The Millionaire Affair

The Millionaire Affair
Sophie Weston

Wealthy Nikolai Ivanov was highly dubious about the provocative young woman his aunt had taken into her luxurious Notting Hill home.Wayward one second then tantalizingly seductive the next, Lisa Romaine both intrigued and infuriated him. She was a woman with secrets, and Nikolai was going to discover each and every one of them. All he needed was to overcome her resistance to him. But the danger was that he could so easily end up falling for her instead….

“Take me inside,” he murmured against her throat.

For a hectic moment, Lisa didn’t know whether he meant her home or her body. Or both. And, crazily, did not care. She almost agreed to let him in and go wherever it took her….

But then she opened her eyes. Behind his head she saw the elegant sweep of the terrace, the chauffeur-driven car. A cold thought struck: this is a rich man playing a game. A clever game but a game nonetheless. She had been there before and it hurt.

Nikolai felt her turn to a block of wood in his arms. He raised his head and let her go.

“You change your mind fast,” Nikolai said.

“No, I don’t. I’ve always said I didn’t want to have anything to do with you.” To her own astonishment she sounded quite cool about it.

“Are you denying you wanted me just now?”

The streets of London aren’t just paved

with gold—they’re home to three of the

world’s most eligible bachelors!

London, England: a city of style, sophistication—

and romance! Its exclusive Notting Hill district is

the perfect place to fall in love. Sparks fly as

three sexy, single men meet—and marry?—three

lively, independent women….

This fabulous miniseries features the talents of

Sara Craven, Mary Lyons and

Sophie Weston: three hugely popular

authors who between them have sold more

than 35 million books worldwide.

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The Millionaire Affair

Sophie Weston

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

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

EPILOGUE

PROLOGUE

THE overheated ballroom was heady with the scent of hot house lilies. The party had got to the stage of slow dancing. In clouds of figured satin the bride was circling in the arms of the most glamorous man in the room.

A photographer, indistinguishable in his dinner jacket from the elegant guests, pointed his camera at the couple.

‘Bride and Count Nikolai Ivanov,’ he murmured to his assistant.

‘Exposure ninety-eight: Ivanov,’ she wrote down obediently.

She peered over the top of her notebook.

Count Nikolai Ivanov was well over six feet, with midnight-dark hair, broad shoulders and an unambiguous self-confidence that hit you between the eyes. Add to that the haughty profile of an Aztec prince, and eyes at once intense and alert with sophisticated amusement, and it was no wonder that the bride was gazing up at him, mesmerised. When he swung her into the air with an easy strength, the assistant sighed.

‘Wow,’ she said, appreciative and envious. ‘Now why haven’t I seen him before?’