{"id":894,"date":"2024-02-11T19:51:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=894"},"modified":"2024-04-28T10:40:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T09:40:05","slug":"after-party-consequences","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/books\/after-party-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"After-Party Consequences"},"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-894'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k3yawgpy-fbe3df5138fd5b091f027af080891c97\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-fbe3df5138fd5b091f027af080891c97{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-fbe3df5138fd5b091f027af080891c97 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-k3yawgpy-fbe3df5138fd5b091f027af080891c97 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-k3yawgpy-fbe3df5138fd5b091f027af080891c97 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\"  >After-Party Consequences<\/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-jycr59r9-74850ab5814e59cab7873f4109edc1d0'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>A party, a playboy&#8230; <\/strong><strong><span class=\"a-text-italic\">and a bombshell baby!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If billionaire bachelor Cade Landry remains a one-woman man all summer, he&#8217;ll win the rights to the property that holds his only memories of his mother. When his scorching one-night stand with socialite Charley is exposed online, he must handle the fallout&#8230;by demanding they fake a relationship!<\/p>\n<p>Charley&#8217;s party-girl persona masked her childhood pain. Desperate to prove she&#8217;s more than a headline, Cade&#8217;s fake dating deal is dangerously tempting. And their sizzling attraction makes things almost too easy&#8230; Until that first explosive encounter has a very real consequence: Charley&#8217;s pregnant!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">The Billion-Dollar Bet series:<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Three billionaire playboys make a bet to <\/em><em>each date only one woman for the entire summer, but will the three women they pick to win ensure they have lost their hearts by Labor Day?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>#1: <em><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Billion-Dollar Dating Game<\/span><\/em>\u00a0by Natalie Anderson<br \/>\n#2: <em><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Boss with Benefits<\/span><\/em>\u00a0by Lucy King<br \/>\n#3: <em><span class=\"a-text-italic\">After-Party Consequences<\/span><\/em>\u00a0by Heidi Rice<\/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 av-zero-column-padding '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lshwjzub-0e7eb1818f2fd45aeea0420b267209a9\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lshwjzub-0e7eb1818f2fd45aeea0420b267209a9 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lshwjzub-0e7eb1818f2fd45aeea0420b267209a9 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lshwjzub-0e7eb1818f2fd45aeea0420b267209a9 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_button  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img class='wp-image-915 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-915 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/after-party-US-cover-web.jpg' alt='' title='after-party US cover web'  height=\"600\" width=\"400\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-jycr7ya6-4f874aa229b281916c9c88b7b822305f-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='https:\/\/www.harlequin.com\/shop\/books\/9781335631299_after-party-consequences.html' class='avia-button av-jycr7ya6-4f874aa229b281916c9c88b7b822305f avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-medium avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue84f' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Pre-order on Harlequin<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2lk0rz-8a10bad192eb9d8fdd0a5be8555cc45a\">\n.flex_column.av-2lk0rz-8a10bad192eb9d8fdd0a5be8555cc45a{\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-2lk0rz-8a10bad192eb9d8fdd0a5be8555cc45a av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lshwk9je-4dae2c5d08639bd93afee12fc97ecda8\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lshwk9je-4dae2c5d08639bd93afee12fc97ecda8 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lshwk9je-4dae2c5d08639bd93afee12fc97ecda8 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lshwk9je-4dae2c5d08639bd93afee12fc97ecda8 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-8  el_before_av_button  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img class='wp-image-895 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-895 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/heidi-rice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP-Consequences-.-MB-cover-to-come.png' alt='' title='AP Consequences ... 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She was dancing on a table, her slender figure moving in sensuous rhythm in a scrap of jewelled red satin which barely covered her butt.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t know, Chad,\u2019 he shouted above the music from a world-famous DJ he\u2019d paid to finish the evening with some fun after the formal event. Fun which was descending into a free-for-all thanks to the wild child and her posse. \u2018But whoever she is, she\u2019s leaving,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly how old was she? Because she looked like an out-of-control kid who\u2019d had one too many tequila slammers\u2014and wasn\u2019t even legal to drink. He\u2019d told security to get rid of them when they\u2019d arrived ten minutes ago, but the guard looked as dazzled by her antics as the other guys around her.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Don\u2019t you know who she is, Mr Landry?\u2019 Chad piped up again, his voice filling with awe. \u2018That\u2019s Charlotte Courtney.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>Damn<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d heard of Charlotte Courtney. Part-time model, full-time wild child, who\u2019d hit the headlines hard a year ago when she\u2019d chopped all her hair off and flounced out of a lucrative contract.<\/p>\n<p>He dumped his glass on a passing tray and headed through the crowd, letting his temper build.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, Cade knew all about kids like Charlotte Courtney.<\/p>\n<p>A poor little rich girl\u2014who had never had to toe the line.<\/p>\n<p>As a poor-boy-made-good from Louisiana, whose mom had kicked him into the system, age five, because feeding him had been too much trouble in between feeding her habit, he was the perfect person to teach her a lesson about how to behave herself. And not cause a ruckus in his place at his expense.<\/p>\n<p>Which made the surge of protectiveness more than a little aggravating when a hand reached out from the crowd to slap her butt.<\/p>\n<p>The girl swung round, her face a picture of outraged contempt, and kicked out at Mr Handsy. Cade could hear her giving the guy hell\u2014in a British accent which was sharp enough to slice through flesh. The surge of protectiveness was joined by fury and an equally aggravating spurt of admiration for her.<\/p>\n<p>He blocked another guy from getting too close as he reached the table, which had started to wobble.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Take your hands off me, you creep,\u2019 Charlotte shouted at the man.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018How about I get you out of here, kid,\u2019 he bellowed to her above the music.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Who are you?\u2019 she demanded. The flash of outrage in her eyes, though\u2014which were a stunning, sparkling and surprisingly lucid emerald\u2014had his admiration disappearing fast.<\/p>\n<p><em>Who the hell did she think she was? Gate-crashing his event with a crew of hangers-on and behaving as if she owned the place?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Cade Landry,\u2019 he shouted back. \u2018This is my place and my party. And as I didn\u2019t give you an invitation, I figure it\u2019s time you left.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She scowled\u2014obviously not liking his tone. So it caught him off guard when she shouted, \u2018Okay, thanks, Sir Galahad,\u2019 and took a flying leap off the table\u2014and into his arms.<\/p>\n<p>He staggered back, as no more than a hundred pounds of lithe female landed on top of him. He braced himself just in time to catch her, and stop them both from ending up on their butts. She looped her hands around his neck and wrapped her legs around his waist with impressive agility.<\/p>\n<p>He inhaled a lungful of her scent\u2014wild summer flowers and clean female sweat\u2014for his pains. Her beautiful face\u2014all high cheekbones and wide green eyes\u2014broke into a grin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Well, don\u2019t just stand here, Galahad,\u2019 she demanded. \u2018Move. Before we end up as tomorrow\u2019s internet sensation.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t take orders from anyone any more, and especially not spoilt little rich girls. But Cade decided she had a point about the crowd as the cell phone lights blinked on around them.<\/p>\n<p>Once he\u2019d whisked her out of here, away from prying camera phones, he could give her a piece of his mind. He set off through the crowd, forced to do the chivalrous thing, when he wasn\u2019t a chivalrous guy, his anger building with each stride.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, they made it into the elevator lobby, the music pounding behind them. Another security guard stood by the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Mr Landry, sir?\u2019 he said, taking in the sight of the girl in Cade\u2019s arms just as her fingernails brushed across his nape\u2014sending a jolt of something he didn\u2019t like one bit rippling through his system.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Get the rest of them out of here, too,\u2019 he snarled. \u2018And tell your colleague he\u2019s been canned,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>The man nodded and rushed back into the venue as Cade dropped his cargo onto her feet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Don\u2019t you think you\u2019re being a bit of a spoil-sport, Sir Galahad?\u2019 she said breathlessly, the playful glint in her translucent green eyes\u2014the emerald hue reminding him of the Hand Grenade cocktails he\u2019d once served by the dozen on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras\u2014telling him she didn\u2019t have one single clue how close she was to getting a damn spanking.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d worked eighteen-hour days, seven days a week, for over a decade to stop people judging him for a past he couldn\u2019t change, and she\u2019d nearly trashed it all in a single night with her antics.<\/p>\n<p>He stabbed the elevator call button. \u2018Ya think?\u2019 he growled.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yes, I do think,\u2019 she remarked in that crisp accent, which had a smoky purr which only added to his irritation. \u2018You seem quite uptight.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She brushed the short cap of honey-brown curls back from her face, and he noticed the smudge of glittery cosmetics that made her huge doe eyes look even bigger.<\/p>\n<p>His gaze drifted down her figure. Her legs looked about a mile long thanks to the place mat\u2013sized sparkly red dress and ankle-breaking heels. With the height boost from her footwear, her face was almost level with his, which, given that he was six-three, was a rarity. But despite her height, her body reminded him of a gazelle, slender and toned but also fragile. That she didn\u2019t have a bra on was something his body noted. And then discarded. His gaze snapped back to her face.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Fair warning, kid,\u2019 he snarled. \u2018Next time you decide to shake your booty on a table, don\u2019t do it in my place.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The flushed excitement on her face disappeared as her lips flattened, and her breasts rose and fell in a huff of outrage. Her stunning eyes narrowed, as if the Hand Grenade was about to detonate.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So little Miss Court Trouble wasn\u2019t used to being told no.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tough<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Cade Landry had no problem calling out reckless behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Surface beauty was just that, shallow and unearned. What mattered was a person\u2019s core. And from the things he\u2019d seen so far, Charlotte Courtney was just like every other entitled rich kid who thought they were a grown-up but had no idea how to act like one.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Charley glared at the man sucking all the available oxygen out of the lobby area with his tall, dark, impossibly annoying handsomeness.<\/p>\n<p><em>How typical\u2026 Charley Courtney\u2019s hunk in shining armour turns out to have a judgemental streak as broad as his mile-wide shoulders.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I see, and how do you plan to stop me, exactly?\u2019 she demanded, calling him on his self-righteousness.<\/p>\n<p>She knew about Southern men and their manners. She\u2019d met a few after she\u2019d been headhunted by a modelling agency at age sixteen\u2014and ended up in the US working the catwalk while being hit on by a load of much older guys. Of course, Cade Landry hadn\u2019t actually hit on her. If anything, he had seemed surprisingly undazzled\u2026 But give him time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018How about we kick off with having you arrested for underage drinking,\u2019 he replied, folding muscular forearms over his chest and making the seams of his tuxedo bulge\u2026distractingly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018How do you know I\u2019m underage?\u2019 she demanded, determined to hold her own.<\/p>\n<p>His gaze swept to her bottom with enough indifference to make all her nerve endings stand on edge. \u2018Don\u2019t make me laugh, kid.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The way he said \u2018kid\u2019 in his Southern-fried accent couldn\u2019t have sounded more condescending if he\u2019d tried. The judgemental approach was new, she\u2019d give him that, and somewhat unexpected. Men rarely tried to correct her behaviour these days\u2026 But even so\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m not a kid,\u2019 she sputtered. \u2018I\u2019m eighteen.\u2019 In fact, she\u2019d turned eighteen that morning.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019d only come out tonight with the guys from the photoshoot in Caesars Palace to escape the direct hit of her father\u2019s latest passive-aggressive text\u2014one line informing her he would have no time to see her when she returned to London after her latest assignment. He hadn\u2019t mentioned her birthday. But then, it wouldn\u2019t be the first time he\u2019d forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe her celebration had got a little out of hand, but no one else had tried to stop her. How typical that this man had appeared from the crowd like an avenging angel only to turn out to be a pompous ass\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Why Mr High and Mighty and his bulging biceps were having an unfortunate effect on her libido, though, she had no idea.<\/p>\n<p>She hated to have her behaviour examined and found wanting by people who knew not one single thing about her life. Plus she didn\u2019t even like sex, because she had discovered\u2014when she\u2019d lost her virginity to a photographer after her first catwalk show in New York\u2014it was totally overrated.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s still a kid from where I\u2019m standing\u2026\u2019 he said, but then she saw the flicker of something behind the cool expression.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You think I\u2019m a child? Really?\u2019 she challenged him, desperate to believe she\u2019d seen something more than disdain.<\/p>\n<p>His gaze darkened\u2014and the frown on his brow became a crater.<\/p>\n<p>He really was stupidly handsome. Tall and muscular with a shock of unruly black hair, his deep tan suggesting he either spent a lot of time sunbathing or he lived outdoors. She doubted he was an idle man, though, because his physique\u2014and the way he had caught her and carried her out without breaking a sweat\u2014appeared to have been forged in fire, rather than an expensive gym. The small scar which bisected his eyebrow and another visible through the stubble on his jaw made it obvious he hadn\u2019t led a charmed life. But then, neither had she. The only difference was her scars weren\u2019t visible.<\/p>\n<p>Just when she thought she\u2019d finally got the upper hand, the sexual tension snapping between them impossible for even Mr High and Mighty to deny, he huffed out a rough laugh. And the frown disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>His firm lips kicked up in a wry smile so sensual it had her heartbeat sinking into her abdomen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Don\u2019t you think you\u2019ve played with enough fire tonight, Charlotte?\u2019 he said as he unfolded his arms and leaned past her to press the button on the lift panel.<\/p>\n<p>He loomed over her, forcing her to look up. A novel experience, because at five-foot-eleven in her heels, she was rarely at this much of a height disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>How did he know her name?<\/p>\n<p>But then, she knew how, and struggled not to wince. Didn\u2019t everyone, after her meltdown at Paris Fashion Week a year ago?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My name\u2019s Charley. No one calls me Charlotte,\u2019 she declared, determined not to be overwhelmed by his woodsy cologne, or the mouth-watering close-up of his Adam\u2019s apple, displayed against the open collar of his shirt alongside the flickering flames of an elaborate tattoo.<\/p>\n<p>What would he do if she kissed him there, where the pulse in his throat throbbed in unison with the one in her panties?<\/p>\n<p>His cool blue eyes turned to a searing sapphire, which made the pulsing awareness tense and melt at the same time. Surely he had to feel it too.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I built this place, Charlotte,\u2019 he murmured. \u2018And I hosted the party you just tried to turn into a dumbass free-for-all\u2026\u2019 He paused, clearly enjoying judging her\u2014the hot, self-righteous jerk. \u2018With your childish behaviour.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Childish\u2026?\u2019 she hissed, knowing she\u2019d never been a child. Not really.<\/p>\n<p>She yanked back her outrage when she spotted the sparkle of amusement in his eyes. Was he deliberately trying to wind her up? Because it was totally working.<\/p>\n<p>His cheeks tensed. He was waging a battle not to laugh, something he was struggling to hide.<\/p>\n<p>Adrenaline surged up her torso. Why she found the spark of connection so thrilling, she had no idea. It had been a long time since she\u2019d been attracted to any guy. Or had the desire to flirt with one. But something about Cade Landry\u2014and his determination to see her as a girl instead of a woman\u2014called to her inner demons.<\/p>\n<p>She wanted to taste those lips so badly. Wanted to make him admit he saw her and she mattered. What would it be like to have those sensual lips taking hers in a ruthless kiss? Exciting? Exhilarating? Validating?<\/p>\n<p>The throbbing in her sex matched the rush of blood in her ears. She breathed in a lungful of his delicious scent\u2014man and musk and pine woods. A sob of surrender slipped from her lips, inviting him in.<\/p>\n<p>She lifted her arm and curled her fingers around his nape. \u2018Kiss me, Landry,\u2019 she whispered, the feeling of empowerment making her feel euphoric. \u2018You know you want to.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But instead of covering her lips with his, he took her hand from around his neck and stepped back, the contempt in his eyes unmistakeable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Kiss you?\u2019 he murmured. 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