Colton's Convenient Bride by Jennifer Morey

Author:Jennifer Morey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-11-29T15:42:16+00:00

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After being unable to concentrate on work and having to deal with another snobby celebrity, Decker left the office early and now sat at the bar in his rec room, a short glass of whiskey in front of him to take the edge off. The television played but he didn’t pay attention. It was more background noise. Kendall not telling him about her father’s financial situation bothered him way more than he thought it should.

The money didn’t really matter to him, but the notion that she’d intentionally kept him in the dark did.

What he wanted to know was if she had planned to marry him to help her father. If he believed her, then it hadn’t started out that way, but he saw no difference whether she had known all along or just a few days ago. Either way, she had deceived him in order to help her father. Would she not have told him until after they were married, to secure the marriage and take her chances on him divorcing her? He didn’t trust her answer if he asked.

“Do you still need time?”

He pivoted on the stool to see Kendall standing in the entry of the rec room, still dressed for business in slacks and a blouse. She must have removed the jacket. He didn’t like how the impact of her beauty hit him, or her soft, hesitant voice.

“I’m glad you came home,” he said, which was true because there was still a madman after her.

She walked into the room and stopped at the bar, taking the stool next to him.

“Something to drink?” he asked.

She eyed his near-empty glass and shook her head. “I don’t like to drink when I’m upset.”

What did she have to be upset about? The prospect of losing the family business? He had to admit, if he faced the same situation, he’d be a mess. He couldn’t imagine losing The Lodge. Sure, it was his dad’s vision, but Decker had built it into something grand and successful.

“It’s more than not telling you about my father sooner, it’s my father too,” she said.

He looked at her, seeing earnestness and angst in her eyes.

“This has been going on for a long, long time and he didn’t tell anyone. Before I left work, I stopped to see my mother and she told me she didn’t know until shortly before I found out. When you were on the phone is when she insisted my father tell me.”

Although he resisted believing her, something in him knew she wasn’t lying.

“Today he told me who his investors were. One of them is the owner of the Royal Haven Casino, a man named Emilio Elardi. He has a ghost company called Aegis Corporation that loaned my father money. The loan includes some strange terms, like repayment in four installments and free lumber with no limits to how much and for how long.”

“A ghost company?” Decker asked. That all sounded strange. Was this casino mogul a gangster? Given that someone had tried to kidnap Kendall, this was beginning to make more sense.

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