California Girl by Sandra Edwards

Author:Sandra Edwards [Edwards, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Sandra Edwards
Published: 2012-04-10T14:00:00+00:00

Veronica’s first inkling was to refuse to sign the document. As real as it looked, she was sure it was a fake—anything associated with Ray that involved her had to be a sham. This was just a ploy to get something in writing that would ultimately bite her on the butt.

She shook her head. “Nope. I’m not signing it. You can tell Ray the gig is up. I didn’t fall for it.” She laid out her most forceful tone and pushed Niko easily toward the door.

“I’ve said it before...” Niko argued as she moved him backward. “I don’t know who Ray is.”

“Yeah, sure you don’t.” She opened the door and pushed him into the hallway. “I’m done here. If you don’t leave me alone I’ll call the police, the press, and anybody else I can think of to put an end to this farce.”

As she slammed the door, she heard him say, “If you’ll just sign...”

Veronica moved back toward the bed and looked at the papers again as she sat down. Not that she was an expert in foreign documents or anything, but this one looked authentic. She glanced around the room and the thought to call Casey entered her mind.

She crawled over the bed to the nightstand and fumbled for her cell, hitting the television remote and turning on the TV just before latching onto her phone. She hit the speed dial and ended up with Casey’s voice mail. Frustrated, she said, “Hey, it’s me. Did you talk to Ray? I mean, really, this joke of his is getting out of hand. I need you to call me ASAP.”

Veronica straightened and squared her shoulders—preparing to say goodbye—when she glanced at the television. There was an image of Niko on the screen. The closed captioning—she’d set it to English when she arrived—scrolled across the screen. Nikolas Leandros, heir to Greece’s mega-conglomerate Leandros Shipping, was recently spotted in St. Tropez. Word is, he’s got a new fling. Someone to help him get over the breakup perhaps?

All sorts of scenarios crowded Veronica’s thoughts. But the one that made it from her head to her mouth was, “Holy shit!” She stared at the television, her mouth gaping open as if it’d been wired that way. In a much softer tone she said into the phone, “Never mind. I’m catching the first flight back to the States.” Veronica, her gaze still glued to the TV screen, utilized her chin to flip the phone shut.

Niko was the heir to a shipping fortune? Oh crap, she really was married!

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