A Scandal Made In London (Mills & Boon Modern) (Passion in Paradise, Book 14) by Lucy King

Author:Lucy King [King, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2020-03-19T14:57:24+00:00

Four hours later, having escaped to the bathroom after interminable drinks, a sumptuous six-course dinner and an auction of promises during which the extravagant luxury of the lots and preposterous figures whizzing around had blown her mind, Kate was exhausted. Keeping a smile fixed to her face and gazing at Theo in adoration when all she wanted was to stab him with a hairpin was draining.

He was not playing fair. Having no intention of giving him any reason to think she wasn’t doing her best and therefore renege on his side of the bargain, she had thrown herself into her role. Theo, on the other hand, had not. He’d introduced her as his pregnant fiancée, and remained by her side, but that was pretty much it. He hadn’t smiled at her. He’d barely even looked at her. She’d had to do all the work, and once tonight was over they were very definitely going to be having words.

Unexpectedly, however, there had been some positives to the evening. After the initial flurry of interest, Kate had become pretty much invisible, which was a novelty. Everyone was far more interested in the man at her side. His appearance in public was apparently something of a rarity, and, despite his giving off such chilly vibes he could cause frostbite, people couldn’t get enough of him. The awe he was held in and the resultant fawning she witnessed made her stomach turn, but at least it meant she could observe instead of being observed for once.

And then there was the fact that he stood nearly a head above her. She had no need to slouch or try and make herself smaller. She could pull her shoulders back and hold herself straight and amazingly she still only just reached his chin. She might tower over everyone else but at Theo’s side, for the first time ever, she felt normal. So normal, in fact, that next time they went out she might even wear a pair of the heels she hadn’t been able to resist adding to the pile of new clothing she’d accumulated this morning.

Of course there’d also been some negatives, because unfortunately her body still hadn’t got the memo about what a despicable human being Theo was. Her body kept wanting to take advantage of the fake engagement and, well, snuggle. So much so that she found herself actually regretting the no kissing and no contact condition of hers, which was wrong on practically every level there was.

At least the evening was coming to an end. She couldn’t wait to get home and collapse into bed. She had the feeling that the continued attraction she felt, so obviously now one-sided, was going to become increasingly hard to handle, and she could only hope that Daniel Bridgeman got wind of the ‘engagement’, was fooled into thinking Theo’s unfortunate personality had undergone a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree change, and announced his plan to go ahead with the deal just as soon as was humanly possible.

What she couldn’t do was

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