A STELLAR AFFAIR (A Hollywood Bad Boy Romance) (32 page)

She drew in an expectant breath as he slowly removed his palm.
 

A string of creative Portuguese cuss words rang inside her office.
 

She beamed.
 

“Heads! You lose, Braga.”

C
OMING
S
OON!

MORE THAN FOREVER
 

(Providence Series Book 2)
 

MARY B. MOORE

One week later…

Dad had loaded the Singaporean news for me on my iPad so that I could see the moment Isla met with the Deputy Prime Minister. All I wanted to do was see her again and this was the best way. God I missed her.
 

“The representatives of the Montgomery Corporation, Isla Banks and Dacks Richards, will be meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister today to discuss the building of the Gambini hotel in the Colonial District. The building started three months ago and brought one hundred and ten jobs to Singapore. Once completed, the company has confirmed…”

Everyone in the room stopped talking as soon as Isla’s name was mentioned and gathered around the bed to watch it with me.

“Ms. Banks is the legal representative from MC and Mr. Richards is the…”

I could see them walking up the stairs towards the doors of the building and I couldn’t help feeling pissed that she’d left me. I now knew what Kendal had done and I could guess what lies she told Isla, but she should’ve waited to talk to me. No, she shouldn’t have; I was an asshole and I’d be surprised if she ever spoke to me again.
 
I should’ve known that it was a stupid thing to do, but all I’d wanted was for the company to be the international success that it was now becoming. I’d fucked up though, big time.

I watched the screen as Isla leaned on that bastard Richards who was whispering to her, then Isla suddenly started sinking to the ground and landed on her side on the stair as Dacks quickly reached out for her.

“As you can see Ms. Banks appears to have fainted. Sources tell us that an ambulance has been called and that her condition at this moment is unknown. We will update you once we have been informed of Ms. Banks’ condition.
 
Also, in the news today - Orchard Road will be…”

I didn’t want to hear about fucking Orchard Road! Throwing the covers off of my legs, I swung them over the bed to get up. I didn’t have the casts anymore, but my leg was still agony from the severity of the breaks. I needed to toughen up and get to Isla though.

“I’m going to get changed. Call the Doctor through and tell him I want to be released today.”
 

Thankfully my mom just nodded and no one challenged my decision as I limped through to the bathroom; it wouldn’t have been pretty if they had. This was Isla for fucks sake!

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Eve Montelibano is an incurable romantic. That said, she couldn't be blamed for the amount of cheese and cream you'll find in her books. She loves to write about jaded, super-alpha heroes and spunky, sassy heroines, and enjoys putting them in a lot of sticky, steamy, sweaty situations. Definitely not for the fainthearted.

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A
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My heartfelt gratitude to:

The Lord

My loving family

Fiona Lota

(for helping me edit this manuscript)

May Rose Alegre
 

(for her invaluable insights, as always)

The LMD PIMP SQUAD

May Rose Alegre
 

Jennifer Rillera
 

Sharon Eugenio
 

Reda Belle Lachica

Joy de Vera

 
Shane Angela

 
Pepper Mint

The LM Readers, the LManiacs
 

 
The LHRPG

My SDM Family in Gensan

My writing buddies and fellow authors who helped motivate me to finish this particular novel:

Mary B. Moore

S Van Horne

C.M. Steele

Elena M. Reyes

K.L. Donn

Your generous support and admirable work ethic inspire me to do better with my craft
 

and to love my profession even more.

To you who just read this book.

Thank you very much.

Until our next happy ending.