The Marakaios Baby

The Marakaios Baby
Kate Hewitt

From ‘I Don’t’… Dating Leo Marakaios is like dancing with the devil. Margo Ferrars thinks she can match him, step for seductive step – until Leo asks her to marry him. It might only be for convenience, but Margo knows it’s time to walk away.… To ‘I Do’!Margo accepts that giving up Leo’s earth-shattering kisses and expert touch is the price she must pay to protect her heart, but then she discovers she’s pregnant. And now Margo finds herself in the plush offices of Marakaios Enterprises…about to tell Leo he’s going to be a father and to ask him to marry her!Discover more at www.millsandboon.co.uk/katehewitt

Leo gazed at her narrowly for a moment. He still didn’t understand why she was here. She hadn’t possessed enough honour to be faithful to him—why would she care whether he knew about his own child or not?

‘I would have expected you to pass it off as this other man’s,’ he said abruptly.

Margo winced at that. ‘Clearly you don’t have a very high opinion of me.’

‘And you think I should?’

‘No.’ She let out a little defeated sigh. ‘No, I don’t.’

‘So why didn’t you do that, Margo?’ It was the first time he’d said her name since he’d seen her again, and it caused him a sudden, surprising flash of pain. He clenched his hands into fists, then deliberately flattened them out, resting them again on his desk.

‘Because I am not—no matter what you think—completely without morals,’ she replied with a bit of her old spirit. ‘I want my child, and I want my child to know his or her father.’ She took a deep breath. ‘And, more than that. I want my child to have a loving, stable home. A home where she knows she’s safe, where her parents are there, loving and protecting her. Always.’ Her dark brown eyes seemed to glow with an inner fire, an utter conviction.

‘And how,’ Leo asked after a pause, ‘do you suppose that is going to work?’

‘That’s the other thing I want,’ Margo said, still holding his gaze, her eyes like burning coals in her pale face. ‘I want you to marry me.’

The Marakaios Brides

Powerful Greeks meet their match!

Proud Greek blood flows through the veins of brothers Antonios and Leonidas Marakaios. With determination and ruthlessness they have built their family’s empire to global heights.

It has been their sole focus—even to the exclusion of love.

But now two women look set to challenge their pride, their passion and their marriage vows!

Read Antonios’s story in:

The Marakaios Marriage

May 2015

And meet Leonidas in:

The Marakaios Baby

August 2015

The Marakaios

Baby

Kate Hewitt

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

After spending three years as a die-hard New Yorker, KATE HEWITT now lives in a small village in the English Lake District with her husband, their five children and a golden retriever. In addition to writing intensely emotional stories she loves reading, baking, and playing chess with her son—she has yet to win against him, but she continues to try.

Learn more about Kate at kate-hewitt.com (http://www.kate-hewitt.com).

To Lauren,

Thank you for your many years of friendship. Love, K.

Contents

Cover (#ua0d58fd5-383c-5d81-8b19-105a96c04dd3)

Introduction (#ue47949f4-9d7d-533d-8978-a7f9deb1103e)

The Marakaios Brides (#u72e281d0-84ac-51f5-a55e-ef5294df2f73)

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About the Author (#u3abb9df8-1eaa-5fa0-86cf-50384e2a33ff)

Dedication (#u44fbb77c-4633-56f4-a8c4-77900e5daec3)

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CHAPTER TWO (#u9bd1380d-a7b7-50e3-84b6-3091d77085f3)

CHAPTER THREE (#ufd4dff6c-d9b0-5f5b-89a0-6e5d068fc32f)

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