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Billionaire’s Bounty
He wanted her
Who ever she hatever it took, Jude Stone kneould have his way He always did
She was dressed in a calf-length, black-sheathed dress, with its broad straps crisscrossing over her shoulders She filled out the outfit nicely, her a the thin fabric He drew in a breath of sexually charged awareness at this voluptuous beauty that stood in the middle of the roo on his long-deprived horainst the bodice, with its heart-shaped cut and revealed a delicious deep shadow of cleavage She had to be a 40D, Jude’s well-trained eye decided – and her five-foot frame served to emphasize further her deliciously buxom proportions He took his time to trail his eyes from the top of her top-knotted hair to her heeled feet, and decided that he hadn’t seen anything so alluring, so utterly desirable, in a long time
“Who is she?” he heard hih the words of his assistant as standing next to him
His assistant, the long-suffering Carly, followed the line of his gaze and narrowed her eyes in recognition
“Sir, why do you ask? Because if Miranda Quinn has caught your eye, then I’ to have to disappoint you”
Carly couldn’t help the trace of satisfaction in her voice She knew her boss – for who the last nine years – too well She knew that look in his eye, understood exactly what he was thinking even without it being spelled out for her It was rare, but when she saw that dark, purposeful glint in his eye, she knew it hts on a potential female acquisition And he was the type who never could understand that not everything – or everyone – had to fall into his lap
Jude Stone was not just her long-time employer, but he was one of the richest men in the city He was known as the “Bust-up Billionaire” because of the way he’da thriving fae thirty-four, he was running a billion-dollar business empire left to him by his tycoon father when Jude had been only twenty-five In the ten years since then, Jude Stone had become a billionaire several times over – and he didn’t seem ready to slon yet
And if that wasn’t enough, he had the looks of a god His face had graced enough azine covers, both in the field of business and of style He was nothing short of a celebrity thanks to his undeniable physical attributes as well as his ued by his corporate savvy, and were even more pulled in by his handsome looks
He had links to the top-irlfriend had been one of the top three supermodels in the world – and the break-up of their one-year relationship had been fodder for the gossip sheets for months
Carly carefully analyzed the target of his interest, and had to admit she was certainly a voluptuous beauty Certainly on the curvy side, and was hardly what Carly would consider his ‘usual’ type And yet Carly could see where the appeal lay The woman known as Miranda Quinn looked confident, at ease in her own skin Her poise was evident in every inch of her carriage Yes, she was certainly quite lovely, with regular, striking features Her dark hair ept up, leaving her shoulders bare She stood in her group and talked and laughed, oblivious of the scrutiny from across the room
“Her name is Miranda Quinn? Why does that sound familiar?” her boss mused
Carly turned to face hi, because you were responsible for taking over her father’s company,” She told him bluntly “Her father was Jepson Quinn, and his company was just another of your bust-ups of last year So really, you can’t expect to have any luck with his daughter, can you?”
“Why do I have the funny feeling you sound pleased about this?” he asked, his tone still thoughtful He hadn’t torn his eyes from the subject of their discussion Just then, she’d accepted the offer of a dance fro on his beefy fra, especially when the e arh she sriured Mr Hulk had trod on her