Baby on the Billionaire's Doorstep by Emily McKay

Author:Emily McKay [McKay, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Category
ISBN: 9780373768660
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2008-04-07T22:00:00+00:00

Dex’s neighborhood was not the kind of place where salesman traveled door to door hawking their goods. So the chime of the doorbell ringing at two o’clock in the afternoon, mere moments after she’d put Isabella down for her nap, definitely took Lucy by surprise.As she walked to the front door she made a mental list of who could possibly be on the other side. Girl Scouts selling Thin Mints? Ed McMahon with a giant check? That skinny chick from What Not to Wear, there to overhaul Lucy’s wardrobe?

She swung open the heavy mahogany door to reveal a tall woman, not quite as thin as the What Not to Wear woman, but darn close. The similarity was accented by the bulky, black garment bag she held in her hand. The woman’s dishwater-blond hair was pulled back in a tight cinch, which either caused or exaggerated her pinched expression, Lucy wasn’t sure which. Either way, Lucy got the distinct impression that this woman did not want to be there.

“May I help you?” Lucy hesitated to ask the question, in case it pissed off the ice queen even more.

“Raina Huffman.” She held out her hand, but the handshake was anything but warm. Then she breezed through the door without waiting to be invited in. “I’m Mr. Messina’s assistant. Mr. Derek Messina’s assistant, that is. Dex sent me to bring you these.”

Raina held out the garment bag, at which Lucy stared blankly.

“His dry cleaning?” she asked flatly.

“No.” There was an exasperated eye roll in Raina’s tone that she somehow managed to convey while keeping her expression carefully blank. “This is a collection of outfits Dex thought might be appropriate for you to wear to tonight’s gala event.”

“Oh…”

When Lucy didn’t rush to take the bag from Raina, she draped it over the back of the sofa. “I’ve included—”

“What gala event?”

“Tonight Messina Diamonds Dallas is hosting a black-tie reception to celebrate the opening of their Antwerp office. Dex thought you should attend. He told me to make sure you had an appropriate gown and suggested you might like to have your hair and makeup done for the event.”

“Ah. That gala event,” she snapped peevishly. Dex had mentioned a couple of days ago that he had a business function to attend that night. And now he was ordering her to attend, too. Typical Messina autocracy. “Well, you can just tell him that you tried, but that I can’t attend any event, gala or otherwise, appropriate clothes or no appropriate clothes. I have Isabella to look after. I can’t leave her here alone.”

“That has been arranged as well. I’ve hired a very reputable babysitting service. They’ll be sending someone over shortly.” Raina glanced at her watch. “A driver will be here to take you to your hair appointment in an hour. Also, I would suggest a slightly more—” her gaze lingered unpleasantly on Lucy’s Jewel-inspired bright red hair “—conservative hairstyle.”

Irritation spiked through Lucy, despite the fact that she didn’t like the garish red of her hair any more than Raina appeared to.

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