Secrets of the Billionaire's Heart

er the ocean of well- dressed guests mingling below, trying to ignore the growing apprehension

commodity was not adding up in their finances. Her job was to uncover what - or who was responsible. But digging

Indeed in a room of fat elites, Sterling commanded attention with his poised ma

ing from across the chamber. The golden - presumably his current paramour - had possessed a group of benefactors, throwing her head back in lyrical horselaugh. Meanwhile, Sterling scrutinized the crowd with a rehearsed eye, percolating an royal charm. But beneath the polished persona, she tasted darkness, secrets yet innumerous. Drawing near, she eavesdropped the rearmost hot gossip - Sterling's high- profile rollicking, lavish parties, mysterious peregrination abroad. It sounded the man was oriented to court conspiracy. But Emilia knew better than to trust rumors at face value. Data were demanded, the kind that did not make the tabloid captions. Just also, she spotted her opening. The seductive golden had whisked Sterling onto the cotillion bottom, leaving a group of society dowagers in her wake. fleetly fitting herself into the discussion, Emilia schmoozed with rehearsed ease." awful event tonight. I must recommend Mr. Sterling for his fidelity to good causes." The women chortled like pixies." Oh, I suppose Sterling's fidelity lies away." One lowered her voice conspiratorially." Word has it his rearmost fling will not last long. You know his type noway do." While Emilia suspected more snide layers beneath Sterling's polished veneer, gossip would not foster her case." No doubt his focus remains on charitable workshop. Now, about those rearmost fundraiser figures." Her deft steering paid off, yielding useful fiscal perceptivity. But her mind returned to Sterling as the party wound down, further mystifications in need of working. maybe it was time for a more direct approach. The coming evening set up Emilia at Sterling's satiny town extension. Would she find the answers she sought, or simply further questions? Only one way to discover the secrets of Alexander Sterling. Emilia peered up at the luxurious extension, feeling both anxious and determined. She'd maneu

he full verity came to light. Dare she place her trust in this enigmatic foreigner, despite the warnings of her suspicion? A sense of participated pitfall had formed a fragile bond between them, yet peril remained each around. Would Sterling prove supporter or adversary in unravelling the falsehoods? Only time would tell. For now, she had picked enough vestments to begin picking at the seams of the lesser deception. The pounding at the extension door shattered the