Free The Greek Tycoon by Stephanie Sasmaz Page A

back, he handed
him a cup of coffee then sat on an arm chair.
    “Did you enjoy your two week
holiday?” Gregory asked.
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“I did thank you, I hope Katie did too.”
    “She hasn’t spoken about it much but I
think she did.” Gregory put his cup down and
turned to Andreus. “I hope what I am about to
say doesn’t cause any trouble but I can’t sit
back and watch Katie get hurt again. Andreus
my daughter is absolutely besotted with you,
I’ve never seen her as depressed as she is
every time you two part, she goes quiet and
withdrawn and that’s just not Kate. Are you
serious about her? Can you see this
relationship working? Because if not go now
and stop putting her through this hell. If you
can see this working then fine, carry on as you
are at least it’ll be worth it in the end. But if
you see this as a quick fling don’t put her
through this anymore.”
    “Greg, I love Kate and Rhiannon. I
can’t see into the future but I know I want
them both in mine. I go through hell every
time we say goodbye too, I work from six in
the morning until ten every night, partly
because Katie wont be at home waiting for me
but mainly so I leave as early as possible on
Friday to spend as much time with her at the
weekend as I can. I don’t want to hurt either
of them Greg and I’ll do everything in my
power not to do so. This isn’t some short term
fling, I’ve never felt this way before. I’ll be
honest if she didn’t have Rhiannon, I would
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have asked Katie to move to Greece by now
but I know that she cant just up and move
with Rhiannon after nine weeks of a
relationship. She needs to be sure this can
work and I’m going to prove that it can.”
    “So you would be willing to take
Rhiannon on as your own child?”
    “Yes. But Katie has got to learn to trust
me first. Rhiannon doesn’t need to be
uprooted from the only life she knows unless
we can prove we can make this work.”
    “Thank you.” Gregory smiled.
    “What for?”
    “You’ve put my mind at ease.” The
front door opened and Rhiannon came
running into the living room. “Andreus! I saw
your car.” She jumped into his lap.
    “”You’re early.” Katie smiled. “Have
you been here for long?” She kissed him
quickly.
    “No, only about half an hour.”
    “I’ll go and get ready.” Katie left the
room.
    “Can I come with you?” Rhiannon
asked.
    “Not tonight honey, I’m taking mummy
out for dinner, but we will pick you up early
tomorrow and go out together.”
    “To Lego land?”
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“Of course!”
    “Can I stay at your apartment tomorrow
night?”
    “Yes.” Andreus laughed.
    “Andreus, why was mummy sad when
she come home from Greece?”
    “Rhiannon!” Ellie said. “Don’t be
rude.”
    “What?” Andreus looked shocked.
“What do you mean she was upset?”
    “She wasn’t happy. One night I went to
her room and she was crying. Was you mean
to her?”
    “Rhiannon that’s enough!” Gregory
warned.
    “I…I don’t know why she was upset.”
Andreus frowned trying to think back to what
might have upset her.
    “I’m sure she was just upset about
leaving you.” Heather said.
    Katie ran downstairs dressed in a calf
length black skirt with a silver sequined top
and black heels, she had her weekend bag in
her hand. “Are you ready?” She asked. They
said goodbye to her family and went out to his
car. “Are you ok?” She asked.
    “Yeah, I’m fine. Why?”
    “You’re quiet.”
    “I’m fine, we’ll talk about it when we
get home. I’ve booked a table at Gianni’s
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restaurant for seven o’clock.” He drove
straight to the restaurant where they were
shown to a table.
    “Andreus what’s wrong?” Katie asked
as their desserts arrived. “You’ve hardly said
two words to me since we got here.” She was
starting to panic, she didn’t understand what
was going on. Normally they were
comfortable with each other and talked about
nothing in particular,