Katherine Garbera - For Her Son's Sake

Kell grabbed her and steadied her.

A spark arced between them. He wanted to deny it, but there it was in spades as he touched her. Her scent was sweet and flowery, not at all like what he’d expected.

Enemy , he thought, but it was too late. He wanted to kiss her. Had wanted to since the moment he’d started staring at her lips.

Playing fast and loose with her emotions and her future didn’t seem like a very sound business idea, but it was just one kiss. Surely, he could have that. A prize he’d earned by working hard to overcome his enemy.

He lowered his head slowly toward hers, waiting to see what she’d do.

* * *

For Her Son’s Sakeis part of the Baby Business trilogy: One hostile takeover, two feuding families, three special babies

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KATHERINE GARBERAis a USA TODAY bestselling author of more than fifty books and has always believed in happy endings. She lives in England with her husband, children and their pampered pet, Godiva. Visit Katherine on the web at www.katherinegarbera.com, or catch up with her on Facebook and Twitter.

This book is dedicated to my parents.

I always assume that everyone has a great mom and dad

like I do and am surprised when I realize how special

my parents are. I love you, Mom and Dad.

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Excerpt The elevator jolted back into motion, tossing Emma off balance. Kell grabbed her and steadied her. A spark arced between them. He wanted to deny it, but there it was in spades as he touched her. Her scent was sweet and flowery, not at all like what he’d expected. Enemy , he thought, but it was too late. He wanted to kiss her. Had wanted to since the moment he’d started staring at her lips. Playing fast and loose with her emotions and her future didn’t seem like a very sound business idea, but it was just one kiss. Surely, he could have that. A prize he’d earned by working hard to overcome his enemy. He lowered his head slowly toward hers, waiting to see what she’d do. * * * For Her Son’s Sake is part of the Baby Business trilogy: One hostile takeover, two feuding families, three special babies

Title Page For Her Son’s Sake Katherine Garbera www.millsandboon.co.uk

About the Author KATHERINE GARBERA is a USA TODAY bestselling author of more than fifty books and has always believed in happy endings. She lives in England with her husband, children and their pampered pet, Godiva. Visit Katherine on the web at www.katherinegarbera.com , or catch up with her on Facebook and Twitter.

Dedication This book is dedicated to my parents. I always assume that everyone has a great mom and dad like I do and am surprised when I realize how special my parents are. I love you, Mom and Dad.

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Emma Chandler forced a smile as she packed up her Louis Vuitton Neverfull bag and walked out of the boardroom with her head held high. It was bad enough to be in the lair of her longtime family rival Kell Montrose. That was stressful on its own. But to see her younger sisters paired up and happily in love with Kell’s cousins, Dec and Allan, who were also Montrose heirs, was another stab to the heart.

A wave of loneliness washed over her. She should give up trying to keep herself on the board at Playtone-Infinity Games and let Kell win. Except that wasn’t her style. But no matter how hard she tried to fight it, it looked as if she was on the way out of the company that she’d poured her life into for the last four years.

The hostile takeover had been a surprise, but to be honest, she’d known for a long time that Kell Montrose intended to find a way to make Infinity Games his own and then tear it apart. It didn’t matter that her grandfather—the man Kell had hated—was dead and buried or that the company had floundered a little under her guidance. She’d hoped somehow to find a heart and soul under Kell’s solemn exterior. Someone she could negotiate with.

Instead she’d found a man bent on revenge, and her two sisters despite their best intentions, had fallen in love with the enemy. They had also proven themselves indispensable and secured their positions at the newly merged company. They were all finding their own place except her. She, of course, had the same chance to prove herself but she knew she was the one Chandler that Kell hated the most.

The one who’d witnessed his humiliation at the hands of her grandfather. The one Kell wasn’t going to keep around any longer than he had to. The one who had exactly forty-eight hours to come up with a kickass idea or she wouldn’t blame him for showing her the door. She thought she might have one but wasn’t sure he’d give her a fair shake.

When the elevator opened, she got on and reached for the Close button. She wanted to be alone. But just as the doors started to slide shut a big masculine hand wrapped around the edge and kept them open.

She groaned inwardly as Kell stepped over the threshold and into the elevator. She hoped her forced smile would stay in place. After all, how long could it take to reach the lobby? Five minutes?

“Feeling like the Lone Ranger?” he asked.

His eyes were a silvery-pewter color that always fascinated her. They were gorgeous, she thought, but icy and intense as well.

“Not at all. Why would I?” she asked. She’d always been able to play it cool and intended to do that now.

“Your sisters have come over to the dark side. I’m going to finish bringing the last vestiges of Infinity Games under the Playtone umbrella soon.”

He deserved his moment to crow, but that didn’t mean she had to stand here and listen to it. She reached for the buttons again to open the doors and get off but it was too late. The elevator started moving.

“You okay?” he asked.

His face was angular, all strong jawbone and a very stubborn chin. His hair was thick and a warm, dark brown color that was almost chestnut. He wore it longer on the top and parted on the side. It was thick and curly and she almost wanted to touch those carelessly styled curls of his.

She looked up into his silvery eyes and saw a hint of humanity there. “I’m fine. I just don’t like elevators. I should have taken the stairs.”

“And then you could have avoided me.”

“That would be a plus. I get that you hold all the cards but don’t write me off yet.”

“Was that what I was doing?” he asked.

He had a deep voice that she had to admit she’d always enjoyed listening to. She was a total idiot, she thought. It had been almost four years since her husband, Helio’s, death and since then she hadn’t been attracted to a single man. Now she was standing in an elevator way too close to one and felt a tingle of anticipation.

What the hell was wrong with her? Was this just her way of making sure she was miserable for the rest of her natural life?

“Emma?”

She realized Kell was waiting for an answer and she looked up at him and let her guard slip for just a second. “You were being an ass.”

He laughed. “There’s the fire I remember from the old days when we were interns together at Infinity Games. Where you were always struggling to be the best. What happened to that?”

When they were younger, her grandfather had been persuaded by the human resources department to give Kell one of the internships after his family had threatened to sue if he wasn’t accepted.