Best Kept Secrets by Rochelle Alers

Author:Rochelle Alers [Alers, Rochelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 2006-06-29T22:00:00+00:00

Putting aside the tiny white linen dress tatted with lace around the collar and sleeves she’d made for Mark and Eugenia’s infant daughter, M.J. stared at Ivonne as she read the letter that had been delivered moments before.

“What’s the matter, Ivonne?”

Ivonne folded her mother’s letter and returned it to the envelope. She combed her fingers through her hair, pushing the unruly red curls off her forehead. “Mama wants me to come home.”

M.J. felt her pulse quicken, and she placed her hand over her belly in a protective gesture. “Why?”

Ivonne saw fear in M.J.’s large dark eyes. “Everyone’s okay.”

“Then why does she want you to go back to Cuba?”

An attractive blush washed over the redhead’s freckled face. “She says Alfonso Rivera has asked permission to call on me.”

M.J. leaned closer, smiling. “Tell me about him.”

“He’s a lawyer. He works with his father and uncle.”

“How old is he?”

“Twenty-six or seven.”

“Handsome?”

Ivonne affected a mysterious smile. “Muy guapo.”

M.J. clapped her hands. “I’m so happy for you. So, when are you going back?”

Her cousin had been in the United States for two weeks, and she’d become the perfect companion during Samuel’s absence. They cooked together, went shopping and spent hours talking and laughing about anything and everything.

The younger woman’s smile faded. “I don’t know.”

“What is there not to know?”

“I don’t know if I like him.”

“You will never know if you don’t permit him to call on you.”

Ivonne waved a hand. “I’m not ready to—”

“Miz Cole, you have a telegram.” Bessie’s appearance stopped Ivonne’s words. “The messenger said he was to wait for you reply.” She handed M.J. an envelope.

M.J. opened it, unaware that her hands were shaking; she expelled a sigh of relief once she saw who’d sent her the cable. She thought it had come from Cuba. Since leaving the island she’d begun the practice of writing to her father and aunt every week.

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