He stalked forward anyway. “He deserved it.”
“True.” There was a slight pause. “But I don’t.” She hefted the phone higher. “If you’re planning to try and throw me out next, you’d better think again.”
“I’d never hurt a woman.” Bury his head between those sweet thighs until she begged him to fuck her raw? Absolutely. But lay a hand on her? Never. He wasn’t his dad, and he never would be.
There was a slight pause. Then she surprised him by slipping the phone back into its cradle. “This ill-timed appearance seems unusually bad-mannered even for you, Mr. Kazankov. What are you doing here?”
It pleased him to know she remembered him. And hearing those prim, formal words from those hot-as-fuck lips? That pleased him in a whole different way. “If you know who I am, then you know why I’m here.”
“You’re wasting your time.”
“I don’t think so.”
He’d been full of rage when Russell Winslow died. Even an entire bottle of vodka and a decimated punching bag hadn’t been enough to quiet the heckling voices in his head. Everything he’d been close to achieving snatched away by something as random and unpredictable as death. Again.
But now...his gaze swept Lily Bennett from her glorious, defiant face to her long-legged, lush body...now he had hope.
Because even swathed in mourning black, her chocolate-colored hair tamed back in a glamorous knot, taut lines tightening the corners of her lush, red mouth, Lily Bennett looked youthful and stunning and sinful. Her mouthwatering curves displayed to perfection in an elegant black dress that screamed expensive, funeral chic.
She looked like a high-priced Christmas gift begging to be unwrapped. Like a pinup girl come to life. Like the exquisite, dewy-eyed, trophy fuck toy of a rich man who had acquired everything else in life. Lavish. Beautiful beyond belief. Entirely frivolous.
Which was absolutely perfect.
In a purely business sense, of course.
Because what Lily Bennett did not look like was the new head of a nearly bankrupt multibillion-dollar investment company who could hold her own against a shark like him.
And the fact that Russell Winslow had shocked the business world, his two ex-wives, his sons, and his board by leaving his full estate, once-thriving company, and all his remaining holdings to wife number three gave Alexi an opening he never expected.
One he intended to capitalize on before anyone else.
Because he didn’t give a damn what the gorgeous widow did with the rest of her estate as long as she gave the company to him.
Promise to Lena fulfilled.
Debt repaid—as much as was possible.
Past behind him.
He rounded the desk until he loomed over his quarry, her long legs ensuring the top of her head almost brushed his chin, the surprisingly subtle scent of honey and peaches radiating from her creamy skin.
“Bad mannered or not,” he announced, “I want Winslow Industries.”
Instead of backing down, she glared upward, challenge flaring in her emerald gaze. “Well, I’d get comfortable with a little deprivation because I have no intention of selling the company to you or anyone else.”
White-hot lust hit hard. Followed by a are of respect.
He shoved the distracting feelings aside.
He’d done his research. An up-and-coming model who’d been working in Paris when she hooked Winslow and paved her way to easy street, she was out of her league. She’d fold soon enough.
Justice was about to be served. And maybe, if he was lucky—after all the hell, after all the pain—a little redemption gained.
Best of all, it was going to be easy. Like taking candy from a baby.
A gorgeous, in-over-her-head, gold-digging baby.
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Alison Aimes is the award-winning author of the sizzling, action-packed sci-fi romance Condemned series as well as the sexy contemporary romance Billionaire Bad Boys collection. A book fanatic with a PhD in Modern history, she’s an all-over-the-map kind of woman with a love for dramatic stories, no matter the era. Now, she creates her own stories full of intrigue and passion, but always with a happy-ever-after ending. She lives in Maryland with her husband, two kids, and her dog. When not in front of the computer, she can be found hanging with family and friends, hiking, trying to turn herself into a pretzel through yoga, or, last but not least, sitting on the couch imagining her characters’ next great adventures.
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TORMENTED
Book Three in the Condemned Series
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Published by Orchid Publishing
Copyright 2019 Orchid, Inc.
Cover by Patricia Schmitt
EPub Edition ISBN: 978-0-9964683-4-3
Print Edition ISBN: 978-0-9964683-5-0
Excerpt from TRAPPED copyright © 2016 by Alison Aimes
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Contents
Tormented, Book Three, Condemned Series
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Excerpt from Trapped
Excerpt from Taken
Billionaire Blackmail Excerpt
Besting the Billionaire Excerpt
About the Author
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