Chapter 22

“I’m very sure you can see that I’m not having fun,” she said.

“You’re not?” His brow arched questioningly, although there was a smile on his face.

Caroline gave a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “You’re the reason why I’m here, Mr Connelly. I told you there was no need for me to come and you insisted on it by telling your father to invite me too. Now look at me, looking lost. I don’t belong here because I don’t have any role to play tonight. It’s up to Kay Corp to make a decision. Maybe your presence and your father’s presence would help with that, but I have nothing to do with it. I will not forgive you for this,”

Nicholas’ smile faded and he studied her through narrowed lids as he detected the mockery beneath her smoky tone. Her beauty was all the more apparent now that he was standing next to those blue eyes, the perfect nose, the full and sensuous lips above a pointed chin. Her skin had the fine smooth appearance of porcelain in the bareness of her shoulders