{"id":660,"date":"2021-08-12T12:52:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T11:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=660"},"modified":"2023-04-14T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:50:25","slug":"the-ceos-impossible-heir","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/the-ceos-impossible-heir\/","title":{"rendered":"The CEO&#8217;s Impossible Heir"},"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-660'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k3yawgpy-3facd72abf8ae7a355b2d20dc8e99c0c\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-3facd72abf8ae7a355b2d20dc8e99c0c{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-3facd72abf8ae7a355b2d20dc8e99c0c .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-3facd72abf8ae7a355b2d20dc8e99c0c .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-k3yawgpy-3facd72abf8ae7a355b2d20dc8e99c0c 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 CEO\u2019s Impossible Heir<\/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>This billionaire is completely unprepared to learn he has a son in this secret baby romance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The secret is out:<\/p>\n<p><em>He\u2019s a father!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Crashing his half sister\u2019s wedding, Ross De Courtney is in for a shock. His gaze is quickly drawn to unforgettable Carmel O\u2019Riordan \u2014 and to the child who looks undeniably like him! Then Carmel drops an ultimatum: be a father to their son or disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Forever changed by the loss of his mother, lone-wolf Ross has made sure that children will\u00a0<em>never<\/em>\u00a0be in his future. He\u2019s always believed he isn\u2019t capable of the love Carmel and their child deserve. Even their extraordinary connection isn\u2019t enough to change that\u2026 Is it?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Secrets of Billionaire Siblings:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>#1 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/the-billionaires-proposition-in-paris\/\"><em>The Billionaire&#8217;s Proposition in Paris<\/em><\/a><\/strong>: Conall and Katie&#8217;s story<\/p>\n<p>#2 <strong><em>The CEO&#8217;s Impossible Heir<\/em>:<\/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 av-9o71j-17d72fa88a16a96bbe2af9ada5ff0706 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_fourth  flex_column_div 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el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 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-23cmn3-a9dc5a0ce40a03d977ecc7c86d6e802d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Ross De Courtney strode into the ancient chapel, having landed his helicopter five minutes ago on a clifftop on the west coast of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The chapel was nestled in the grounds of his soon-to-be new brother-in-law\u2019s imposing estate\u2014and currently decorated in glowing lights and scented winter blooms, and packed with a crowd full of people he did not know.<\/p>\n<p><em>Soon-to-be, my arse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A few of the assembled guests glanced his way as he headed down the aisle towards the happy couple who were in the midst of saying their vows\u2014the groom dressed in a slate-grey designer suit and the bride, Ross\u2019s foolishly sweet and trusting sister, Katie, in a flowing white concoction of silk and lace.<\/p>\n<p>His footsteps echoed on the old stone but were silenced by the thuds of his own heartbeat and the fury squeezing his chest.<\/p>\n<p>Katie had asked him\u2014very politely\u2014in a message yesterday not to attend the ceremony. It was the first time she\u2019d deigned to return any of his calls or messages for months. She had \u2018things to tell him\u2019 apparently\u2014important things that needed tact and delicacy to convey\u2014about her newly acquired fianc\u00e9, the Irish billionaire Conall O\u2019Riordan who Ross had met exactly once, five months ago now, at the opera in London.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tact and delicacy, my arse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The man was a thug, a ruthless, controlling thug who, just like the first man Katie had married\u2014when she was just nineteen and the boy had only a few weeks to live\u2014was not nearly good enough for her.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d done the wrong thing, then. Objecting to Katie\u2019s foolish decision to marry Tom and then standing back and waiting for her to see reason. And of course she hadn\u2019t, because Katie was a romantic. So she\u2019d gone ahead and married Tom. Tom had died, and Ross and Katie hadn\u2019t spoken for five years, until that fortuitous night at the opera in December. When her Irish fianc\u00e9\u2014who Ross did not know from Adam\u2014had all but attacked him.<\/p>\n<p>Well, he wasn\u2019t making the same mistake twice. This time he refused to see his sister hitch herself to another man who might hurt her.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he had no right to intervene in her life. She was twenty-four now, not nineteen. And the truth was, he\u2019d never been much of a brother to her\u2026 Mostly because he\u2019d never even known of his half-sister\u2019s existence until she was fourteen and her mother\u2014one of his father\u2019s many discarded mistresses\u2014had died. He\u2019d tried to do the right thing then, paying for expensive schools and then college and publicly acknowledging her connection to the De Courtney family. Something his father in his usual cruel and selfish way had resolutely refused to do while he was still alive.<\/p>\n<p>Even though they\u2019d never been close, he couldn\u2019t let her marry O\u2019Riordan, without at least making his feelings known.<\/p>\n<p>More heads turned towards him as he approached the altar, the words of the ceremony barely audible above the thunder in his ears.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, he would not have chosen to do this on the day, at the ceremony, like some scene straight out of a gothic novel or a Hollywood movie. But Katie had left him with no choice. She hadn\u2019t replied in any detail to the texts and emails he\u2019d sent her trying to re-establish contact after their disastrous reunion at the opera in the previous five months. Her insistence she was going ahead with this wedding because she was madly in love with O\u2019Riordan hadn\u2019t reassured him in the least.<\/p>\n<p>Had the man cast some kind of a spell over his sister, with his money and his looks\u2014or worse, was he a man like their father, who exerted a ruthless control over the women in his life?<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was reaching its peak when a young woman caught his eye, standing to the right of the groom holding the hand of a little boy dressed in a miniature suit.<\/p>\n<p>Her wild red hair was piled on top of her head and threaded through with wild flowers.<\/p>\n<p>The shot of heat and adrenaline and recognition that blasted into him was so fierce his steps faltered\u2014and for one hideous moment he was back at the Westmoreland Summer Ball four years ago, dancing with the beautiful woman who had enchanted and mesmerised him that night.<\/p>\n<p><em>Is it her?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He couldn\u2019t see her face, just her back, her bare shoulders, the graceful line of her neck, the seductive curve of one breast, the slender waist and long legs. He dragged his gaze back up, and it snagged on her nape again, the pale skin accentuated by the tendrils curling down from her hairdo.<\/p>\n<p>He shook his head, tried to focus, the heat so real and all-consuming it momentarily obliterated his common sense.<\/p>\n<p><em>Don\u2019t be ridiculous. It can\u2019t be her. This is your memory playing nasty tricks on you at a time of heightened emotion, which is precisely why you avoid this kind of drama, wherever possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The girl, whose name he\u2019d never even known, had captivated him that night. Her quick, caustic wit delivered in a musical Irish accent and her bright, ethereal beauty\u2014all flowing russet hair, translucent skin and piercing blue eyes\u2014had momentarily turned him into an intoxicated and rapacious fool.<\/p>\n<p>The heat kicked him squarely in the crotch as he recalled what had happened later that night, in the estate\u2019s garden. The fairy lights had cast a twinkle of magic over her soft skin as he\u2019d devoured her. The subtle scent of night jasmine and ripe apples had been overwhelmed by the potent scent of her arousal as he\u2019d stroked the slick heart of her desire. Her shattered sobs of pleasure had driven him wild as he\u2019d eventually plunged into her and ridden them both towards oblivion\u2026<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019d ended up making love\u2014or rather having raw, sweaty, no-holds-barred sex\u2014against an apple tree, not thirty yards from the rest of the party.<\/p>\n<p>But what had seemed hopelessly hot and even weirdly romantic\u2014given that he was not a romantic man\u2014had turned first into an embarrassing obsession\u2026 After she\u2019d run off\u2014deliberately creating some kind of hokey Cinderella fantasy, he\u2019d realised later\u2014and he\u2019d searched for her like a madman\u2026 And had then hit the cold, hard wall of reality three weeks later, when she\u2019d contacted him on a withheld number, believing she could extort money out of him with the calculated lie he had got her pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>And thus had ended his hot Cinderella fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Except it hadn\u2019t quite, because he still thought about her far too much. And, damn it, still had this visceral reaction when he spotted random women in crowds who had similar colouring or tilted their heads in a similar way. It was mortifying and infuriating, and seriously inconvenient. How typical he should be struck down by that deranged response now, when it could cause him maximum damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If any man or woman knows of any lawful impediment why these two should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or for ever hold your peace.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The priest\u2019s voice rang out, jolting Ross out of the memories and slamming him back into reality.<\/p>\n<p>He dragged his gaze away from the offending bridesmaid\u2019s neck and forced the heat in his groin into a box marked \u2018get over yourself\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He stood for a second, suspended in time, furious at being forced into such a public display, but at the same time knowing he could not let this moment\u2014however clich\u00e9d\u2014pass. Katie had left him with no choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I object,\u2019 he said. And watched Katie and the mad Irishman swing round.<\/p>\n<p>Gasps echoed throughout the crowd. And Katie\u2019s eyes widened. \u2018Ross? What are you doing here?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Her groom\u2019s brows drew down in a furious frown. One Ross recognised from five long months ago at the opera the first time the man had laid eyes on him. The concern for his sister\u2019s welfare, which had been twisting his gut in knots for seven hours during the flight across the Atlantic, turned to stone.<\/p>\n<p><em>You think I give a damn about your temper, buddy? No way am I letting you marry her until I know for sure you\u2019re not going to hurt her.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018What am I doing here?\u2019 he said, as conversationally as he could while the concern and the fury began to strangle him. \u2018I\u2019m stopping this wedding until I can be sure this is what you really want, Katie,\u2019 he said, glad clarity had returned to his thoughts after the nasty little trick his memory had played on him.<\/p>\n<p>But then the strangest thing happened: instead of saying anything, both Katie and her Irish groom turned to their left\u2014ignoring him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Carmel, I\u2019m so sorry,\u2019 his sister whispered.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Mel, take Mac out of here,\u2019 the madman said in a voice that brooked no argument.<\/p>\n<p>But then Ross turned too, realising the comments were directed at the young woman he had spotted a few moments before.<\/p>\n<p>Recognition slammed into him like a freight train.<\/p>\n<p>Her fierce blue eyes sparkled like sapphires\u2014sheened with astonishment. The vibrant red hair only accentuated the flush racing over her pale features\u2026 And stabbed him hard in the chest.<\/p>\n<p>The heat raced back, swiftly followed by a wave of shock. The concern that had been building inside him for hours now, ever since he\u2019d made the decision to fly across the Atlantic, then pilot a helicopter to this godforsaken estate in the middle of nowhere to protect his sister, turned to something raw and painful.<\/p>\n<p><em>It is her.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Mammy, who\u2019s yer man?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ross\u2019s gaze dipped to the little boy standing beside her. The childish voice, tinged with the soft lilt of the boy\u2019s homeland, cut through the adult storm gathering around them.<\/p>\n<p>The shock twisted in his stomach and his heartbeat slowed, the emotions rising in his chest becoming strangely opaque\u2014almost as if he had walked into a fog and couldn\u2019t find his way out again. He took in the child\u2019s striking blue-green eyes, round with curiosity, his perfect little features, and the short blond curls rioting around his head, but all he could see was himself, aged about four, in the only picture he\u2019d ever seen of himself as a child with his mother. Before his hair had darkened. And she had died. A photo his father had taken great pleasure in burning in front of him, when he was being sent off to boarding school.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Stop snivelling, boy. Your mother was weak. You don\u2019t want to be weak too, do you?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>What<\/em>\u2026?\u2019 The word choked out, barely audible as his gaze rose back to the woman\u2019s face, the horror engulfing him. \u2018How\u2026?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>No. No. No.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This could not be true. This could not be happening. This was a dream. Not a dream. A waking nightmare.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He pressed his fingers to his temples, his gaze jerking between her and the child.<\/p>\n<p>This toddler could not be his\u2026 His mind screamed in denial. He had taken the ultimate precaution to prevent this eventuality. He would not believe it.<\/p>\n<p>She wrapped her arm around the boy\u2019s shoulders, to edge the child behind her and shield him from Ross\u2019s view.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s okay, Mac,\u2019 she said, the smoky voice he recognised edged now with anger but no less seductive\u2014her stance defiant and brave as she straightened to her full height, like a young Valkyrie protecting her offspring. \u2018This man is nobody.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He stepped towards her, determined to do\u2026 Something!<\/p>\n<p><em>Who the hell are you kidding?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He had no clue what to do! The shock was still reverberating through him with such force, his sense of time and place and his usual cast-iron control had completely deserted him.<\/p>\n<p>A strong hand on his shoulder dragged him back a step. \u2018Get away from my sister, you bastard.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He recognised the madman\u2019s voice, could hear Katie\u2019s straight afterwards, begging them both to calm down, but all he could do was stand and stare as his hot Cinderella lifted the child into her arms and headed towards the vestry.<\/p>\n<p><em>She\u2019s running away from me again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a moment he was back in the orchard, still struggling to deal with the shattering orgasm as he watched her panicked figure disappear into the moonlight.<\/p>\n<p>But instead of scrambling to throw off the drugging afterglow while zipping up his trousers so he could charge after her, this time, he stood frozen to the spot. The boy\u2019s gaze met his as the child clung to his mother\u2019s neck. The neck that had driven him wild all those years ago\u2026 And again just moments before.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You need to leave.\u2019 The groom tugged him round. \u2018You weren\u2019t invited and no one wants you here.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Take your hands off me,\u2019 he managed as he broke the man\u2019s hold.<\/p>\n<p>He swung back. He had to follow her, and the boy, but his movements were stiff and mechanical. His racing heart punched his chest wall, the residual surge of heat\u2014always there when he thought of her\u2014only disturbing him more.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Riordan grabbed his arm this time. \u2018Come back here, you gobshite\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ross turned, his fist clenched, ready to swat the bastard like a fly, but he couldn\u2019t seem to think coherently, or coordinate his body, so when he aimed at the man\u2019s head, he missed.<\/p>\n<p>The answering blow shot towards him so fast he had no chance to evade it. Pain exploded in his jaw, his head snapping back.<\/p>\n<p>The fog darkened.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s an impressive right hook,\u2019 he murmured, holding his burning face, a metallic taste filling his mouth as he staggered backwards.<\/p>\n<p>The cries of assorted guests and Katie\u2019s tear-streaked face were the last things he was aware of as he collapsed into an oddly welcome oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>But as he dropped into the abyss, one last coherent thought tortured him.<\/p>\n<p><em>How can she have given me a child\u2026when I can never be anyone\u2019s father?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-1vmt3j-a7bac5fe5618613764c99b884cbe2bb2 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  grid-row-not-first  container_wrap fullsize'  >\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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