Connections: A Collection of Harken Valley Romances by Maggie Mavens

Author:Maggie Mavens [Mavens, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance
Publisher: Agency Press
Published: 2023-11-17T05:00:00+00:00

Caterina,

Yes, these things are for you. Use anything you like. Do you have parents you would like to call? Siblings? Other family? I would prefer a small wedding, but if you long for something larger, you will need to furnish me with a list. We can do whatever you like, but we must act sooner rather than later. Make free use of the office and library and any devices therein. What’s mine is yours. I’ve taken the liberty of ordering you dinner. You must remember to eat.

Yours,

RDS

I rifle through some of the clothing on “my” side of the closet. There isn’t as much as I initially thought, but each piece is exquisite. There are even shoes. And a few pieces of lingerie.

How did he know my size? My current size, with space for my growing baby belly?

Money. I guess. And all the exploring he did this afternoon, maybe.

My cheeks flush as I remember his hands on me, his hot mouth. Still, it’s impressive. I knew from that first night that he was rich, but this is beyond.

Among the clothing is a silk robe, which makes me realize the thing I long for most now is a shower.

For the next hour, I make full use of the incredible bathroom, submerging myself in a deep and fragrant bath, then rinsing off and experimenting with all the varied shower heads and sprays.

Squeaky clean and enrobed in silk, which slides cooly over my skin, I then pad back through the bedroom to the office. Somehow, my supper sits waiting, still steaming hot, though there is no sign of any servant and the room is hushed.

It’s a simpler meal this time, but filled with old favorites. There’s a clear soup (almost a bone broth) and a green salad, another hearty cut of red meat with a mushroom and spinach risotto on the side, and then a slice of dark chocolate cake, just slightly bitter on my tongue. The only thing missing is wine, though of course, I will abstain. I know in Europe — and there’s something about Ryder that reads as European — they’re not so fussed about alcohol consumption during pregnancy, but I’ve never been a huge drinker, and it doesn’t seem worth the risk.

I eat my fill and then, the exhaustion takes over once more. I can barely keep my eyes open.

It’s more of the unfurling — the unclenching of my heart — I think. Surrounded by all the ease money can buy, I am relaxing for the first time in years, and that translates into a need to sleep.

Back in the anonymous bedroom, I slip back onto the grand bed — actually, into the bed this time, under the covers — and again the blinds begin to lower themselves at just the right moment. I curl against the cool sheets and bring one of the pillows to my face, breathing deeply and inhaling the strange scent I’ve now come to know as the essence of Ryder Damon Storm.

His skin gives off

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