Greek Billionaire's Uncontrollable Attraction (The Rosso Family Series Book 3) Read Online Free PDF Page B

get into numbers, can I ask you something?”
    She looked up at him, her dark eyes huge. A lump tightened in his throat. He swallowed, but it stayed stuck. He was sure he was opening the door to something, and he wasn’t certain he could. But he couldn’t ignore the plea in those dark eyes. He waved a hand. “Sure.”
    “Why don’t you like me?” She wiggled around on her chair to face him. “Sometimes you act as if you can’t stand to be in the same room with me. Do you think I’m stupid? Is that it? Or…or do you just hate teaching? But I don’t think that’s it because sometimes you’re…you’re…”
    “I’m what?”
    “Nice.” The word came out in a small voice.
    Callum stared at her. Way to go, Woods! You’ve gone and hurt her feelings. “I…I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
    “Please don’t lie to me.” Eva put both feet on the floor. He glanced at them and his thoughts tangled. She had beautiful feet—a high arch and well shaped. She also had gold paint on her toenails. He dragged his stare from her feet back to her face and found her frowning at him. “I can tell when someone likes me. Do you have a girlfriend back home? Is that it?”
    Callum shook his head. He pulled up a chair next to her and sat down, his hands folded in his lap. “I don’t have a girlfriend back home. And what’s that got to do with anything?”
    She twirled a lock of hair around a finger. “I thought maybe you thought…well, I was hoping you’d been mean to try and keep from liking me too much. That would be better than you not liking me at all.”
    He had to blink again. “Uh…somewhere I lost the logic in that. Look, Eva, you’re a beautiful young woman, but I’m twenty-four. I’m way too old for you…and…and frankly, I’m your tutor!”
    “I wish you weren’t,” she muttered. Her mouth pulled into a pout.
    He sat up. “What? Why? Okay, now I’m starting to think you hate me.”
    She faced him, her chin coming up. “I do. A little. When you’re mean.”
    “Okay, and I guess I’m mean a lot of the time.” She nodded and caught her lower lip between her teeth. Callum let out a breath. He scrubbed a hand through his hair, leaving it standing up. “That…that is not acceptable. I really am just trying to teach you, Eva.”
    “Sometimes I feel like…well, I feel dumb. But I didn’t at the Parthenon. I liked that.” He touched the edge of the book in her lap. “Too much of these, hun?”
    “And the lectures and the lessons and a lot of stuff that doesn’t really make sense. I can’t remember things if I don’t know why I’m supposed to know them.”
    Callum nodded. He should have seen this coming—a good teacher would have. He should have tried to find a better way sooner to reach her, instead of assuming she just wasn’t very smart. He’d put her down as a spoilt rich girl—a dark-haired bimbo. He’d failed her. He didn’t like that. Now he stared at her, took in the dark eyes and the spark lurking there. He wasn’t going to underestimate her again. He held out his hand. “Make you a deal. Let’s lose this tutor and student thing. Let’s try being friends…and let’s figure out a better way for you to get into college. Deal?”
    Eva grinned and put her hand into his. “Deal!”
    ***
    Antonio stood on the balcony to his bedroom. Below, Dareios had dragged Alexandra, Callum and Eva into a game of volleyball in the pool. They’d set up the net and it was boys against girls, but the girls were winning. The girls were also shamelessly cheating. But everyone was laughing. It was good to see that—to hear the noise. Matthias’ death had hit the girls hard—they hadn’t been ready for it. Antonio had been—their father had seen to that. But Matthias had been such a presence in all their lives that his loss had left a gap—the house had seemed oddly quiet and empty for too long. Now…now life filled the estate again. Antonio smiled.
    He had to admit, too, he