matt about it, he’d seemed pleased.
    But she especially loved story time each night, when she sat in the wicker chair and watched Matt read to his son. She got her fill of his gorgeous face, his tender smile, the love in his eyes. Then, after they’d tucked Noah