Billionaire BWWM Romance 1: The Billionaire's Arranged Marriage by Cj Howard Page B

feeding koi fish and enjoying the warm quiet moments in the sun. She knew her life would change soon and simple pleasures like this in her parent’s garden would be long gone. She wasn’t going to waste a single moment of them.
     
    Kimiko came out into the garden. “Jillian, come here please.” She spoke as though it was an order, not a request. She always spoke to Jillian that way. Her daughter rose up and walked to her, looking at her and waiting for her to continue.
     
    “Yes, Mother?” she asked.
     
     
    “Reed’s brother Anderson wants you to come over to the house. He says he has some things to go over with you for the legal aspects of your marriage. He said since it’s so late in the day that they would like you to stay for dinner and he asked that you pack an overnight bag so you can continue his discussions in the morning. Go as soon as you can.” She turned and walked back into her office.
     
    Jillian frowned for a moment. She wished earnestly she didn’t have to go, but she shrugged her shoulders and packed a bag, then drove to Carter’s gargantuan estate.
    She pulled through the electric gate at the bottom of the drive and then wound her way up the hill until she got to the mansion. She was just stepping out of the car when a breeze caught her loose sundress and her hair, wrapping the white cotton dress snugly around her curves and pulling her hair free from the loose bun at the back of her head.
     
    She heard a voice and looked up just in time to see Anderson coming toward her with a smile on his face. He took her hand and helped her from her car, closing the door after her and then he put his hands on her shoulders and drew her near to him, kissing each of her cheeks softly in turn, and then smiling down at her.
     
    She tried not to look surprised when she looked up at him. He was very different looking than his brother. He had straight brown hair that was cut short and combed back. He had pale white skin and brown eyes. He smiled at her through thin lips and his smile didn’t quite reach his eyes.
     
    “How are you doing? My goodness look at you, you look really beautiful today. I’m lucky to have a woman as striking as you joining my family. My brother doesn’t deserve you.” He said it with deep meaning. The breeze picked up a little stronger and blew at her dress and her hair and she grasped the material, but her hair was tossed wildly for a moment and Anderson stood close in front of her and reached up into her hair, pulling her hair pins out, allowing her hair to fall free.
     
    It cascaded like a waterfall of black satin around her face, her shoulders and her breasts and Anderson stood before her, taking it all in. He lifted his hand and brushed it out of her face, slowly sliding his finger down the side of her cheek as he did so.
     
    “You really are one of the most stunning women I have ever had the honor to know.” He looked steadily into her eyes for a moment and then turned slightly to the side and offered her his elbow. “Shall we? Let’s get you into the house and out of this wind.”
     
    She took his arm and he led her into the house and up the stairs to a guest bedroom on the second floor overlooking the pool and the pool house. She set her bag on the lounge at the foot of the bed and Anderson placed his hand on the small of her back, saying, “Come, look out the window. You can see so much from this room.”
     
    He guided her toward it, leaving his fingertips at the base of her back. “See, there are the gardens and over there is the atrium, which I understand you are already familiar with, there’s the pool and oh… the pool house. I guess you’ve seen the pool house already. Perhaps I’ll take you down for another look at it when no one is in it.” He said quietly over her shoulder.
     
    She gazed at the pool house remembering the last time she had seen it. Anderson had sent her out the back door to it looking for Reed. When she walked into the pool house