{"id":640,"date":"2021-04-08T12:13:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T11:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=640"},"modified":"2021-12-08T15:09:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:09:02","slug":"the-billionaires-proposition-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/the-billionaires-proposition-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire&#8217;s Proposition in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-b0aiv-e285b79aa7917100fdf2cfd828fa6bf6 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-640'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k3yawgpy-4263ddac263885cd344158528346695c\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-4263ddac263885cd344158528346695c{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-4263ddac263885cd344158528346695c .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-4263ddac263885cd344158528346695c .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-k3yawgpy-4263ddac263885cd344158528346695c av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Billionaire\u2019s Proposition in Paris<\/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-2y2g1z-f1e6ce40db8d3afab0eff1dc64311b8c\">\n.flex_column.av-2y2g1z-f1e6ce40db8d3afab0eff1dc64311b8c{\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-2y2g1z-f1e6ce40db8d3afab0eff1dc64311b8c 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-jycr59r9-976ddc8ef0d42ce5433b8126640f9c2c'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong><em><i>He\u2019s always in control.<\/i><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now he\u2019s in too deep\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Katherine Hamilton is known as a poised, professional event planner, but superrich Conall O\u2019Riordan hires her with revenge in mind. By playing the demanding client and keeping her close, he\u2019ll find out all he needs to know about her no-good half brother!<\/p>\n<p>Inviting Katherine to a lavish ball in Paris is part of Conall\u2019s plan. But he was\u00a0<i>not<\/i>\u00a0counting on their ever-building electricity or the discovery of Katherine\u2019s innocence, which brings him to his knees!<\/p>\n<p>What started out as vengeance is quickly becoming much more complicated\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Secrets of Billionaire Siblings:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>#1 <strong><em>The Billionaire&#8217;s Proposition in Paris<\/em><\/strong>: Conall and Katie&#8217;s story<\/p>\n<p>#2 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/the-ceos-impossible-heir\/\"><em>The CEO&#8217;s Impossible Heir<\/em><\/a><\/strong>: Ross and Carmel&#8217;s story<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9o71j-17d72fa88a16a96bbe2af9ada5ff0706\">\n.flex_column.av-9o71j-17d72fa88a16a96bbe2af9ada5ff0706{\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 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If I contact you, I expect you to make yourself available to me immediately\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Really<\/em>?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>But I\u2019m an event planner, not your mistress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The whispered word\u2014and the inappropriate thought\u2014popped out before Katherine Hamilton could stop either, interrupting the stream of instructions she had been receiving ever since she had been ushered into Conall O\u2019Riordan\u2019s glass-walled office on the thirtieth floor of Rio Corp headquarters in London\u2019s golden mile five minutes ago.<\/p>\n<p>She regretted the impulsive question immediately, when O\u2019Riordan\u2019s dark head rose from the pile of papers on his desk\u2014which he had been signing with efficient flicks of his silver pen as he reeled off his list of requirements\u2014and his scorching blue gaze met hers for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Her breath backed up in her lungs\u2014the jolt of awareness both shocking and electrifying at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Oh\u2026 My!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She\u2019d done her research as soon as she\u2019d been told her fledging event-planning firm was in the running to receive a coveted contract from O\u2019Riordan\u2019s company. She already knew Conall O\u2019Riordan, the agricultural-tech billionaire, was strikingly handsome, renowned for his magnetism, drive, ambition and charisma. She knew he\u2019d come from humble origins to become one of Ireland\u2019s most eligible men at the age of only thirty-one. But nothing could have prepared her for the impact of having that intense cobalt gaze focussed solely on her. Or the heat that slammed into her chest and spread through her body like wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>Uncomfortable sensations she hadn\u2019t felt since Tom\u2019s death. Or, frankly, since before Tom\u2019s death. The wave of sadness which followed the thought of her dead husband helped her to catch her breath and examine her unprovoked reaction to O\u2019Riordan.<\/p>\n<p>Her relationship with Tom had not been a wild passion\u2014not even close. It had been a childhood friendship that had blossomed into love. A love they\u2019d never consummated. Physical intimacy had been the least of the things they\u2019d lost when Tom had become ill. Did that explain her shocking reaction to O\u2019Riordan\u2013\u2013her chronic lack of sexual experience?<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Riordan\u2019s brows rose as his lips flattened into a line but the intensity in his gaze didn\u2019t dim one iota\u2026 Could he feel it too\u2013\u2013the shot of adrenaline turning her insides to mush?<\/p>\n<p><em>I hope not.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Did you say something, Ms Hamilton?\u2019 O\u2019Riordan asked, or rather demanded, his husky tone, low with command, only increasing the devastating prickle of awareness.<\/p>\n<p><em>Breathe, you ninny! And stop staring at his lips.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Katie struggled to collect herself and her shattered equilibrium.<\/p>\n<p>This commission could be a game-changer for her company and life-changing for her. It was an opportunity she\u2019d spent the last forty-eight hours prepping for with her team. She had a folder full of ideas propped next to her chair that they\u2019d killed themselves to produce in record time, ever since receiving word of this interview from one of O\u2019Riordan\u2019s management staff.<\/p>\n<p>But, if she were to take this commission, they needed to establish some kind of working relationship\u2014her shockingly inappropriate reaction notwithstanding.<\/p>\n<p>She wasn\u2019t sure she liked the way O\u2019Riordan had rattled off a string of outrageous demands. He hadn\u2019t even mentioned the event itself yet\u2014which she had been briefed was a team-building week followed by a company reception in O\u2019Riordan Enterprises\u2019 Dublin headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>This didn\u2019t feel like an interview, it felt like an interrogation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2026 I wondered why you would need me to be available to you twenty-four-seven?\u2019 she managed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is a problem?\u2019 he asked, his gaze raking over her with a raptor-like focus that only made her more aware of the wildfire still rushing over her skin.<\/p>\n<p>Katie drew in a steadying breath.<\/p>\n<p><em>He\u2019s just an extremely attractive and powerful man. It\u2019s instinctive. The female of the species is hard-wired to respond to the alpha male. It just means you\u2019re still human. Still alive. Still a woman. No biggie.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018No, not exactly, it\u2019s just\u2026\u2019 she began, attempting to fill the awkward silence. \u2018Usually when I accept a commission I work up an event plan, then you and I and my team discuss it, and then\u2014once you\u2019re entirely happy with everything\u2014my team and I take over\u2026\u2019 She paused, aware his focussed gaze was making her babble.<\/p>\n<p>Was he trying to unnerve her? Because it was definitely working.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s my job to handle all the details,\u2019 she continued. \u2018So, basically, I wouldn\u2019t be doing my job properly if you felt you had to contact me in the middle of the night,\u2019 she finished, finally managing to get to something resembling a point.<\/p>\n<p>He placed his pen on top of the papers he\u2019d been signing. But then his lips quirked. It wasn\u2019t a smile, exactly, closer to a sneer. Unfortunately, it only made that striking combination of intensity and dark masculine beauty more breath-taking.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I run an international company, Ms Hamilton. We\u2019re currently involved in projects in eight different time zones and I travel extensively. What is the middle of the night for you might be the middle of the day for me. I also never sleep more than three or four hours a night,\u2019 he added, then frowned, perhaps because he\u2019d given away a piece of personal information. She shifted in her chair, the rush of sympathy at the admission he had insomnia as inappropriate as all the other sensations that had assailed her since she\u2019d walked into his inner sanctum.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If I have a question about the event,\u2019 he continued, having recovered from the slip a lot quicker than she had, \u2018I will want it answered. Immediately. By you. Not one of your staff,\u2019 he clarified, the tone both condescending and laser-sharp. \u2018If that kind of availability is a problem for you, we can end this interview now.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s not a problem,\u2019 she said instantly. \u2018I can be available if you need me to be. I\u2019m just saying that shouldn\u2019t be necessary,\u2019 she added, aware she wanted this commission now more than ever, and not for entirely professional reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Conall O\u2019Riordan presented a challenge. Not just for her company but also for her. A challenge she had managed to avoid ever since Tom\u2019s death five years ago. Because in many ways she\u2019d been dead too. She still wasn\u2019t ready to consider dating again. But navigating an inappropriate sexual attraction to a client\u2014especially a client of Conall O\u2019Riordan\u2019s calibre\u2014was all part of the process of returning to the land of the living. Surely?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Good, as long as we understand each other,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The tight feeling in Katie\u2019s chest released\u2014a little. Her physical attraction to this man was nothing to be afraid of. Especially as there was no way on earth she\u2019d ever act upon it. And no chance whatsoever that O\u2019Riordan would ever see her in that way. From the copious research she\u2019d done on him in the last forty-eight hours, she knew his dating history consisted mostly of supermodels and actresses and assorted other women who looked as sensational as he did.<\/p>\n<p>She reached for the folder by her chair, desperate to direct their conversation back to where it needed to be. \u2018Would you like to see the concepts we were asked to put together for the event?\u2019 she asked, standing to place the folder on his desk. \u2018I understand it\u2019s for a week-long team-building event at your headquarters in\u2013\u2013\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s not.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Excuse me?\u2019 She folded her arms over the portfolio and stood dumbly, staring at him, panic joining the unwelcome sensations still shimmering through her body.<\/p>\n<p>Had Caroline Meyer, her assistant, got the details of the brief wrong? Surely not? Caro was brilliant, she didn\u2019t make mistakes. And, anyway, they\u2019d spent forty-eight hours with very little sleep putting together this portfolio. If they\u2019d got the brief wrong, there was no way he was going to give her this commission and all their work would have been wasted.<\/p>\n<p>But, before she had a chance to spiral into a full-blown anxiety attack, he gestured for her to sit back down.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I had you deliberately misinformed about the brief.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But\u2026why?\u2019 she asked, not sure whether to be annoyed or astonished.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Because I value my family\u2019s privacy, and I don\u2019t want information about the actual event or its location being leaked to the press. I\u2019ll expect you to sign an NDA before I hire you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2026I understand,\u2019 she said, although she really didn\u2019t. Maintaining a client\u2019s privacy was part of any reputable event planner\u2019s DNA. Leaking that kind of information could destroy a company\u2019s reputation, especially a company like hers, which was hoping to plan exclusive, boutique events for a high-end clientele.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Of course. I\u2019ll be more than happy to sign an NDA if that\u2019s what you require.\u2019 After all, it was just another of his unnecessary demands.<\/p>\n<p>She knew how taciturn and demanding men like Conall O\u2019Riordan could be, because her half-brother, Ross De Courtney, owned and ran the biggest logistic firm in Europe. Maybe Ross wasn\u2019t self-made like O\u2019Riordan, having inherited De Courtney\u2019s from their late father. But Ross had the same drive and ambition, having grown the company\u2019s status and reach exponentially in the ten years he\u2019d been its CEO, and he had the same demanding, inflexible personality.<\/p>\n<p>But she\u2019d never had to organise an event for Ross. She hadn\u2019t even been a part of his life for five years, ever since their epic falling out over her marriage.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018What you feel for Tom isn\u2019t love, it\u2019s pity, Katie. You\u2019re nineteen. I refuse to give you my permission to do something so ludicrous. And I\u2019m certainly not paying for a wedding.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018I don\u2019t need your money for a wedding, or anything else, and I certainly don\u2019t need your permission.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She swallowed the lump of anxiety that always surfaced when she thought of the angry words they\u2019d exchanged, and how easy it had been for Ross to cut her out of his life. 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