{"id":342,"date":"2019-07-18T09:34:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T08:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=342"},"modified":"2020-01-31T10:39:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T10:39:09","slug":"contracted-as-his-cinderella-bride","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/contracted-as-his-cinderella-bride\/","title":{"rendered":"Contracted as His Cinderella Bride"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-419o0e-3c0ca6584a5af4a219eba5b5cb97dce5 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-342'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-532bc2f1aceefb1e432a4afbbf422e2f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-532bc2f1aceefb1e432a4afbbf422e2f{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-532bc2f1aceefb1e432a4afbbf422e2f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-532bc2f1aceefb1e432a4afbbf422e2f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-532bc2f1aceefb1e432a4afbbf422e2f av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Contracted as His Cinderella Bride<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3saweu-01d32da982129eff932d0df112a0b08f\">\n.flex_column.av-3saweu-01d32da982129eff932d0df112a0b08f{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-3saweu-01d32da982129eff932d0df112a0b08f av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_fourth  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-3ifpdi-db6aab60104252fcc446a42dcdb1bca0'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"iframeContent\" dir=\"auto\">\n<p><em><strong>From penniless delivery girl\u2026 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To billionaire\u2019s bride?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The perfect summer Ally Jones spent with gorgeous French billionaire Dominic LeGrand was unforgettable, despite her unrequited feelings. Now, Ally\u2019s a struggling courier and is stunned when her latest delivery brings her to Dominic\u2019s door. Yet, what\u2019s even more shocking, is his proposal!<\/p>\n<p>Dominic needs a temporary wife, but with the enticing promise of his expert seduction teasing Ally to her limits, can she really just play the role?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>NB: Megan and Dario De Rossi from <a href=\"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/the-virgins-shock-baby\/\">The Virgin&#8217;s Shock Baby<\/a> appear in this book.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"iframeContent\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3exoc6-6f0fd762744f938af8fffd79df0b107b\">\n.flex_column.av-3exoc6-6f0fd762744f938af8fffd79df0b107b{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-3exoc6-6f0fd762744f938af8fffd79df0b107b av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_fourth  flex_column_div 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class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Excerpt:<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-7ltim-8e761254a13b13577aeee3fa8705d374'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>&#8216;Get out of my way, you filthy\u2026\u2019 The woman\u2019s voice trailed off into a sneer as she shoved Ally and her bike out of the way.<\/p>\n<p>Ally stumbled, rammed into the gatepost, the bike\u2019s pedal scrapping against her calf as the woman marched past her and got into a sleek red sports car.<\/p>\n<p>Ally hauled the bike up. She would have shouted after the woman, but she was too tired and too anxious to bother\u2014and anyway the woman wouldn\u2019t have heard her in the rain.<\/p>\n<p>The car peeled away from the kerb in a squeal of rubber.<\/p>\n<p>Ally watched the red tail lights disappear round the corner of the Georgian garden square.<\/p>\n<p>Hadn\u2019t that been Mira Whatshername? The woman the wedding ring she had in her pack was for?<\/p>\n<p>The woman had looked furious. Maybe there was trouble in paradise? Ally pushed the thought to one side.<\/p>\n<p>So not your business.<\/p>\n<p>She wheeled the bike to the back of the mansion house, which stood at the end of the square in its own grounds. Taking a fortifying breath, she propped the bike against the back wall and pressed her freezing finger into the brass bell at the trade entrance.<\/p>\n<p><em>He won\u2019t answer the door. He\u2019ll have staff to do it. Stop freaking out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The rain had reached monsoon levels as she\u2019d left Mallow and Sons. It beat down on her now, drenching her. The tiny package she\u2019d collected weighed several tons in the bike bag hooked over her back.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the freezing March rain, and the numbness in all her extremities, not to mention the now throbbing ache in her calf muscle, felt like the least of her worries as the harsh memories continued to mess with her head.<\/p>\n<p>Stepping back from the door, she peered up at the house. Every window was dark, bar one on the floor above. Swallowing heavily, she pressed the bell again, with a bit more conviction. A figure appeared at the window. Tall and broad and indistinct through the deluge. Her heartbeat clattered into her throat.<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s not him, it\u2019s not him, it\u2019s not him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The pep talk became a frantic prayer as she detected the sound of footsteps inside the house.<\/p>\n<p>She jerked her bag to her front. She should get the wedding ring out so she could hand it over as soon as the door opened.<\/p>\n<p>She fumbled with the wet fastenings, her heartbeat getting so loud it drowned out the sound of the storm.<\/p>\n<p>A light in the hallway snapped on, casting a yellow glow over the rain-slicked panels, then a large silhouette filled the bevelled glass.<\/p>\n<p>Ally barely had a chance to brace herself before the door swung wide. A tall man filled the space, his face thrown into shadow by the light from the hallway. But Ally\u2019s numbed fingers seized on the bike bag when he spoke\u2014his deep, even voice thrusting a knife into the memories lurking in her belly like malevolent beasts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Bonsoir<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The French accent rippled over her skin, sending sickening shivers of heat through her chilled body\u2014and making the ball of shame wedged in her solar plexus swell.<\/p>\n<p>How could he still have the power to do that? When she was a grown woman now, not an impressionable teenager in the throes of puberty?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You\u2019d better come inside before you drown,\u2019 he murmured, standing aside to hold the door open.<\/p>\n<p>The manoeuvre lit the harsh planes and angles of his face. Ally stood locked in place absorbing the face she had once spent hours fantasising about.<\/p>\n<p>Dominic had always been striking, but maturity had turned his boyish masculine beauty into something so intense it was devastating.<\/p>\n<p>The blond buzz cut had darkened into a tawny brown streaked with gold, and was long enough now to curl around the collar of his shirt. Those dark chocolate eyes had no laughter lines yet, but then that would have been a contradiction in terms\u2014because the Dominic she remembered had never laughed. A new bump on the bridge of his nose joined the old scar on his brow, while the shadow of stubble marked him out as a man now instead of a boy.<\/p>\n<p>As Ally\u2019s gaze devoured the changes, she registered how much more jaded the too-old look in his eyes had become, and how much more ruthless the cynical curve of those sensual lips.<\/p>\n<p>The inappropriate shivers turned into seismic waves.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Vite, gar\u00e7on, before we both drown.\u2019 The snapped command made her realise she\u2019d been staring.<\/p>\n<p>She forced herself to walk past him into the hallway.<\/p>\n<p><em>Just give him the ring, then this nightmare will be over.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She bent to fumble with her bike bag, wishing she hadn\u2019t removed her helmet, but luckily he didn\u2019t seem to be looking at her. He had called her a boy, after all.<\/p>\n<p>The drip, drip, drip of the rain coming off her waterproof seemed deafening in the silent hallway as he closed the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You\u2019re a girl,\u2019 he murmured.<\/p>\n<p>She made the mistake of looking round.<\/p>\n<p>His scarred brow lifted as the chocolate gaze glided over her figure, making the growled acknowledgement disturbingly intimate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m a woman,\u2019 she said. \u2018Is that a problem?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Non<\/em>.\u2019 His lips lifted on one side. The cynical half-smile reminded her so forcefully of the boy, she had to stifle a gasp. \u2018Do I know you?\u2019 he asked. \u2018You look familiar.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018No,\u2019 she said, but the denial came out on a rasp of panic as her hand closed over the jeweller\u2019s bag.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please don\u2019t let him recognise me\u2014it will only make this worse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She yanked the bag out and thrust it towards him. \u2018Your delivery, Mr LeGrand.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She kept her head bent as he took the package, snatching her hand away as warm fingertips brushed her palm and the buzz of reaction zipped up her arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You\u2019re shivering. Stay and dry off.\u2019 It sounded more like a demand than a suggestion, but she shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m fine,\u2019 she said, drawing out her data console. \u2018Sign in the box,\u2019 she added, trying for efficient and impersonal, and getting breathless instead.<\/p>\n<p>He tucked the jeweller\u2019s bag under his arm and took the data-recording device, brushing her hand again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You\u2019re freezing,\u2019 he said, sounding annoyed now and impatient. \u2018You should stay until the storm passes.\u2019 He signed his name and handed the device back. \u2018It\u2019s the least I can do after dragging you out in this weather on a fool\u2019s errand.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A fool\u2019s errand? How?\u2019 she asked, then wanted to bite off her tongue.<\/p>\n<p><em>Shut up, Ally, why did you ask him that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Starting a conversation was the last thing she needed to do. Her heart thumped her chest wall so hard she was amazed she didn\u2019t pass out. To her surprise, though, he answered her.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A fool\u2019s errand because I broke off the engagement approximately ten minutes ago\u2026\u2019 The cynical tone reminded her again of the boy.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder Mira Something had been furious. She\u2019d just been dumped.<\/p>\n<p>He ripped open the package and drew out the velvet jeweller\u2019s box, then flipped it open.<\/p>\n<p>Ally\u2019s heart stuttered. The ring was exquisite\u2014a platinum and gold band.<\/p>\n<p>The irony washed through her, as she thought of another ring.<\/p>\n<p>The ring her mother had said his father had offered her all through the summer. A dream that had died that terrible night when Pierre LeGrand had kicked them out, but the loss of which had tortured her mother for the rest of her life.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Pierre was the only man who ever really loved me and I ruined it all, baby.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Her mother had blamed herself, but what had she done to make Pierre so angry?<\/p>\n<p>Dominic snapped the ring box closed, dragging Ally back to the present. \u2018Which makes this a rather expensive waste of money.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m sorry,\u2019 she mumbled, trying to swallow down the volatile emotions starting to choke her. Emotions she didn\u2019t want to examine too closely.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Don\u2019t be,\u2019 he said. \u2018The engagement was a mistake. The eighty grand I spent on this ring is collateral damage.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The offhand remark had the shame and guilt twisting in her gut.<\/p>\n<p>She shoved her data device back into the pocket on her bike bag, her fingers trembling with the effort it was taking to hold back the raw emotions.<\/p>\n<p>What was happening to her? Why was she making this into a big thing, when it really wasn\u2019t? Not any more. Her mother was dead, and so was Pierre. It was all ancient history now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I should go. I\u2019ve got other jobs to get to,\u2019 she said. She just wanted to leave. To forget again. It was too painful to go over all those memories. To remember how bright and vivacious her mother had been that summer, and the hollow shell she had become after it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Come in and have a drink, warm up,\u2019 he said, or rather demanded.<\/p>\n<p>Was he coming on to her? The thought wasn\u2019t as horrific as it should have been, which had the knot of shame in her stomach tightening. But then the clammy feel of the soaked and grubby fabric sticking to her skin made her aware of how much like a drowned rat she must look.<\/p>\n<p>This man dated supermodels and heiresses\u2014women with style and grace and effortless sex appeal. Something she had never possessed, even when she hadn\u2019t spent the last six hours cycling around London\u2019s West End in a monsoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And we can deal with your leg,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What?\u2019 she mumbled.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Your leg.\u2019 The chocolate gaze dipped. \u2018It\u2019s bleeding.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She glanced down to see blood seeping out of a gash on her calf, exposed by a rip in her leggings. It must have been caused by her altercation with his fianc\u00e9e\u2014or rather his ex-fianc\u00e9e\u2014and she\u2019d been too cold to feel it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s nothing,\u2019 she said. \u2018I have to go.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But as she turned to leave, he spoke again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Arr\u00eates<\/em>. It\u2019s not nothing. It\u2019s bleeding. It could get infected. You\u2019re not going out there until it has been cleaned.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The emotion started to choke her. She couldn\u2019t stay, couldn\u2019t accept his kindness\u2014however brusque and domineering.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve got work, another job,\u2019 she added, frantically. \u2018I can\u2019t stay.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ll pay for your time, damn it, if the problem is money. I don\u2019t want an injured cycle messenger on my conscience as well as an eighty-grand ring.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He was too close, surrounding her in a cloud of spicy cologne and the sweet subtle whiff of whisky. Her pulse points buzzed and throbbed in an erratic rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>But then he hooked a knuckle under her chin, and nudged her chin up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Wait a minute. I do know you.\u2019 His eyes narrowed as he studied her face. For the first time, he was actually seeing her. The intensity of his gaze set off bonfires of sensation all over her chilled skin. She fumbled with the helmet she had hooked over her other arm, desperate to put it on, to stop him recognising her.<\/p>\n<p>But it was too late as the swift spike of memory crossed his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Monique?\u2019 he murmured.<\/p>\n<p>Tears stung her eyes. \u2018I\u2019m not Monica. Monica\u2019s dead. I\u2019m her daughter.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Allycat?\u2019 he said, looking as stunned as she felt.<\/p>\n<p><em>Allycat<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The nickname reverberated in her head, the one he\u2019d given her all those years ago. The name she had been so proud of. Once.<\/p>\n<p>As if he\u2019d flipped a switch, the adrenaline she\u2019d been running on ever since she\u2019d got the commission drained away, until all that was left was the shame, and anxiety. And the inappropriate heat.<\/p>\n<p>She dragged in tortured breaths, struggling to contain the choking sob rising up her torso. She didn\u2019t have the strength to resist him any more. And what would be the point, anyway?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Breathe, Allycat,\u2019 he murmured.<\/p>\n<p>She gulped in air, trying to steady herself, and got a lungful of his scent\u2014spiced with pine and soap.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Bad night?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The worst.\u2019 She bit back the harsh laugh at his sanguine tone. And shuddered, the pain in her ribs excruciating as she struggled to hold the sobs at bay.<\/p>\n<p><em>What exactly are you so upset about? Having Dominic LeGrand pity you isn\u2019t the worst thing that\u2019s ever happened to you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I know the feeling,\u2019 he said, the wry smile only making him look more handsome\u2014and more utterly unattainable.<\/p>\n<p>She forced a smile to her lips as she shifted away from him, and scooped up the helmet that had clattered to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was nice seeing you again, Dominic,\u2019 she said, although nothing could have been further from the truth. Nice had never been a word to describe Dominic LeGrand. \u2018I really do have to go now, though.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But as she headed for the door, he stepped in front of her. \u2018Don\u2019t go, Allycat. Come in and dry off and clean up your leg. My offer still stands.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She lifted her head, forced herself to meet his gaze. But where she\u2019d expected pity, or impatience, all she saw was a pragmatic intensity\u2014as if he were trying to see into her soul. And something else, something she didn\u2019t recognise or understand\u2014because it almost looked like desire. But that couldn\u2019t be true.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I can\u2019t stay,\u2019 she said, hating the tremble in her voice.<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t want to feel this weak, this fragile. She hated showing him even an ounce of her vulnerability, because it made her feel even more pathetic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yes, you can.\u2019 He didn\u2019t budge. \u2018As I said, I will pay for your time,\u2019 he added, the tone rigid with purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t need you to do that. I\u2019m shattered anyway. 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