Kissing A Stranger, Engaged To The Magnate

to take good care of me at home and give me a healthy son wit

udacity of

tential partner for this blind date. Pushing forty,

at Corinne's standards were too high, which was how she

or his taste. But as his gaze tracked over her slender figure and quiet demeanor,

re you, by the

er coffee, not even bothering to

, so I guess we have the perfect height difference! You'll have to stand on your t

t being "almost 8 feet" rar

ately caked-on makeup. "I don't think you're tall enough

ibly annoyed. "What

a stern expression pushed open the c

leam flashing in her eyes. She stood up a

second-just to show this guy what

ne grabbed his tie, yanked him down toward her, and, standing

be at least as tall as him for a woma

ace red with rage. "You shameless little tramp! Who kisses strangers like that? I'm telling the matchm

rfe

ana would have a much harder time forcin

uisance of a date as he stormed off, and then waved at the stran

lp, sir! See you a

ut a cold hand clamped

permission, and now you

er ran straight down her spine. She looked up, finall

oncertingly

ures and striking eyes, something about his overall presence ex

ps

ust grabbed the tallest guy in the room witho

ad stumbled upon someone exceptional-and someo

es slightly. "What

eyes unreadable. His lips parted s

pression. "Sir, we have a situation. Sophia's plane had to turn back due to weather conditions-she won'

cently undergone a heart transplant, had set a strict condition for accepting the surgery: his grands

lay the role of his fiancée to appease

st, Corinne sighed impatiently. "Do you need

thing indecipherable shifting in the depths

f up. She will do in Sophia's pl

the heavy eyeliner, the messy hair, the chaotic, whimsical outfit that looked like i

, she's

ed. We're t

push it. "V-v

a step. "Me? Why me? What exact

y. "I expect you to take re

ou joking? I gave you my first kiss, you know.

an eyebrow. "Yo

an. "I saved it for twenty year

ainly ha

ened. "Take her,"

corralled Corinne out the door and shoved h

tigious urban address in the country. It was here that Jeremy, the young

my's lucky

y, remarkable pedigree. An ordinary w

e is! God, he'

s that his fiancée? She looks a

y what we p

a decidedly eccentric appearance toward the center of the

d welcome to Mr. Jeremy Hol

retting that impulsive kiss. At worst, she had expected him to hand her ov

o a brightly lit stage, forced into an engagement with