Her Venice Affair (The Albury Affairs) Read Online Free PDF

Call out your bid
or forfeit now. Either way, she’s the one leaving with him.”
    “Damn straight I am,” Riana announced happily,
bouncing on her toes.
    Allan’s ex-girlfriend—stress on the ex —took Loraine in from the tip of her
shoes to the top of her head with a superior look, her lips curved in a sneer.
Then she turned to Riana, killing her victory instantly with her livid look.
“Two hundred thousand.”
    Riana chocked on her own breath as a gasp echoed in
the room. She turned to Allan and he gave her a reassuring smile and a nod.
“Two hundred and twenty thousand,” she countered.
    Then the slut’s lips spread in a sinister smile and
she turned to the stage. “Two hundred and fifty.”
    Riana’s eyes popped. A quarter of a million dollars!
She couldn’t go higher than that. Allan wouldn’t possibly agree to it. She
turned back to Allan feeling defeated but his smile just grew wider. He nodded
his head to the side, signaling her to his hidden fingers.
    Riana’s head cantered to the side to see.
    Is he
holding up three fingers? She dipped
her head further for a clearer view. Four,
no five…five!
    The same moment the slut cheered, “I win,” Riana
exclaimed loudly, “Five hundred thousand! Allan you can’t be—”
    “Sold!” Allan yelled from the stage.
    Before the auctioneer could utter a single word in
protest, Allan leaped off the stage and charged toward her.

 
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    “Half a million dollars! Really, Allan, if you don’t
want to go with her just say no.”
      Allan grabbed
her hand and dragged her away without a word in response, but that didn’t stop
Riana from rambling on. She had to run to keep up with his long strides.
      “Do you have
any idea how much half a million dollars is? That’s too much! Let her pay. They
can’t possibly force you to go if you don’t want to. What, is there a clause
that says you’ll go to jail if you don’t agree to this?”
    Allan brought them to a quick halt then turned to
Riana with his brows creased. “You babble a lot. You just go on and on and on
without a single break to breathe. Do you know that?”
    Of course she knew that! The most Riana ever spoke was
when she rambled and this situation deserved a babble! “Five hundred thousand
dollars, Allan. That’s crazy!”
    “My sentiments exactly!” the slut said breathlessly.
Riana wasn’t the only one running to keep up with Allan.
    Allan muttered something incoherent under his breath
then pulled Riana back into a chase after him. They finally stopped at a desk
and he quickly stuck his hand in the inside pocket of his jacket and pulled out
his checkbook.
    “Allan, she can’t possibly afford you!”
    Riana shook her head and shrugged nonchalantly. “I’m
not paying for him. He’s paying for himself…or is it for me? I guess it’s for
me since he’s the one who invited me to—”
    “Riana,” Allan spoke softly cutting her off.
    “ Hmmm ?”
    “You are rambling again.”
    “Oh. Sorry,” she whispered. He chuckled, shook his
head and turned back to the lady at the desk.
    The slut pulled at his sleeve jacket. “Allan, this is
not how things are done. You can’t pay for yourself!”
    Allan stared at her assaulting hand and she quickly
dropped it before he responded, “She’ll pay me back.”
    “I will?” Riana squeaked. She knew this would happen.
Now where the hell was she going to get half a million from? She stomped her foot.
This was all Loraine’s fault!
    Riana looked back at Allan just in time to catch his
eyes move over her like he was undressing her. When she finally met his eyes,
the lust in them made her take a step back. The pit of her belly burned when
she finally realized what kind of payment he meant.
    He held her gaze and said, “Yes, Riana, you will,”
with the most sensual voice she’d ever heard, and then he took a pen from the
lady at the desk and leaned down.
    Riana swallowed hard, and let out a shaky breath she
hadn’t realized she was