Free The Renegade Billionaire by Rebecca Winters

cook anything. I don’t think I could wait that long.”
    He laughed. Her honesty was one of the many traits he admired about her. “We’ll be at the villa within a few minutes.”
    His gaze traveled to her practical duffel bag stowed on the other seat. No designer luggage for her. She’d traipsed around the world with her father and had discovered that less was always better than more.
    The pilot dipped them down to the landing pad. It had been built on the west side of the villa with steps leading up and around the foliage to the front entrance. Stavros had planned it that way so it would be out of sight.
    When he was in the house, he could usually hear the rotors. But last week he’d been so enthralled with Andrea, he hadn’t realized his mother had arrived in his father’s helicopter until she’d walked out on the patio.
    So much had happened in a week. Through Leon, he’d found out their older cousin Dimitri had been promoted to CEO. Dimitri had wanted to be in charge for a long time. As for the state of affairs between Stavros and his parents, they couldn’t be worse. There’d been only one brief phone call from his mother since she’d left the villa.
    He’d known how disappointed she was that he’d stopped seeing Tina, but he’d never dreamed she’d show rudeness in front of Andrea. Tonight he wanted to make it up to Andrea and planned to concentrate on the two of them.
    Once they were on the ground, he thanked the pilot and helped Andrea down from the helicopter. After grabbing her duffel bag, he climbed out and ushered her up the steps to the front door of the house. To his surprise, Raisa opened it before he could use his remote. He’d thought she would have gone home by now.
    â€œKyrie...”
she said in a hushed voice. “You have a visitor. Despinis
Nasso arrived an hour ago by car and insisted on staying until you returned. I showed her into the living room.”
    He couldn’t believe this had happened right after the conversation with Andrea about other women. Stavros decided he
was
cursed and ground his teeth.
    Tina must have parked around the back. With the exception of Andrea, he’d never brought another woman to his house. The only way Tina could have found out where to come was through his mother.
    When she had finally called earlier that day, his mother had begged him to come to dinner at the house with her and his father. No doubt she’d been contriving a small party that included Tina. He’d told her he would have to miss it because he had important business back on Thassos.
    For Tina to show up here meant his family had declared war on him and wouldn’t hesitate to use Tina to achieve their objective.
    â€œThank you, Raisa.”
    He turned to Andrea. “I apologize for another unexpected interruption. Please make yourself at home in the guest bedroom while I deal with this. I’ll only be a minute.”
    But the second the words left his mouth, Tina appeared in the front hallway. She looked fashionably turned out in a pale pink suit that highlighted her long black hair. “I’m sorry, Stavros. I heard the helicopter, but I had no idea you’d be coming home with company. You didn’t answer my phone calls or my texts. I need to talk to you privately.”
    Even if she had his mother’s permission, her effrontery appalled him. “I’m afraid that’s not possible. We said our goodbyes over three months ago. You weren’t invited here. Please have the courtesy to leave.”
    With a sangfroid that chilled him, her gaze swerved to Andrea and the duffel bag. “You must be the American woman who works for PanHellenic Tours. Stavros forgot to introduce us. I’m Tina Lasso.”
    Ice filled his veins. He opened the door for her. “Goodbye, Tina.”
    She walked toward him. “I’ve just come from your parents and thought you’d want to know