The Billionaire’s Blackmailed Heiress(18)

“Good morning Mina”

He had said, his voice sliding sensually down her spine. Moving forward, she had given him a small nervous smile moving to the kettle, before facing him.

“I am so sorry Nikos…about last night…if I had known…” she had blurted out, as he had chuckled softly.

“No harm done Mina, it didn’t ruin my plans” he had finished with a smile.

Quickly turning so that he would not see the flush that had rushed to her cheeks she had busied herself making tea, before moving over to the table to sit beside him.

As she had sat down he had fixed her with a strange look.

“Everything has happened so fast Mina, I did not even ask if there was somebody special in your life”.

Not fully understanding him, she had looked back with confusion on her face.

“Special in what way?” she had asked softly.

“I meant do you have a boyfriend or lover back home?”#p#分页标题#e#

Flushing once more she had shaken her head emphatically.

“No…no one”, seeing the surprise on his face.

Taking a sip of her tea, she was not prepared to expand further on her breakup with her boyfriend of two years. Once more she had felt the prickling guilt at having hurt him so much after he had asked her to marry him, Mina realising at that time that she was not ready for such a commitment.

Seeing the look in his eyes, she had changed the direction of his question.

“Is Claire your girlfriend?” she had asked conversationally, seeing as his lips had quirked, his eyes full of humour.

“No. Claire is not my girlfriend” he had chuckled, taking in the way her eyes had dropped to her cup, the embarrassment so clear in them.

“I see” she had said, searching for something else to say, kicking herself for asking the question in the first place. His silky voice had made her look up, a smile on his handsome face.

“Claire and I have… an arrangement” his voice sure, as she had picked up her cup.

“I…I see” she had repeated taking a large gulp to steady her nerves. However, as his eyes had once more returned to the paper she had felt a flash of anger, telling herself that she was not the one that should be feeling embarrassed about the previous evening. It was not her choice to be living under his roof, and placing the cup back down she had looked back at him with more fire in her eyes.

“Actually I don’t see” she had said, Nikos looking back at her with surprise, a small frown creasing his brow.

“So she is your … mistress?”

Nikos had raised his brow in surprise at the change in her, his mouth twitching once more as he had regarded the woman before him.

“Claire and I have an agreement. We can both see other people if and when we want…it suits us both”.

Mina had been unable to hide the small hint of contempt that had reached her eyes.

“So that makes her what…….your part-time mistress then?”

Far from being angry at her comments, Nikos had laughed, nodding softly.

“I guess you could call her that” his eyes flashing full of humour which had made her grit her teeth, as so calmly he had continued.

“I have never felt the need for a full time mistress…unlike some”.

The reference to her own situation had been openly inferred, and raising her chin defiantly she had glared back at him.

“Well at least my father only felt the need to have one mistress” she had bitten back as he had regarded her a little more coldly.

“Yes, a shame he so easily forgot about the wife he promised to be faithful to” his tone now icy.

Mina had looked away, shame filling her, knowing him to be right.

Nikos had looked at Mina, suddenly feeling ashamed at the way he had turned on her. With all the stress on her, he did not need to be adding to it and in a more gentle voice he had asked.

“How is your mother, I got the impression that things were not well last night?”

Surprised, she had turned to look back at him, her eyes filling with pain as the memory of her mother had once more filled her thoughts.

“She seems to be getting weaker each day” her voice filled with sadness.

“I’m sure it is just temporary” her tone not full of the confidence she wanted so much to believe. He had nodded softly at her as he rose.

“I am sure you are right” his tone kindly as he had drawn a business card from his pocket, placing it in front of her.

“However, if you need anything, then call this number anytime”.

With that he had moved out leaving a surprised Mina, who with a small frown had lifted the card seeing on the back what was most likely his mobile number, surprised that he would do this.