The Guardian's Seduction: Born to Fly, #7

THE GUARDIAN’S SEDUCTION

A BILLIONAIRE, ENEMIES TO LOVERS ROMANCE

BORN TO FLY

BOOK SEVEN

ALIYAH BURKE

The Guardian’s Seduction

Copyright © 2019 Aliyah Burke

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Published by: Sensual Romance Publishing

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CONTENTS

Blurb

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Epilogue

About the Author

Additional Books by Aliyah Burke:

BLURB

There are some things money can’t buy…

Billionaire Marco Auciello has made a name for himself by being cutthroat and taking what he wants. All is fine until the day comes when he learns he is now the guardian of not one, but two children. Having to travel to get them he meets the woman they’ve been staying with and want to continue staying with.

Novelist, Niya Bell loves the children in her life more than anything. Their uncle is another thing entirely, she wants to hit him for his view on how this is going to work. She may not have legal right to the children but she’s going to do her best to make sure, he is the best guardian for them no matter how he wants to get out of this.

From enemies to lovers and perhaps more? Will this potential couple learn to work it all out in the cold Maine winter?

To the ones who kept me safe until it was time for me to move on.

CHAPTER ONE

Marco Auciello blinked, leaned back in the brown leather executive chair only to blink again as he stared at the man across the massive desk. He skimmed his teeth with his tongue, took a deep breath, and stated with a calm he didn’t feel, I’m sorry, would you care to repeat that?

It’s exactly like I said, Marco. Having me repeat it isn’t going to change any of it. Anson Costa was more than his best friend, he was also his attorney, one who others hated to face. The man reclined in his own chair and crossed his arms, a look of pure amusement on his face.

Marco scowled. I fail to see the slightest bit of humor in this.

Make no mistake, I’m not laughing about the death, I’m laughing because you are now responsible for a child.

I don’t believe you. I’m not the father of any child.

Anson shook his head in familiar fashion. Did you even read what I gave you? It doesn’t state you’re the father, it states you are now the guardian.

He jerked the paper up and reread it. Maria and Harold Kelly. There was a faint niggling of familiarity but not enough. He shook his head. I don’t know them. Why the hell would they entrust their child to me? Why was he sweating? That was the bigger question.

Anson relaxed and Marco knew he had totally settled into his ‘attorney’ role, no longer the friend role. As I was saying before you cut me off is that you met Maria ten years ago. She came to find you. Your sister.

It was a good thing he sat at his desk already for surely his legs would have given out on him. He remembered that visit. It had been a short one with promises to meet again somewhere in the future. Marco distantly—greatest of distances— remembered also receiving an invitation to her wedding. He didn’t attend, in fact he never saw her again. He’d always found some excuse not to go. Sorrow pierced him and he shifted on the smooth seat.

So this is my niece?

Anson nodded. Yes. And a nephew.

Shock widened his eyes. I really didn’t read this paper very well. He was profoundly busy with the acquisition of two more hotels and quiet honestly hadn’t given the stuff from Anson any thought, filing it away to be dealt with later. A mental snort. Apparently, later had just arrived. Two kids? What would I do with one much less two? I don’t lead a stable life, I’m travelling all the time. No, I can’t do this. Get me out of it, Anson.

You need to at least go meet them, Marco. They just lost their parents.

Anson, who could be as cutthroat as a pirate, actually sounded as if he were rebuking him. Marco took a deep breath and pulled up his calendar. He supposed he should have a bit more feeling about this but honestly, he didn’t feel much anymore. His heart had been encased in stone since the day he realized the woman he loved, Torrye, was in love with another man. He didn’t begrudge them their happiness, no not at all, he just didn’t care much