{"id":1923,"date":"2015-07-25T13:18:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T12:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/abbygreen\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=197"},"modified":"2015-09-22T17:00:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T16:00:36","slug":"when-da-silva-breaks-the-rules","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/portfolio-item\/when-da-silva-breaks-the-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"When Da Silva Breaks The Rules #3 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-1923'><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>Is gorgeous billionaire Da Silva finally off the market?<\/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>Reclusive billionaire Cesar Da Silva hits the headlines! Not only are his family secrets about to be exposed, but he\u2019s been caught kissing Lexie Anderson on the set of her latest movie, being shot at his imposing castillo!<\/p>\n<p>Publicity-shy Da Silva has certainly smashed his own rules by romancing the high-profile actress. A reliable source suggests Da Silva is helping Miss Anderson over her last heartbreak with a string of dazzling dates. And if their chemistry so far is anything to go by, this is one match that\u2019s bound to be explosive!<\/p>\n<p><em>Blood Brothers Series Book #3.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-av_toggle_container-f0c39e76d1f074f51d6efd8dbfc052b2  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-av_toggle-00582c2df179173e49f5c4cf068c087c'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1'>4.5 Star Review of WHEN DA SILVA BREAKS THE RULES<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Billionaire Cesar Da Silva is a private man who\u2019s been taught from an early age not to trust people. Then a compromising photo of him with a blue-eyed beauty with a sordid past appears, and suddenly he\u2019s breaking rules and melting his cynical heart. Lexie Anderson has been paparazzi fodder before, but when she\u2019s photographed sharing a \u201cget-a-room\u201d kiss with a handsome stranger, she feels magically whole again. Could their pretend affair be the real deal? Green\u2019s lust-at-first-sight-leads to-love story is genuinely heartfelt. Her intuitive narrative brings readers into the story. The gothic castillo is the perfect backdrop for her broken hero and heroine and their sizzling romps.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Debbie Haupt, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.romantictimes.com\/\">Romantic Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-42b83fc1d7e0886e3795b0f5da2f91a7\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-42b83fc1d7e0886e3795b0f5da2f91a7{\nheight:25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-42b83fc1d7e0886e3795b0f5da2f91a7 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_button '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-av_button-c92618446e5c68b64e558e8e19060c32-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><a href='#excerpt'  class='avia-button av-av_button-c92618446e5c68b64e558e8e19060c32 avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-medium 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itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Cesar was hot, sweaty, grimy and thoroughly disgruntled. All he wanted now was a cold shower and a stiff drink. A punishing ride around his vast estate on his favourite stallion had failed to put a dent in the dark cloud that had clung to him since his return that afternoon from his half \u2013 brother Alexio\u2019s wedding in Paris. Those scenes of chirpy happiness still grated on his soul.<\/p>\n<p>It also irritated him intensely that he\u2019d given into the rogue compulsion to go. As he neared the stables his black mood increased to see the evidence of a serious breach of his privacy. A film was due to start shooting on his estate after the weekend for the next four weeks. If that wasn\u2019t bad enough, the stars, director and producers were all staying <i>in<\/i> the castillo.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t unaware of his complicated relationship to his home. It was both prison and sanctuary. But one thing was sure: Cesar hated his privacy being invaded like this.<\/p>\n<p>Huge film equipment trucks lined his driveway. People were wandering about holding clipboards, speaking into walkie talkies. A massive marquee had been set up where locals from the nearby town were being decked out as extras in nineteenth century garb.<\/p>\n<p>All that was missing was a circus tent with flags flying and a clown outside saying <i>Roll up! Roll up!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>One of his biggest stableyards had been cleared out so that they could use it as the <i>Unit Base<\/i>. The Unit Base, a film assistant had explained earnestly to Cesar, was where the actors got ready every day and where the crew would eat. As if he cared!<\/p>\n<p>But, he\u2019d feigned interest for the benefit of his friend Juan Cortez who was the Lord Mayor of Villaporto, the local town, and the reason why Cesar had even given this idea half a second\u2019s consideration. They\u2019d been friends since the age of ten when they\u2019d had to both admit defeat during a fist \u2013 fight or remain fighting till dawn and lose all their teeth. And they would have, both stubborn enough.<\/p>\n<p>His friend had pointed out: \u2018Nearly eveyone has been employed in some capacity \u2013 accommodation, catering, locations, the art department. Even my mother is involved in making clothes for the extras, and putting up some of the crew. I haven\u2019t seen her so excited in years.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Cesar couldn\u2019t fail to acknowledge the morale and economic boost the film had already brought to the locale. He was known in the press for his ruthless dealings with people and businesses; one journalist likening his methods to that of the cold dead \u2013 eyed stare of a shark before it ate you whole. But Cesar wasn\u2019t completely heartless, especially if it involved his own local community.<\/p>\n<p>More than one person caught a glimpse of his glowering features and looked away hurriedly but Cesar was oblivious, already figuring out how he could rearrange his schedule to make sure he was away for as much of the next four weeks as possible.<\/p>\n<p>To his relief, his own private stableyard which was strictly off \u2013 limits to the crew, was empty when he returned. He wasn\u2019t in the mood to deal with anyone, not even a groom. After unsaddling his horse and hosing him down, Cesar led him back to his stall and made sure he was secure, patting his still quivering flesh after their exertion.<\/p>\n<p>It was only when he was turning to leave again that Cesar spotted a movement out of the corner of his eye and turned to look.<\/p>\n<p>And stopped breathing, and thinking.<\/p>\n<p>In the other corner of the quiet stable stood a woman. Cesar felt slightly dizzy for a moment and wondered if he was seeing an apparition. She was wearing a white corset that cinched in her waist to almost impossible proportions, while provocatively pushing up the abundant swells of her breasts. Long wavy golden hair was pulled back from an ethereally beautiful face and left to tumble down her back.<\/p>\n<p>Very feminine hips curved out from that tiny waist and a long voluminous skirt almost touched the ground.<\/p>\n<p>She was stunning, exquisite. She was venus incarnate. She couldn\u2019t be real. Nothing so perfect existed in reality.<\/p>\n<p>Almost without realising that he was moving, Cesar closed the distance between them. She didn\u2019t move. Just stared at him, looking as transfixed as he felt. Imbueing this moment with an even headier other \u2013 wordly feeling.<\/p>\n<p>Her eyes were huge and blue, piercing. She was tiny, and it seemed to call to some deep primal part of him. Evoking an alien urge to protect.<\/p>\n<p>Her face was small and heart \u2013 shaped, but with an inherent strength that elevated it out of the merely beautiful to extraordinary. High cheekbones. Elegant straight nose. A full mouth. A lush mouth, made for sin and sinners. Skin like alabastor.<\/p>\n<p>There was a beauty spot close to the edge of her upper lip. She exuded an earthy and very feminine sexual allure. She couldn\u2019t be real. Yet every single ounce of his masculinity was humming and throbbing in reaction to her luminosity.<\/p>\n<p>As if to check that he wasn\u2019t losing it completely, Cesar reached out a hand noting with almost dispassionate surprise that it trembled slightly. He cupped his hand near her cheek and jaw, without actually touching her, almost afraid that she might disappear if he did\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And then he touched her\u2026and she didn\u2019t disappear. She was <i>real.<\/i> Warm. Skin as soft as silk. A movement made his eyes drop and he saw her chest moving up and down rapidly with her breaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<i>Dios<\/i>,\u2019 he said faintly to himself, \u2018You are real.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Her mouth opened. Cesar saw small even white teeth. Her tongue tip, pink. She said, \u2018I\u2026\u2019 and then stopped. Just that one tiny word had been uttered with a husky voice, making Cesar\u2019s whole body tighten with a need that was unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>Sliding his hand further around her jaw, to the back of her neck, silky hair tickling the back of his hand, Cesar tugged her into him and after a minute hesitation she came, stumbling ever so slightly. All he knew once he felt the barest whisper of a touch of her body to his, was that he couldn\u2019t hold back now even if a thousand men tried to stop him.<\/p>\n<p>His head lowered and Cesar\u2019s mouth touched hers and all that sweet soft voluptuousness pierced him all the way through right to the centre of his being and threw him into the pit of a fire of lust so strong, it obliterated everything he knew, or thought he knew.<\/p>\n<p>Cesar felt her hands clutching at him, grabbing his shirt. Any resistance vanished when her mouth opened under his and his arms tightened around her as his hungry tongue thrust into that hot moist cavern.<\/p>\n<p>However sweet that first initial taste had been\u2026it turned to pure sin. Decadent and rich. Her tongue was sharp and smooth, teasing. Stoking his levels of arousal so that every bit of blood seemed to be rushing to the centre of his body, making that shaft of flesh lengthen and stiffen painfully.<\/p>\n<p>Moving his two hands to her waist, encircling it, Cesar almost groaned loud when he felt his fingers meet. That evidence of her intense femininity almost pushed his body over the edge, betraying him like an over \u2013 sexed teenager.<\/p>\n<p>He could feel her chest, struggling with her constricted breath, moving up and down rapidly. Blood surging anew, Cesar lifted a hand and dragged it up between their bodies, fingers itching to touch that smooth pale skin.<\/p>\n<p>When he came into contact with the swell of one breast his body pulsed with a need that shocked him. He broke the contact of their mouths for a moment, resting his forehead against hers, overwhelmed at the strength of this desire.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Please\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Her voice sounded even huskier, needy. Like how he felt. He needed this woman <i>now<\/i>. Needed to free himself and lift up her skirts and plunge right into the centre of that taut, smooth body. Feel her legs wrap around him. On some very dim and distant level, Cesar was aware that he had become animalistic. Reduced to the cravings and needs of a base animal in an effort to achieve a kind of satisfaction he\u2019d never anticipated before.<\/p>\n<p>But that still couldn\u2019t stop him. Not after that husky <i>please<\/i> had filled the space between them.<\/p>\n<p>Branding her mouth with his again, the kiss was open \u2013 mouthed and carnal. Electrifying. In the act of lifting up her skirts, almost desperate now, Cesar jerked and flinched when a flash of light seemed to illuminate the world for a second. Like the crack of a whip. Shattering the heady moment.<\/p>\n<p>Lifting his head from where their mouths were welded together, Cesar could only see two huge pools of blue, ringed by long black lashes. That plump mouth, pink. Feel her chest moving against his.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was another flash and a rapid jarring clicking sound. He flinched again. Some vague notion of reality and sanity returning from a long distance. He turned his head but it was the hardest thing to do, to look away from that face. Those eyes.<\/p>\n<p>He saw a man standing at the entrance of the stables holding a camera up to his face. It was the equivalent of having a bucket of cold water thrown over him. Suddenly reality was back. Cesar straightened up.<\/p>\n<p>Instinctively he pushed the woman behind him as he snarled at the man who was backing away, still shooting. \u2018Get out of here. <i>Now<\/i>.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>One of Cesar\u2019s grooms appeared near the door and he rapped out, \u2018Get security now, and get that man\u2019s camera.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But the photographer had disappeared and even though Cesar\u2019s groom darted away after him, Cesar had the sinking feeling it would be too late. He\u2019d reacted too late himself. Becoming aware of rapid harsh breathing behind him, Cesar turned around.<\/p>\n<p>And almost fell into the pit again when he saw those huge blue eyes staring up at him and that body which made his ache to keep going.<\/p>\n<p>But reality had intruded. This woman was no apparition or ghost. She was flesh and blood, and he had just lost his legendary control spectacularly. <i>J\u00e9sus<\/i>, had he gone mad? 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