Desert King's Surprise Love-Child (Mills & Boon Modern) by Cathy Williams

Author:Cathy Williams [Williams, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2021-10-31T18:30:00+00:00

Georgie felt the charge suddenly running between them, a chemical reaction she didn’t seem capable of preventing, and she turned away sharply to focus on her daughter and then, for the next half an hour, to get to know the young girl who would be helping look after Tilly, because there was no doubt in Georgie’s mind that she would need a bit of help while she was here.

Tilly was energetic and curious, and Georgie had no idea how she could help her daughter explore and run around when she was unfamiliar with the layout of the palace.

Nerves kicked in once again when Abe, who had remained in the room for the entire time, stood up and said something very quickly to the nanny in his native language before turning back to her and indicating the door.

Would Tilly burst out crying? Georgie wondered.

Left alone with someone she had only just met? But attending nursery from a very young age had, by necessity, turned her into a sociable child and there were no tears as the door to the playroom was very gently shut behind them.

Phase three was about to begin, she thought as she followed him wordlessly down another bewildering route. Same marble, different grand paintings and mosaics and balustrades but presumably a different destination.

Phase one had been the introduction of the idea of marriage, which had been followed by phase two, the introduction to his country and the life she and Tilly could have here, and now phase three was about to commence and she realised that, in the tumult of everything that had been happening, she hadn’t thought enough about his proposal to consider possibly uprooting herself from everything she had ever known.

It had lain there, on the periphery of her mind, a bridge waiting to be crossed.

The room into which she was ushered was lavish. She could understand why it was called the sun room, because a bank of arched glass doors allowed brilliant light to wash in, diluted by clever use of shutters and very fine muslin panels. It overlooked gardens she hadn’t noticed before and beyond that, as she moved to gaze through one of the windows whose shutters had been flung open, she could see the rise and fall of sandy dunes.

The marble here was black and white on the floor and the furniture was white wicker intermingled with upholstered sofas and on a sideboard was a veritable feast.

Her chef’s eye appreciated the effort that had gone into its preparation.

They helped themselves to food, the silence stretching between them until she could feel her skin break out in a thin film of nervous perspiration.

‘You have had some time to think now, Georgie.’ He sat down and dumped his plate in front of him and watched her as she sat opposite him at the glass table.

‘But it’s all been such a rush...’

‘I have stepped back from discussing my proposition,’ he said, ignoring her lame excuse, ‘because I thought you might want time to think about it.

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