Bride By Contract: A Billionaire Romance by Kendra Riley

Author:Kendra Riley [Riley, Kendra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-10-29T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter6

“Are you nervous?” Jackson was asking her. They were about twenty minutes away from arriving at his father’s house.

“A little,” she admitted.

That wasn’t quite the truth. She was very nervous. Liana hadn’t quite taken into account how much she was going to have to pretend in the upcoming week. How it wasn’t going to just be a matter of saying that they were in love but how they were actually going to have to show it. She’d been so caught up in the fact that she needed the money that she hadn’t thought about how hard it was going to be to get away with it all. She looked back at Charles and Oliver, who were fast asleep on the back seat, and smiled. They were certainly not scared.

“Don’t worry. It will be fine. And if we’re a little awkward, then it might work in our favor. My dad has never known me with a girl before, so he will probably think I’m just nervous. That’s all. Don’t worry.”

But Liana could tell that Jackson was nervous, too. So far, the drive had been quite nice. They’d chatted easily. But the closer they got to their destination, the more stilted their conversations had become. Liana plastered a smile on her face. She had to make this work. She didn’t care why Jackson was doing it – she needed that money for her parents. That was the only thing that mattered.

Twenty minutes later, they pulled into a long, tree-lined driveway. The flowers were pink and yellow and covered both the trees and the ground beneath them. Liana gasped.

“It’s breathtaking,” she whispered.

She couldn’t understand why Jackson wouldn’t want to come and visit all the time. If her parents lived in a place like this, she would be there every weekend. She didn’t care about the long drive. The end was totally worth it.

“Okay, this is it. We’ve got this,” Jackson said.

She wasn’t sure if he was talking to her or to himself.

Liana was grateful for the dinner she’d had at his house earlier that week. She’d gotten to know him a lot more, and he’d gotten to know her. And while she still thought he was too cocky and too arrogant, she also saw a side to him that was actually very nice. She was going to cling onto that side that she had glimpsed. It was the only way that she was going to get through this. Because otherwise, she’d just get annoyed with him.

As they parked, she saw a good-looking, older man coming toward them, and Liana knew immediately where Jackson got his looks. Jackson’s father was tall with broad shoulders, a deep tan from being outdoors, and salt-and-pepper hair. He basically looked like an older version of Jackson.

“Jackson, boy, I’m so happy to see you.”

Liana watched as the two men shook hands. She wondered why they didn’t hug. Didn’t families always hug or kiss? Then he walked over toward her.

“And you must be the lovely Liana that I’ve been dying to meet.

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