Total pages in book: 189
Estimated words: 178200 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 891(@200wpm)___ 713(@250wpm)___ 594(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 178200 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 891(@200wpm)___ 713(@250wpm)___ 594(@300wpm)
Damen Leventis’ gaze suddenly swung back towards Mairi and she quickly let her arms fall to her sides. Then she looked at him innocently.
His lips thinned, but amusement shone in his gaze.
Oh drat! He was doing his best not to laugh at her! Worse, he had probably seen Mairi threaten his sister’s life. Drat, drat, drat. Should she be grateful the man wasn’t reporting her to Social Services at this point?
“I think it’s better if Ms. Ya—-I mean Ms. Tanner tell you about it instead,” Diana finally answered with impressive diplomacy. “Anyway, her real name is Mairi Tanner, Damen. And Ms. Tanner, I’m so pleased that you can finally meet my brother Damen Leventis.”
A smile curving on his lips briefly melted the cold perfection of his face. A jolt of awareness shot through Mairi’s body, reminding her explicitly that while this man had the polished perfection of a sculpture, he was anything but inanimate. Damen Leventis was one live hot-blooded male, and just the way he looked at Mairi was more than enough to make her feel like hyperventilating.
Mairi offered her hand per the headmistress’ dos and don’ts – never let the rich patrons offer their hands first.
Damen took it, savoring the softness, letting his fingers drift on the back of her hand in a caress.
Mairi gasped at the intimacy of the man’s touch and immediately snatched her hand away.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Tanner,” Damen purred, and his words served to disconcert her even more, exactly the way he planned. He liked seeing how he affected Diana’s deliciously curvy teacher. The way she blushed and gazed at him with shy fascination was too fucking sexy by half, and it made his cock swell under his pants.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you as well, sir.” Mairi’s voice sounded even more strained to her ears this time, with her senses all in a riot. She struggled to keep calm, telling herself that she wasn’t 100% sure yet that Damen Leventis really was the one she was meant to fall in love with. For all she knew, all this was simply the typical knee-jerk reaction a woman had when meeting her first Greek billionaire.
Damen was talking again. “—-so I apologize if I accidentally eavesdropped on your conversation earlier.”
When he paused as if waiting for her to answer, Mairi could only smile weakly, her mind still scrambling to recall exactly what she had said earlier. The words ‘Greek god’ had occurred to her several times at the sight of him, but she hadn’t mentioned that out loud -—right?
Damen continued, “Like Diana, I find your, err, positive outlook of life quite remarkable.”
Mairi looked at him suspiciously. The Leventis siblings appeared to have a really big chip on their shoulders when it came to optimism. They made it sound like a dirty word.
“She’s the nicest girl you’ll ever meet, Damen,” Diana added.
“Diana!” Mairi could have groaned in frustration. The way her student described her, it sounded like she had SUCKER written all over her.
Chapter 4
“A nice girl, mm?”
Everything that could quiver in her body did quiver at the way he said the words. It was as if he was subtly challenging her to prove to him that she wasn’t always a nice girl – with him. And oh, oh dear! That gaze of his! Mairi’s eyes flitted towards Diana in panic, but the younger girl appeared entirely unaware that her own brother was doing his best to seduce her with his eyes – and it was working!
Her mind shut down, panic setting in completely. What if Damen Leventis was the one? What if he was not the one? Oh God, she was so confused! She needed a moment to herself, needed a moment to think, preferably with a drier pair of panties.
Mairi looked down, pretending to check the time on her watch. She squeaked out, “Gosh, look at the time. I need to get back to the conference—-”
“Perfect,” Damen agreed smoothly. Something was suddenly wrong. He felt his beautiful quarry deliberately trying to shut him out. No woman had ever tried to shut him out before, and that this woman was doing so made Damen cynically wonder if it was simply a ploy to make him more interested in her.
He nodded to Diana, his voice commanding as he said, “Lead the way, Diana. I would like to speak with your teacher in private.”
The word ‘private’ made Mairi’s head shoot up. “I don’t think—-”
Diana made a face. “Don’t bully her.”
“I do not bully,” Damen answered in a cool voice. “Now go ahead and lead us.”
Mairi looked at Diana, begging the girl not to leave her alone with Damen. But all the girl did was shrug and say apologetically, “I’m sorry, Ms. Yay. He’s the boss, you know.”
Mairi would have believed her student was sincerely apologetic if not for the mischievous grin on Diana’s face. If she wasn’t mistaken, Diana had the look of someone who was trying to play matchmaker. That would have been cool – later. Right now? With Mairi in full panic mode?