Shimmers of Pearl (The Pearl Trilogy, Part 3) Read Online Free PDF

pool’s being worked on - so I picked up the books while I was at it.”
    “Why was it gift-wrapped, then?”
    “The hotel did that. I’d bought some cashmere scarves and things that I was going to have sent to my mother, so they took the liberty of wrapping the box of books, obviously assuming it was also a gift.”
    I flinch and eye him suspiciously. I so want to believe him. “That doesn’t explain all the information Laura has about me. How did she know about me and Alessandra Demarr? Laura said nasty things to me, Alexandre. That you think I’m a ‘loony’ with a ‘slutty past’ – she knows stuff about me that only you could have told her.” I push my hands fiercely at his chest to shove him away but another rush of desire floods through me when I touch him - that chest, those abs and his smooth skin.
    “She said what? I sure as hell didn’t say any of those things. How could I say them when I don’t even think them?”
    “Well, you told her about Alessandra!”
    “No, I didn’t.”
    “Well someone did and it wasn’t Sophie and it wasn’t Alessandra and it wasn’t me. You are the only other person that knows.”
    “This is insane!”
    “That’s why it’s time for you to leave now, please. I don’t ever, ever want to see you again. Please exit from my loony, lesbian, slutty-past life.”
    He holds my shoulders. There is no point trying to push him away – he’s too solid, too strong, too determined.
    His eyes flit about as if recalling something. “Alessandra must have said something to Sophie, maybe to rile her up, it doesn’t make sense—”
    “No, Sophie doesn’t know - if she did she would have hardly upgraded my plane ticket to first class. Please go now, Alexandre.”
    “She didn’t upgrade you. I did.”
    “Did Sophie tell you my flight time?”
    “She did, but I knew it already.”
    “What? How? You’re spying on me?”
    His mouth tips up crookedly as if he wants to smile but he stops himself. “Was it comfortable enough for you in First?”
    “Yes, thank you for the upgrade, but I would have been quite happy in Economy had I known it was you and there were strings attached and that you were stalking me.”
    His mouth is tilted into a very subtle smirk when he tells me, “I know, it was wrong of me, baby. It’s something I would never normally do – I respect people’s privacy. But I was worried about you; I just wanted to know your whereabouts, just in case.” He steps closer and murmurs, “Anyway, deep down inside, you secretly like me keeping an eye on you Pearl, admit it.”
    It’s true, I do like the fact that he’s been thinking about me and wanting to know where I am. But the question is, why? What does he want from me? I glare at him and say, “Stalking me - but with only one thing in mind - to get into my panties when it’s actually Laura you want to be with.” The idea that he desires me so much physically is a real turn-on. I try to hide it with my furious scowl but what’s going on down south of the border is giving me away – even if only to myself.
    He flings his arms in the air with exasperation. Boy he’s a good actor. “I do not fucking well want to be with Laura! I want to be with you. I want to marry you. Please, baby – I’ll get to the bottom of this; something strange is going on. I’ll talk to Laura—”
    “Oh yes, I bet you will.”
    He lays a hand gently on my shoulder and tells me quietly. “Pearl, chérie. I love you. I’ve missed you so much. I love you; you are the only woman I want.”
    I shrug my shoulder to shake off his hand and roll my eyes in disbelief like a sulky teenager.
    He roars at me, “You have to believe me!” The neighbors would have heard that outburst, for sure.
    Something about his hot-blooded anger, not only tickles me, but jolts me into action. I do want to trust him and in that split second, I decide that I have to let him hold me, at least one more time, even if he is lying. I can’t stand being