The Billionaire Princess by Christina Tetreault Read Free Book Online

could wait until he met with them in Washington.  The real reason he'd asked her was to spend time with her and get a sense of her feelings toward him.  If that night in Hawaii hadn't happened, he'd never even entertain the idea that there might be something between them.  Hawaii had happened, though, and he couldn't get it out of his mind.  And he'd tried. Man, how he'd tried.  He'd been out on dates with two different women since then, but neither had even remotely turned him on the way Sara had.  On both occasions he'd dropped his date off at her place and had gone home alone.
    After wiping any remaining shaving soap from his face, Christopher ran a hand through his damp hair, satisfied with the image looking back at him.  It was an image that had taken years to develop.  The self-assured man gazing back at him now hadn't always existed.  In fact until college, he'd been the exact opposite, and he had his friendship with Jake to thank for much of that.
    And how do I repay the guy?   By sleeping with his sister.   Even worse if the opportunity arose again, he didn't know if he'd be able to pass it up.  Sara had intrigued him since the minute she walked into their dorm room freshman year.  Back then she hadn't given the geeky nerd with the coke-bottle glasses a second look.  Yet after her brother's wedding, she'd done so much more than that.  Afterward she brushed it off as no big deal, yet he didn't completely believe her.  Sure she showed up in magazine headlines from time to time with her name attached to a man, but nothing like her brother had before meeting Charlie.
    Regardless of what type of life she led, she was supposed to be off-limits to him.  You just didn't get involved with your friend's sister… period.  Despite knowing this, he still planned to have dinner with her tonight.  He just couldn't pass up the opportunity and if Jake found out he'd be able to say it'd been a business meeting.
    “As long as I keep it out of the bedroom, it'll be okay,” Christopher said to the image in the mirror as he buttoned his shirt.  “How hard can that be?” Switching off the light he left, eager for the night ahead.
    The candle in the center of the table flickered, casting Sara's face in a warm glow.  What had he been thinking when he made these reservations?  A private candle-lit room at Lucerne was not the place to bring a beautiful woman you had no business getting involved with.  A better choice would've been a family friendly restaurant with bright lights and lots of loud music.  Too late now.
    They both remained silent while a waiter presented them with their drinks and promised to return when they had made their dinner choices. So far neither had spoken much beyond the general pleasantries.
    “You said you wanted to know more about David's education plan,” Sara said kicking off a real conversation.
    He tried to maintain eye contact.  No easy task tonight.  A stray piece of her golden blonde hair had escaped her elegant updo, and it kept brushing against her collarbone.  His fingers itched to brush the hair away and tuck it back behind her ear.
    At the sound of her voice, Christopher’s eyes flew away from the teasing strand and back to her face.  “Yes.  When we played golf he mentioned that he'd put together a new initiative merging technology and education and that it would soon come before the Senate for a vote.”
    “It's a multifaceted plan for improving public education by promoting science, engineering, and technology in our public schools in a variety of ways.  First he wants to get the latest technology into schools at all grade levels, whether it's a small school in Greenwich, Connecticut or a large inner city school in Detroit.  At the same time, raise the current standards used in schools.” 
    The minute she'd mentioned the words education, science, and engineering his interest had been piqued.  Yet the way her eyes literally came alive as she spoke and the