Accused of using his well-known import/export company as a front for an illegal smuggling operation, Halston Wellington, II was not only faced with losing his three-generation business, he was faced with losing his freedom … and something even more valuable, he realizes upon meeting international criminal attorney Candace Younger.
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“And what is that Halston? What do you want?” Candace asked, her light-brown gaze holding his steamy emerald one. Was the candlelight playing tricks, or did the color of his eyes change with his emotions – like that mood ring she remembered getting as a retro holiday gift as a child?
“Even though I asked you first, I will answer first,” he said. “Would it surprise you to know that I want a family? … Would it surprise you to know that what I want most of all Candace, is you?”
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Lying under him, Candace curved her body into his as his hands cupped her buttocks, massaging the plush mounds as her hands did some exploring of their own. "Mmm," she cooed as her palms glided along the smoothness of his shoulders and back.
"Adios mio you're so beautiful," he whispered into the curve of her neck, his right hand working its way to the groove between her heavenly thighs. Candace flowered open under his touch.
"Halston, oh Halston," she repeated.
"Yes my darling Candace," he said. "I want you so very much,” he declared, his hardness pulsating against her.
Candace closed her eyes and pressed her hips upward, silently begging him for the ultimate joining of their bodies.
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They could have had it all ... if only he hadn't betrayed her, she thought. And the part that hurt the most was -- he’d planned his betrayal from day one. And oh how expertly he’d carried it out. He'd played her like a violin, Shakespearean-like language and all: “I was destined for thee, as you were for me. Maybe, just maybe, we were destined to be.”
It was so real. How could it all have been such a lie?
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Candace found solace in her work, especially after losing her beloved boyfriend Tom to cancer three years ago. She’d slowly dipped her toes back into the dating pool, but hadn’t come close to clicking with anyone until she met the magnetic Halston Wellington, II. Worldly, intelligent, successful and intimidatingly handsome – he was everything a woman could want in a man. It didn’t make sense that he was single … until she discovers the real reason for his interest in her.
He was right, they were destined to be, but was it for love, or was he using her for something much more nefarious?
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