All That Glitters by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer [Palmer, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2018-01-31T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

CURRY’S MOTHER WAS sitting up in bed when he arrived at her apartment. His sister, Audrey, was there, too, looking harassed and worried. She drew him to one side while the round-the-clock nurse took Teresa Kells’s vital signs.

“You shouldn’t have told her you were taking that girl out,” his sister said worriedly. “She’s harped on it all night long. That’s why she called the apartment and told you she wanted you here.”

“Hoping to break up anything that was going on?” he suggested with a smile.

“It isn’t funny,” she said. “She’s convinced herself that your new girlfriend is a gold digger who’s using you to get to the top of the design list.”

“She belongs there,” he said, faintly defensive. “If you don’t believe me, you could look at some of the things she’s created for us.”

“You don’t have to convince me,” she said with a smile. “I’m not Mama. And you’re no fool.”

He chuckled. “Thank you.” He glanced toward the bedroom. “The doctors warned us that the painkillers might cause some problems,” he reminded her. “Her mind plays tricks on her.”

“At least the medicine is holding the pain at bay,” she replied, following his gaze. “I’m glad you came.”

“What else could I do?” He ran a hand restlessly through his thick, dark hair. “We owe her so much. Why can’t we do more for her?”

“It’s the way life is,” she said heavily. “I love her, too, Curry, you know I do. But she’s so possessive lately, and so full of orders! I’m to give up my job and get pregnant, Mama tells me. Ben would love that, just when we’re finally getting into the black with his own business! My job keeps us solvent while he builds his up. She doesn’t want us to wait until we can comfortably afford a family, she wants one right now.”

“You have to overlook her eagerness,” he said, pushing the reference to pregnancy right out of his mind. “Children can wait.”

She studied his lean, hard face curiously. “At my age, yes,” she began.

He held up a hand and his expression made him unapproachable. “I know my own age,” he replied in a deceptively soft voice. “I no longer have a terror of it. But I have no wish for children right now.”

“Considering the type of women you run around with, I’m not surprised,” she retorted. “Models don’t like to risk their figures.”

He ignored her failed attempt at humor and watched until the nurse motioned for them to come in.

Teresa Kells glared at him. “So you finally got here,” she said irritably. “Where were you, and with whom?”

“You know where I was, Mama, I told you,” he said as he kissed her gently on the forehead and sat down in the chair at her side. “I took Ivory out to dinner to celebrate the New Year.”

“Ivory,” she scoffed. “What a name. Does she look like an elephant’s tusk?”

He averted his gaze to his sister and tried not to let his temper get the upper hand.

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