Blackmailed into the Marriage Bed by MELANIE MILBURNE

Author:MELANIE MILBURNE
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-01-10T18:33:18+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

WHEN AILSA WOKE the next morning back at the villa there was no sign of Vinn. Well, apart from the indentation of his head on the pillow beside her and the little twinges in her intimate muscles, that was. He had taken her back to the villa late last night rather than spending the whole night at the hotel, and made love to her all over again. It made her wonder how she had gone so long without him making love to her. It made her wonder how she would cope once their ‘reconciliation’ was over.

She had a refreshing shower and, wrapping herself in a fluffy white bath towel, looked balefully at her creased clothes from the day before. There was any number of outfits in the walk-in wardrobe but somehow stepping back into the role of trophy wife—temporary as it was—was a little off-putting. Was she losing herself all over again? Capitulating to Vinn’s demands as if she had no will and mind of her own?

But this was about his grandfather more than about her and Vinn. Dom was the one they were doing this for. She was still trying to make up her mind what to do about her clothes when her phone rang from her handbag on the end of the bed. She took it out and saw it was a call from her brother. ‘Hi Isaac.’

‘Vinn told me you’re okay with him sponsoring me,’ Isaac said with such excitement in his voice it soothed some of her residual anger at Vinn. Some. Not all. ‘I don’t know how to thank you. I thought you’d be all dog-in-the-manger about it but he said you were amazing about it. Really amazing.’

‘What else did he say about me?’

There was a little silence.

‘He said you two were working on a reconciliation. Is it true? Are you back together?’

Ailsa hated lying to her brother but couldn’t see any way out of it. If Isaac knew what was really going on he might refuse Vinn’s sponsorship. She couldn’t allow Isaac’s one chance to hit the big time to be overshadowed by how Vinn had orchestrated things. ‘It’s true but it’s only a trial reconciliation. Things might not work out so don’t get your hopes up.’

‘I’m happy for you, Ailsa. Really happy because you haven’t been happy since you left him.’

‘You don’t have to worry about me, kiddo,’ Ailsa said. ‘I’m a big girl who can take care of herself.’

‘What actually broke you guys up? You’ve always changed the subject when anyone mentions—’

‘I’d rather not talk about it if you don’t mind—’

‘He didn’t cheat on you, did he? I know he was a bit of a playboy before he met you but he wouldn’t have married you if he didn’t want to settle down.’

Ailsa let out a short sigh. ‘No. He didn’t cheat on me. We just...disagreed on stuff.’

‘Like having kids?’

She was a little shocked at the direct way her brother was speaking. She had never overtly discussed her decision not to have children with him or with her mother and stepfather.

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