The Billionaire Bargain (Millionaire's Club) Read Online Free PDF

for propositioning her.
    “Well, I have one now.”
    “A man you wish very much to save.” Is that why she kept herself at arm’s length from men? From him?
    Daegen didn’t normally have any qualms with no-strings relationships. Except the one woman he’d wanted to get to know better had ditched him.
    If he could unlock her past, he might be able to get her to open up a little. Then he would know why she’d walked out without so much as a backward glance. Why do you still care?
    She moved on. He should too.
    “Not sure if it’s possible but I’d like to try,” she said.
    Prudence dictated the necessity to investigate her story fully before he continued. It wouldn’t take long. He needed a few days to be sure. “I’ll help you.”
    “Really?” she asked. A glimmer of hope streaked across her tense expression. If this was an act, she had him. Her blue eyes were pale and vivid. Pure. “He doesn’t have much time left.”
    “I understand.” If what she said was true, verifying the information should be easy. A phone call to the hospital could verify her father’s admission. It’d take a bit more digging to get personal information like his diagnosis. “And I have conditions.”
    She folded her arms across her chest. “Which are?”
    “If I give you the drug, you sign a non-disclosure agreement.”
    “Done.”
    His team was tied up for the next twenty-four hours. He could make the call himself to find out if her father was in the hospital. A thorough investigation would take longer. “You agree to stay here for two days while I make the necessary arrangements.”
    She recoiled as though she’d been slapped. “My dad could be gone by then. I can’t do that.”
    She looked small standing there. Vulnerable. The urge to reach out to her, touch her, hold her overwhelmed Daegen. He couldn’t allow emotions to color his decisions. “Then there’s no deal.”
    Her face was a study in determination. He couldn’t tell which way she’d go. His plan wouldn’t be to keep her from her father. Arrangements would be made to bring him to the island. If she were playing Daegen for an idiot, he wanted her under his roof when his investigator reported back.
    “Fine.”
    Her favorite word to use when she meant the exact opposite. “You’ll do it even though it makes you unhappy? No sneaking out the back door as soon as my back’s turned?”
    “You’re my father’s only hope. I have no other choice.”
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    Two days were all it would take to destroy the rest of Rae’s life. A slow tremor started at her core, rising to her chest.
    By the time she made it home in two days, she’d be fired, and her dad would be dead. Her heartbeat quickened.
    Her mortgage payment was due in two days. It wouldn’t be long before the bank took her condo. Then she’d be homeless too. The exact center point between her shoulder blades roared with pain.
    She picked up her suitcase, walked away from Daegen, and heaved it onto the bed.
    Kota appeared in the doorway to let her know food was waiting on the terrace.
    Not the least bit hungry, she thanked him anyway. The last thing she could think about was eating. “I’m fine. But thanks.”
    He hesitated. His gaze bounced from the floor back to her as he bowed deeply. “Food is good. You not eat enough. If you don’t mind me saying, you look too skinny.”
    Even though her stomach roiled at the thought, Rae couldn’t argue it’d do her good. She needed to keep up her strength. “Okay. I’ll come.”
    She was rewarded with a show of white teeth. “I make special meal for you.”
    The view facing the sunny south side of the island could’ve been out of a travel brochure. The place was everything Rae remembered and more. Her nights spent at the villa had replayed in her dreams a thousand times, which had nothing to do with the landscape and everything to do with the man inside.
    Part of her wished she was asleep on a plane heading home. Sleep? She almost laughed out loud. What