The Billionaire's Secretive Enchantress (The Berutelli Escape) by Elizabeth Lennox Read Free Book Online Page A

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    Adding to her defiance , she’d moved out of her father’s house that week, not even telling him.  He’d said some horrible things about her sister Marissa, things Sierra had been unable to ignore.  So she’d just left. 
    When her father had gone to prison the following year, she hadn’t even attended the trial , relieved that someone had finally found enough evidence to convict him and several of his underlings.  She’d gone with the assumption that her father was guilty of everything he was accused of and more.  So much more!  In fact, if she’d been able to find evidence of his crimes, she would have turned it over to the police herself.  She’d even looked, but couldn’t find anything.  Her father had hidden his crimes well over the years.  But not well enough since he had been given a life sentence. 
    He’d died in prison that first year.  She’d heard about his death but, after talking with her sister, they hadn’t attended his funeral.  The two of them had visited their mother’s grave that same day, holding hands and letting the tears flow, but neither had understood those tears. 
    Shaking her mind out of the past, s he walked over to her desk and typed in Drake’s name.  She’d followed his career over the past six years, but there were always new articles to read.  Obviously, she wasn’t the only one that was fascinated by the man!  The press loved him, followed him around and reported on not only his business successes but also his personal life, whenever they caught even the smallest rumor. 
    A split second after she pressed enter on her computer, she saw a long list of articles about the man.  Irritated that she was distracted, she read through the first few articles.  And then one more, and one more.  He actually had created one of the largest construction companies in the country with his headquarters based out of Chicago.  So what was he doing here in Denver?  And why would his holding company, which had huge assets globally, be interested in a mid-sized architectural firm?  She’d always assumed that Harrison Holdings would have a team of architects on staff.  They didn’t just build houses or even large buildings.  Harrison Holdings was known for building cities! 
    With a sigh, she clicked out of her web search, refusing to read anything more about the man’s career or his astounding wealth.  So what if he lived in a fabulous house that was perched on the top of a mountain in what looked like a visually precarious design?  She’d glanced at the designs and she’d done similar work on her own dream house.  She absolutely loved designing homes, creating either small or large living environments for the way each family lived.  Designing buildings and sports complexes was interesting also, but her favorite projects were those where she got to sit down and talk with a family, find out what they did each day or during the year so she could create the perfect area for each member of the family. 
    Shaking her head, she focused all of her attention on the building she was currently working on, pushing aside the possible motives of a mega-billionaire with dark, piercing eyes and shoulders that were….she closed her eyes and pursed her lips, irritated with herself for even picturing the man’s shoulders.  At least it was just his shoulders, she told herself.  She hadn’t gone down the road of picturing the man…Ugh! 
    Okay, so he probably looked amazing without that dark, tailored suit covering his tall, muscular body.  That was no reason to break her concentration and picture the man naked.  She had an important meeting in only a few minutes and she needed to get some last minute details into the design. 

Chapter 2
     
    Unfortunately, her meeting time arrived and she was still unable to focus on the issues so she had to speak to her ideas instead of having them incorporated into the design.  Another mark against Drake Harrison since he was the