A Taste of Heaven (Billionaires' Secrets Book 3) by Jennifer Lewis Page B

around it. “He’s here!” Her smile radiated the joy everyone in the company seemed to feel about the exciting news that Sam had found a new family member.
    She should be happiest of all, since it was her avowed mission in life to gather Tarrant’s scattered children.
    So why did she feel dread trickling through her veins?
    Louis appeared in the doorway and his eyes locked instantly onto hers.
    “Welcome!” she stammered. “Louis, this is your brother Dominic.”
    Dominic strode forward and shook his hand, then broke the tension by pulling Louis into a hug. “We’re so glad Sam found you.”
    “Yeah, me, too.” Louis glanced up at Sam with those familiar honey-gold eyes.
    Anxiety pooled in her belly, along with the unwelcome thickening of arousal. “And this is your brother Amado. He flew overnight from Argentina to be here when you arrived.”
    Amado clasped Louis’s hand in both of his and shook it forcefully. “I know you probably feel strange right now meeting a crowd of relatives you didn’t know you had.” His English was accented, but flawless. “Trust me, you get used to it.”
    “To be honest, it doesn’t feel strange at all.” Louis looked from Amado to Dominic. “Sam was so convinced I’d be Tarrant’s son, that when the DNA test results came back, I wasn’t the least bit surprised.”
    Sam swallowed hard. “Goodness, look at the three of you together.” Tarrant’s three sons were all so tall and handsome. With their dark hair and warm complexions, they actually looked more like each other than any of them resembled Tarrant. But there was no denying they all had the air of commanding authority that had struck her so strongly when she first met her husband.
    Emotion swelled in her chest. “What a wonderful sight. If only Tarrant was here to enjoy it.”
    Dominic stepped toward her and wrapped his big arm around her shoulders. Probably because he knew too well that memories of Tarrant easily reduced her to a blubbering wreck.
    She grabbed his strong hand, sucked in a breath and tried to pull herself together.
    I can do this. Her role here was to honor Tarrant’s memory as she gathered his family together. She could forget about Louis as a man, and think of him purely as her...son.
    Couldn’t she?
    She sought his face, hoping to reassure herself. But when his eyes locked onto hers, energy flashed between them with defibrillator intensity.
    Uh-oh.

 
    Chapter Fourteen
     
    “T his is the lab.” Bella, the head of technical research at Hardcastle Enterprises, beckoned Louis and the others into the bright space, with its gleaming instruments and rows of computers. He’d been in the building for less than an hour, but already Louis thought it was the most outrageous place he’d ever seen.
    “When I first showed up, Bella called Security to get me thrown out,” Dominic said with a grin.
    “And now you guys are married?” Louis was still trying to wrap his mind around the relationships between the dynamic and intriguing people who were now his family.
    “It’s a long story,” said Bella with a wink. “But the path of true love never did run smooth, isn’t that what they say?”
    “That’s what they say.” Louis glanced behind him, hoping to see Sam.
    Amado and his wife, Susannah, were there, arms looped around each other’s waists, but there was no sign of Sam. She’d slipped away as they’d left Dominic’s office, murmuring something about caterers for the party that night.
    Since the moment he’d shown up, he’d wanted to take her in his arms. But every time he looked at her, something in her gaze warned him to keep his distance.
    “How did you react when Sam first found you?” Fiona picked a clear glass container off one of the polished counters and swirled an imaginary liquid. “Was it a big shock?”
    In more ways than you know.
    “She’d sent me letters telling me about Tarrant, but I’d ignored them. I guess I wasn’t ready. But you can’t ignore Sam in