From Boardroom to Bedroom

The Blackwood children deserved their own happiness, but Sophie wasn’t sure settling down with some perfect guy was in the cards for her. She certainly wasn’t looking for love. Such an emotion didn’t exist for everyone and she wasn’t holding her breath that it would happen to her.

But lust? Yeah, that was not an issue.

Nigel made her want to throw out her vow to hold on to her virginity until the right man came along. She’d decided long ago there wasn’t a right man or anyone she felt worthy enough to gi

ve that piece of herself to.

She didn’t want to have sex just for the sake of having sex. Maybe she was in the minority with that line of thinking, but she didn’t answer to anyone and she was proud of the fact she didn’t sleep around to feel good about herself.

Nigel, on the other hand, had her envisioning flings and heated nights...and naughty whispers in her ear with that sexy British accent. Maybe if he’d come along sooner in her life, or if she were here under different circumstances, she would see just what could happen if she let herself go and let her desire guide her decision-making.

“Sophie?”

She jerked her attention back to the conversation. “Sorry,” she replied. “I got distracted.”

can

swear, I’m fine,” she insisted. “Listen, I need to get

“Love you.”

too,” she replied

she had to meet Nigel. There were a couple angles she was working on for him and she wanted to finish up. The more she proved to be useful, perhaps the more he would trust

Miranda had lured Buck into giving his estate to her. Sophie didn’t believe her father had done so just because. But even if he had, Sophie didn’t think she and her brothers should just be cut out of a family

so closely with Nigel, perhaps she should find ways to use that to her advantage. He would know these women

would never do something like that. But spending extra time with Nigel over dinners or coming up with new ideas to get

made it apparent he was interested. Maybe he would trust her with more and

Five

Roslyn entered the private room. He’d requested his usual spot on the second floor

out her golden hair. “It takes quite

girl,” he joked, gesturing for her to take a seat in

Roslyn’s coat and scarf before leaving