Accidentally Married by R.R. Banks

Author:R.R. Banks [Banks, R.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Brady

“Hey, you made it,” I say.

She smiles and I feel my breath catch in my throat. “The little woman in the box is actually pretty helpful.”

“Glad to hear it,” I say. “Wow, you look – amazing.”

Color rushes to her face and she smiles. “Thank you,” she says. “The dress – all the dresses – are beautiful. I don't even know how to thank you.”

“You don't need to,” he says. “But, you're welcome all the same, darli – sorry – Amanda.”

I smile, knowing it's going to take a massive shift in my brain to stop using all the words and phrases that are a part of my normal vocabulary.

She really does look amazing in that dress though. The color seems to complement her perfectly and she is absolutely stunning in it. Amanda doesn't have a lot of makeup on and has a natural sexiness about her that is incredibly appealing.

Amanda looks around at the house with eyes that are wide with wonder.

“This house,” she says. “It's – gorgeous.”

I give her a smile. “Thank you,” I say. “It's where we hang our hats.”

My parents, being who they were, didn't buy one of those ostentatious places you see some of the rich and famous buy. I'm not going to lie, it's a nice home, but it's definitely not one of those gaudy mansions.

It's a two-story, red brick gothic style home. It's got seven bedrooms, though most of them are unused. With her children grown and gone, I finally talked Miss Delia into moving into the guest house that sits on the several acres of land behind the house. There didn't seem to be any sense in her paying rent on a place when she's here most of the time anyway.

I lead her into the house where her eyes grow even wider. Everything, from the floor to the moulding is done in dark wood and has a very elegant, yet simple feel about it. My mother was fantastic at decorating a home. Although large, it still manages to feel – homey. A curved staircase leads from the entryway to the upper floors where the bedrooms are, and to the left is a formal sitting room.

Family pictures and artwork line the walls, as well as an assortment of plants and flowers. Miss Delia believes that plants put off good, healthy energy, so I let her do her thing. I've actually come to like her assortment of vegetation. Sort of adds to that homey feel, I think.

“This place,” she says, “everything about it is beautiful.”

“Thank you,” I say. “We like it. And I hope that at some point, you will too. Our home is now your home.”

“Thank you, Brady.”

I give her a warm, genuine smile. There is something about Amanda that compels me. I know that this is a business arrangement, but there is something about her that draws me to her. Earlier, on the phone though, when she said, “fake wife,” I felt a small stab of pain in my heart. It's insane. I know it's insane.

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