The Playboy Billionaire (The Romero Brothers, Book 3) by Shadonna Richards Read Free Book Online

Ordinarily, Zack would be inside a woman’s heart and ultimately her
bed within twenty-four hours of meeting her. But thank God, he was going to
rise to the occasion for this abstinence challenge. Maybe it was a blessing in
disguise and not some curse as he originally thought. He would get a chance, as
hard as that would be, to know Blue intimately without getting into her bed,
but inside her mind and soul first. If he could do that and still hold interest
in her, that would mean a hell of a lot. It could mean, that she could be "the
one." Damn!
    Zack was officially on a diet of cold
showers and probably self-serving gratification for the long haul. He was not
going to screw this up. He could do this. Keep
your distance from her, Zack . Blue was beautifully tempting, a sweet threat
to his celibacy run.
    His lips curled into a grin.

 
 
 
 
CHAPTER FOUR

 
    Almost four weeks later, Blue felt as if
she was finally getting a grasp on things. It was early in the morning on a
clear, cloudless summer day in the country. She could see off in the distance
the blueness of the lake blending with the bright horizon. Her eyes drank in
the vivid colors of aqua blue and gorgeous turquoise as the sun reflected off
the water. She had already set up her tripod, video editing equipment, digital
camera and microphone on the site and thought about the subjects she was going
to cover during her tenure filming the short documentary.
    During the past few weeks, Blue came into
work early—before the first sign of dawn to capture footage of the land
as the sun rose inviting in warm hues of rouge and orange rays of light
blending with the horizon. One day, Zack had turned up and was surprised to see
her there at 5:47 a.m. sunrise time. She learned that rising with the sun meant
a lot to the brothers, something to do with their mother, who had passed away,
but they never got into what really happened to their mom. She knew there were
unlocked chambers in Zack’s life that would never open. She wondered how badly
he was hurt, so bad that he could not even talk about it. Blue's heart ached
for him. She knew how that felt, when she lost her own wonderful parents so
tragically. There was nothing that could heal some heartbreaks ,
she figured. Death was so final. All one could do was to focus on the fond memories
and be glad that they were a part of one’s life.
    It was clear Zack was passionate about his
work and Blue really wanted to capture that fully. She had grown to genuinely respect
Zack based on knowing him personally, as much as he allowed, and learning more
about him through his workers. And…best of all, he never tried to get "fresh"
with her. So much for his playboy image persona.
    Blue was so focused on getting all the footage
just right. Her main focus now was to capture hundreds of shots from various
angles and then decide on which to narrow them down to and where to tighten the
focus.
    Blue gazed off at the magnificent scenery
of the estate while inhaling the calming scent of the grapes from the vine that
filled the atmosphere.
    Divine.
    She could work here forever.
    “This is the Romero Winery and Vineyard,”
she began recording against the backdrop of the vineyard from up on the hill.
The wind rustled her hair as she faced her video camera propped on the tripod.
“Thousands of acres of glorious land that stretches across the city of…” Blue
bit down on her lip. She shook her head. “No. Wrong.” She fiddled with the
buttons on the remote to press the pause button on her camera.
    And she blew a deep breath of air that
caused her bangs to swing up off her face. She then started the recorder again.
“This is the fantastic Winery and Vineyard of Romero…” she stopped herself again, then growled while hitting the pause button.
    What the hell had gotten into her so suddenly?
Zack.
    Why was this man
possessing her mind again? Because no man had ever made her feel the way
smooth, sexy Zack had. And they hadn’t even