Claiming his heir is nonnegotiable
The decision will be life-changing...
When Spanish tycoon Javier Casillas learns his explosive night with Sophie Johnson left her pregnant, heâs adamant they wed! But not even the red-hot pleasures of their marriage bed can thaw the ice around Javierâs dark heart... Until warm, compassionate Sophie demands more. To truly claim his wife and unborn child, can Javier accept that giving them his all is the key to his redemption?
Get swept away by this powerful and emotional secret baby romance!
MICHELLE SMARTâs love affair with books started when she was a baby and would cuddle them in her cot. A voracious reader of all genres, she found her love of romance established when she stumbled across her first Mills & Boon book at the age of twelve. Sheâs been reading themâand writing themâever since. Michelle lives in Northamptonshire, England, with her husband and two young Smarties.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07257-1
BILLIONAIREâS BABY OF REDEMPTION
© 2018 Michelle Smart
Published in Great Britain 2018
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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This book is for Jennifer Hayward, Pippa Roscoe
and Nic Caws, who all made the writing of Javier and Sophieâs story an utter joy. xxx
CHAPTER ONE
JAVIER CASILLAS KEPT his eyes fixed on the wide corridor ahead of him, jaw clenched, feet working automatically. He could feel the eyes upon him; had felt them all evening in the private box he shared with his twin. Heâd steeled himself for it. His wildly infamous parentage meant the media spotlight was something heâd learned to endure but the past two months had magnified that spotlight by a thousand.
He would give them exactly what he had always given them. Nothing.
He had not allowed a flicker of emotion to pass his face throughout the performance.
Inside, the rage had built. Heâd watched Freya, the woman heâd intended to marry, put on the performance of her life, listened to the rapturous applause, and all he had wanted to do was go home and beat the hell out of his punching bag.
Tonight was the culmination of a long-standing dream between Javier and his twin brother, Luis. A decade ago theyâd finally had the funds to purchase the crumbling Madrid theatre and ballet school their prima ballerina mother had spent her childhood learning to dance at, buying the ballet company with it. Theyâd renamed it Compania de Ballet de Casillas in her memory and set about turning it into one of the most eminent ballet companies in Europe. Theyâd then bought another parcel of land close to it and built on it a brand-new state-of-the-art theatre and ballet school. Tonight was its grand opening. The worldâs media was out in force, but instead of focussing on the theatre and ballet company and celebrating Clara Casillasâs memory, their focus was on Javier and his ex-fiancée.