XanderI take one look at her and catch my breath, she looks absolutely stunning this morning. Although I can see dark circles under her eyes yet it doesn’t distract from her beauty and those long legs of hers encased in the linen trousers. Kenna looks utterly sexy and elegant. But then she always has done. “Good morning, did you sleep okay you look a little tired?” I ask her as she shakes my hand. Yes, shakes my hand. So it is going to be like that then is it? Formal, business like. Mm, we have to see about that. I am hoping that by the end of this two week tour I will have her in my arms. Exactly where she belongs. I am after all Nico Staniopolis and I always get my own way. That and I have been practically a monk since we were divorced not to mention during the three years that we were married.And why did I never touch my wife when she was there to hand, ready and waiting? Back then Kenna would have fallen over herself literally to do anything I wanted her to do.The answer. Becau
KennaThe man drives me insane, just being close to him is both irritating the holy crap out of me and making me have shivers up and down my spine. Xander is ridiculously handsome with his strong jaw, just enough stubble to be considered high level sexy but not unkempt. His broad shoulders fill out his navy suit jacket well, his long, muscular legs in his tight suit pants. He screams elegance, he screams masculine, he screams fucking crazy HOT. I have to watch myself so that I am not panting in front of him.Seriously, my body is all over the place. Between him and my stepbrother I don’t actually know if I am coming or going. It’s insane and I am clearly confused not to mention conflicted that I have some kind of feelings for both of them. What they are, I have no idea. Right now, I just feel lustful. I want to groan and bury my head in my hands as I slam the door shut on his face. Sightseeing? Is the man out of his mind? I have no intention of getting close to Xander. He can chase m
Xander Watching her squirm in her seat does something to me. Her hair hangs beautifully around her shoulders, I long to touch it and tuck the stray strand around the back of her ear and run my fingers down her cheek and along her jawline. I won’t. She isn’t ready for me yet but I am hopeful that after two weeks together in close proximity that I can win Kenna round.“Have you looked at the proposals?” She asks me peering over her expensive reading glasses. Since when did Kenna need glasses? Well how would I know? Maybe she always wore them when she was reading in my library at my house and I never noticed. Let’s face it, there was a lot I didn’t notice about Kenna. And now when it’s all so late, I notice everything.I watch as her chest rises and falls, the way her fingers deftly move across the keyboard. She types with lightning speed. It's incredible. Kenna would, I have now discovered having dealt with her mildly in a business capacity, have been a true asset to my own Staniopolois
KennaI have no idea what is going on with me, running hot and cold over Xander. We have finally landed, good because I want to get to my hotel suite of rooms and be away from him for a while, yet part of me wants to still be close to him. “After you,” he says, allowing me to head down the steps of the jet first. I gather all my stuff up and make my way to the door and down the steps where the air hostess is waiting at the bottom. She gives me a curt nod but turns on a megawatt smile for Xander. Of course she would. He doesn’t pay her too much attention and for some reason this makes me smirk. How ridiculous I am behaving like a girl in high school still when the center player brushes off the most popular girl in the school. Which by the way was never me. I did have my fair share of boys that always wanted to date me but I was never interested. They were exactly just that. Boys. And I had a thing for my professor so it was no wonder he caved in to me and we ended up in bed together.
KennaI pay absolutely no attention to anything outside of the limo as it smoothly drives us towards the hotel in the City. We are staying at one of Xander’s finest with all the elegance and opulence you would expect from a hotel owned by Xander Staniopolis. It was part of the business arrangement that we would only stay at his hotels. That’s fine with me, I know already that he will be out to impress me and I will be treated like a princess. But this thing with Violet is making my blood boil. I send a message to Dante. Hey there, I need some cash release.Hey, you arrived safely in Mexico? How is Xander behaving himself? Yes we arrived safely thanks for checking. Long flight with him so close to me.I can see that. Cash, why do you need cash, Kenna? You have your own money now.It’s not enough, Isaac only gives me so much.What do you need it for? Are you in trouble?Nothing you need to worry about, I just have to make some additional business purchases. They will have to go throug
DanteDamn it, damn it and damn it again. There is something going on with Kenna and now blackmail. I need to get to the bottom of it. Whoever is after Kenna will have me to deal with. I will not have anyone going after or threatening my stepsister nor the woman that it would seem I have developed strong feelings for. I don’t even want to think about that right now because it fills me with shame that I think I am falling in love with the daughter of my stepmother. Can it possibly get any worse? And who is threatening Kenna? She won’t tell me and I will now make it my business to find out.Not only will they have me to deal with but I have the backing of my father, clearly put - they will be dealing with the wrong people. Kenna is not on her own anymore, even when she was with Xander she was still on her own. I mean, what did he even do to protect my stepsister, my best friend?I fume as I throw my mobile on the dining room table, my father walks in. Why isn’t he even at the office this
Xander“Kenna, wait,” I go to grab her hand, but she pulls it away fiercely.“Can we at least get to the hotel? I need to freshen up before we head into the plant. We are expected for two o’clock there will be a late luncheon and a meeting with the execs heading up Mexico. Plus Dante now wants to fly in.” “Wait, what? Dante what the fuck is he coming for? He has nothing to do with my new label that is between you and I now. You better tell him not to get involved or I will pull the plug on the whole thing.” Okay so I am mad. The last thing I want is her stepbrother being here. I see what happens to Kenna with my own eyes and how she reacts to him. She almost flirts with him even if she is not aware. Her eyes go all demure, she twirls her hair around her fingers and well it fucking irritates me. I.Do.Not. want that man anywhere near her.Kenna lets out a long sigh, we have finally arrived at my hotel. The door men are waiting and a bell boy is waiting with the old fashioned, gold looki
KennaI could feel the heat coming off Xander and knew he was stealing glances at me as we rode the elevator and honestly I felt something there too but I can’t go back. No way. Xander has to be off limits for me, besides I almost got it on with my stepbrother the other night. I am still reeling with how close Dante and I got in the kitchen.I wonder what would have happened if my mother hadn’t have come in and interrupted us. God it’s wrong, right? We’d never live it down if anything happened between us and on top of all that, how would it impact our close friendship. For God’s sake, Dante is my best friend well on top of Elsie that is but you know what I mean. Inside the suite I marvel at the floor to ceiling windows that wrap around the entire suite, I can see the whole city and know that in the evening it will be a mass of twinkling lights. The doors in front to the wrap-around balcony are open allowing in the fresh breeze, even though it is warm right now, there is a faint breeze