{"id":1919,"date":"2015-07-25T13:17:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T12:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/abbey\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=45"},"modified":"2015-08-25T19:45:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T18:45:31","slug":"when-christakos-meets-his-match-2-blood-brothers-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/portfolio-item\/when-christakos-meets-his-match-2-blood-brothers-trilogy\/","title":{"rendered":"When Christakos Meets His Match #2 Blood Brothers Trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-d18d8c2c81d10022ebd21ffa95322c35 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-1919'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\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-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-42d85e5d42d4a3afb03a73e989228051\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-42d85e5d42d4a3afb03a73e989228051{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-42d85e5d42d4a3afb03a73e989228051 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-42d85e5d42d4a3afb03a73e989228051 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-42d85e5d42d4a3afb03a73e989228051 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Description<\/h3><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Let the games begin!<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-35972167d9f102c5ddaec0c531c98b9e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The seat-belt sign hasn\u2019t even switched off before the chemistry is mile-high between airline CEO Alexio Christakos and Sidonie Fitzgerald! Accustomed to brief encounters with aloof socialites, her unaffected innocence has him hooked and determined to enjoy a night of pleasure in her arms.<\/p>\n<p>Sidonie is meant to be sorting out her life, not starting an affair with a Greek tycoon! But Alexio is the ultimate distraction\u2026until he learns of her strained finances and, to her horror, accuses her of wanting more than just his body! But Sidonie\u2019s innocence masks a backbone of steel, and she won\u2019t take his accusation lying down\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Blood Brothers Series Book #2.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-av_button-c92618446e5c68b64e558e8e19060c32-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr '><a href='#excerpt'  class='avia-button av-av_button-c92618446e5c68b64e558e8e19060c32 avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-medium avia-position-left avia-color-dark'  ><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' >Read an Excerpt<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-f9c49c3d3336fc54a3f31ed109c785bd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-f9c49c3d3336fc54a3f31ed109c785bd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr 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itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u2018Here is your seat, Sir.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sidonie Fitzgerald\u2019s thoughts scattered when she heard the exchange above her head and she looked up and saw a man. She blinked. And blinked again. He was very tall and broad. Slim hips at her eye level. He was taking off an overcoat and folding it up to place in the overheard locker, revealing a lean muscular build under a fine silk shirt and jacket. Sidonie was vaguely aware of the way the air \u2013 hostess was hovering attentively.<\/p>\n<p>The man said with a seductive foreign accent in English, \u2018I\u2019ve got it, thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The air \u2013 hostess looked comically deflated and turned away. The man was now taking off his suit jacket too and Sidonie realised she was staring, no better than the gaping air \u2013 hostess. Quickly she averted her head and looked out the window seeing nothing of the pewter grey Paris spring skies, and the flourescent \u2013 clad ground staff preparing the plane for take \u2013 off.<\/p>\n<p><i>His<\/i> image was burned onto her brain and it didn\u2019t help when she felt him take the seat beside her and all the air around them seemed to be disappear. And it really didn\u2019t help when his scent teased her nostrils; musky and masculine.<\/p>\n<p>He was quite simply the most gorgeous man she\u2019d ever seen in her life. Dark olive complexion, high cheekbones, strong jaw. Short dark brown hair. Firmly sculpted masculine mouth. He should have been pretty. But Sidonie\u2019s impression was not of <i>pretty<\/i>. It was hard, uncompromising. Sexual. Heat. The last kind of person she\u2019d have expected to sit in an economy seat beside her.<\/p>\n<p>And then he spoke. \u2018Excuse me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>His voice was so deep that she felt it reverberate in the pit of her belly. Sidonie swallowed and told herself she was being ridiculous, he couldn\u2019t possibly have been that gorgeous. She turned her head and her heart stopped. His face was inches away. He was\u2026that\u2026gorgeous. And more. He looked vaguely familiar, and she wondered if he was a famous male model. Or a french movie star?<\/p>\n<p>Something funny was happening to Sidonie\u2019s brain and body. They didn\u2019t seem to be connected anymore. She felt a hysterical giggle rise up and had to stifle it. She didn\u2019t giggle. What was wrong with her?<\/p>\n<p>One dark brow moved upwards over the most startling pair of green eyes she\u2019d ever seen. Golden. Like a lion. She had green eyes too, but they were more blue than green.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think you\u2019re sitting on my belt?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It took a few seconds for the words to compute and when they did Sidonie jumped up as if scalded, hands flapping, \u2018I\u2019m so sorry\u2026excuse me, just let me\u2026it must be here somewhere\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sounding irritated, the man said, \u2018Stay still and I\u2019ll get it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sidonie closed her eyes in mortification, her hands gripped the seat back in front of her and she hovered, contorted in the small space as the man coolly retrieved his belt and buckled it.<\/p>\n<p>Sidonie sat back down and attended to her own belt. Feeling breathless and avoiding looking at him again she said, \u2018I\u2019m sorry I \u2013 \u2018<\/p>\n<p>He cut her off, \u2018It\u2019s fine, don\u2019t worry about it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A flare of something hot lanced Sidonie\u2019s belly. Did he have to sound so curt? And why was she suddenly so aware of the fact that her hair was scraped up into a messy bun, that she had no make \u2013 up on, that she was wearing jeans that were so worn there was a frayed hole at her knee, and an equally worn university sweatshirt. And glasses. If central casting had been looking for \u2018messy grunge student type\u2019 she would have been cast on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>She was disgusted at herself for letting a man, albeit even a man as gorgeous as this one to make her feel so self \u2013 conscious. She forced herself to take a deep breath and looked resolutely forward. Out of the corner of her eye though, she was aware of big strong looking hands opening up something like an iPad. Her belly clenched.<\/p>\n<p>The seconds stretched to minutes and she heard him sigh volubly when they still weren\u2019t moving. His arm nearest her reached up to push something and she realised it must have been the call button when the same stewardess arrived with indecent haste, \u2018Yes, sir?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sidonie heard the irritation in his voice. \u2018Is there a reason why we\u2019re not moving yet?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She looked over and only saw his strong profile and jaw, and even though she couldn\u2019t see it she could imagine the kind of expression he\u2019d be using: imperious. She glanced at the woman and felt sorry for her because she looked embarrassed. \u2018I\u2019m not sure sir, I\u2019ll check right away.\u2019 She rushed away again.<\/p>\n<p>Sidonie let out a faint snort of derision, even the stewardess was treating him as if he was some sort of overlord.<\/p>\n<p>He looked at her then. \u2018I\u2019m sorry, did you say something?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sidonie tried not to be affected by his overwhelming presence. She shrugged minutely. \u2018I\u2019m sure we\u2019re just waiting in line to take our slot on the runway.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He turned to face her more fully and Sidonie cursed herself. The last thing she needed was his undivided attention on her.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Oh really? And what if I have an important meeting to attend in London?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Something hot flashed into Sidonie\u2019s veins and she told herself it was anger at his insufferable arrogance. She crossed her arms in an unconsciously defensive move and said in a low voice. \u2018Well in case it\u2019s escaped your attention, there are approximately two hundred people on this plane and I\u2019m sure more than one other person has a meeting to make and I don\u2019t see them complaining.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>His eyes flashed and momentarily stopped her breath. They were so unusual and stark against his dark skin. He was like a specimen from some exotic planet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There\u2019s two hundred and ten actually, and I don\u2019t doubt that there are many others who have important appointments lined up which makes my question even more relevant.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sidonie barely registered the fact that he knew how many were on board and bristled at the way his eyes had done a quick sweep up and down her body clearly deducing that she <i>wasn\u2019t<\/i> on her way to an important meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For your information,\u2019 she said frigidly, \u2018I have a connecting flight to Dublin from London and I\u2019ll be very inconvenienced if we\u2019re late but that\u2019s just life, isn\u2019t it?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He leant back a little and looked at her, \u2018I wondered where your accent was from, it\u2019s intriguing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sidonie wasn\u2019t sure if that was a compliment or not so she clamped her mouth shut. Just then someone who looked like the pilot dressed in a uniform with a cap came alongside their seats and coughed slightly to get the man\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p>Releasing Sidonie from his compelling gaze, the man turned and the pilot bent down and said discreetly, \u2018Mr Christakos, sorry about this delay, it\u2019s beyond our control I\u2019m afraid\u2026they\u2019ve got a backlog of planes waiting to take off. It shouldn\u2019t be much longer but we can get your private jet ready if you\u2019d prefer?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sidonie knew her eyes had gone wide as she took in this exchange. He said after a few moments, \u2018No, I\u2019ll stay Pierre. But thank you for thinking of it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The captain inclined his head deferentially and left again and Sidonie realised that her mouth was open. Abruptly she shut it and looked out the window before he could see her. In her line of vision was a similar plane standing nearby with the distinctive Christakos logo emblazoned on the side, along with a quote from a Greek philosopher. All of Alexio Christakos\u2019s planes sported quotes.<\/p>\n<p><i>Alexio Christakos.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Sidonie shook her head minutely, in disbelief. The man next to her who was now on his phone with that deep voice speaking in a language that sounded like Greek could <i>not <\/i>be the owner of Christakos Freight and Travel. That man was a legend. And he would certainly not be sitting beside her with his long legs constricted by the confines of economy class seating.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d been a case study in their business class in college before she\u2019d had to leave: astonishingly successful while still disgustingly young. He\u2019d made headlines when he\u2019d cut himself off from his father\u2019s inheritance to go his own way, never revealing to anyone his reasons for doing so.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d then grafted and worked his way up, starting up an online freight company that had blown all of the competition out of the water, and when he\u2019d sold it after only two years, he\u2019d made a fortune. It was that early success that had given him the finances to branch out into air travel and within the space of five years he\u2019d been competing with and beating the best budget airlines in Europe. He had a reputation for treating customers like people and not like herded cattle which was the trademark of a lot of Christakos\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n<p>He was also one of the most eligible bachelors in Eruope, if not the world. Sidonie was not a gossip magazine aficionado, but after they\u2019d studied his entrepreneurial methods in college, she\u2019d had to listen to her fellow classmates wax lyrical about the man, drooling over copious pictures of him, for weeks. With a sinking feeling in her chest, she realised why he\u2019d looked vaguely familiar. Even though she\u2019d not shared in their collective drooling, she\u2019d glanced at a couple of pictures, dismissing him as a pretty boy.<\/p>\n<p>Now she knew: pretty he was not. He was all male. Virile and potent. She felt like squirming, and she wanted to change seats, suddenly acutely uncomfortable and not liking to analyse why that might be. She wasn\u2019t used to someone having such an immediate physical effect on her.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">***<\/p>\n<p>The woman in the seat next to Alexio was starting to fidget. He had to curb the urge to put his hand on her thighs to stop her and curled that hand to a fist. She was clearly a nervy sort, from the way she\u2019d reacted when she was sitting on his belt.<\/p>\n<p>It was intensely irritating to him that he was aware of her at all. That he\u2019d done a minor double \u2013 take to hear her challenge him. He chafed to be in such close confines with another person after years of the luxury of private air travel but if he wasn\u2019t so damned conscientious\u2026<i>and controlling<\/i>\u2026his mouth quirked to himself to think of the insult that had been hurled his way more than once.<\/p>\n<p>His assistant was informing him of his schedule in London but Alexio caught sight of a sliver of pale knee peeping out of torn jeans beside him and stifled a snort. Could she be any messier? He\u2019d taken in impressions after exchanging those few words \u2013 light coloured hair, a slim body, pale face, glasses. Voluminous sweatshirt that hid any trace of femininity. And, a surprisingly husky voice with that intriguing accent.<\/p>\n<p>Alexio did not take notice of women who did not dress like women. He had high standards after being brought up by one of the world\u2019s foremost models. His mother had always been impeccably turned out. He frowned, to be thinking of her <i>again<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Realizing the novel fact that he was not actually taking in a word his assistant was saying, Alexio terminated the conversation abruptly. The woman went still beside him and something tensed inside him. He could be on his way to his private jet right now but he\u2019d refused. Again, not like him. But something had stopped him. Something in his gut.<\/p>\n<p>He glanced over to see that the woman had a capacious grey bag on her lap and she was pulling things out of the seat pocket in front of her to put them in, haphazardly. Another strike against her. Alexio was a neat freak. She\u2019d pushed her black \u2013 framed glasses on her head and his eye was drawn to her hair.<\/p>\n<p>It was actually strawberry blonde. An intriguing colour. It looked to be wavy and unruly if let loose and he found himself wondering how long it was when it wasn\u2019t confined in that high bun, with wisps curling against her neck and face.<\/p>\n<p>Something tightened inside him, down low. Her face too, was not as unremarakable as he\u2019d first thought. Heart \u2013 shaped and pale. He could see a faint smattering of freckles across her small straight nose and it shocked him slightly. It had been so long since he\u2019d seen a face without make \u2013 up. It felt curiously intimate.<\/p>\n<p>Her hands were small and quick. Deft. Short, practical nails. And just like that, Alexio felt a punch of desire bloom in his gut. It was hot and immediate, as he imagined how small and pale those hands would look on his body, caressing him, touching him, stroking him. The images were so incendiary that Alexio\u2019s breath stopped for a moment. The girl seemed to have restored her belongings to her bag and then almost as an afterthought she took her glasses off her head and put them in too.<\/p>\n<p>She must be aware of his scrutiny, he could see a flood of red stain her cheeks. And that stunned him anew. When was the last time he saw a woman blush?<\/p>\n<p>Alexio leant back slightly, noting that her mouth in profile looked full, and soft. Kissable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Going somewhere?\u2019 he asked, slightly perturbed that his voice sounded so rough.<\/p>\n<p>The women took a breath, making her sweatshirt rise and fall, drawing his eye to the flesh it concealed. He had a sudden hunger to <i>see<\/i> her. And wondered about her breasts. That desire increased, shocking him slightly with its force. He\u2019d just left a woman in his hotel suite, what was wrong with him?<\/p>\n<p>She looked at him and Alexio\u2019s eyes met hers. He sucked in a breath. Without the black framed glasses\u2026they were stunning. Almond shaped. Aquamarine. Like the sea around the islands in Greece. Sparkling green one second and blue the next. Long dark lashes were a contrast against her pale colouring, her eyebrows the same strawberry blonde tone as her hair.<\/p>\n<p>She looked resolute, hands gripping her bag, that soft mouth tight now, eyes avoiding his. \u2018I\u2019ll move seats.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Alexio frowned, everything in his body rejecting the notion with a force he didn\u2019t like to acknowledge. \u2018Why on earth do you want to move?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This was another novel experience \u2013 a woman trying to get away from him! Alexio settled back further in his seat. The woman opened her mouth again and he saw small even white teeth. Her two front teeth had a slight gap in the middle. He had the uncanny feeling he could just sit here and stare at her for hours.<\/p>\n<p>Now she was blushing in earnest.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Well you\u2019re obviously\u2026you know\u2026\u2019 she looked at him now, slightly agonised.<\/p>\n<p>He quirked a brow, \u2018What am I?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Her cheeks went even brighter red and Alexio had to curb the desire to reach out and touch them to see if they felt as hot as they looked.<\/p>\n<p>She huffed now, impatiently, \u2018Well you\u2019re obviously <i>you<\/i>, and you have things to do, people to talk to. You need space.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Something cold settled into Alexio\u2019s belly and his eyes narrowed. Of course. She\u2019d heard that exchange with the pilot and would have deduced who he was. Still\u2026in his experience, once people knew who he was, they didn\u2019t try to get away, the opposite in fact.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have all the space I need. You don\u2019t need to go anywhere. 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