Expecting His Love-Child by Carol Marinelli

Author:Carol Marinelli [Marinelli, Carol]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Millionaires, Pregnant Women, Australia, Women Artists
ISBN: 9780373127047
Google: UCa3UWPxNwEC
Amazon: 0373127049
Goodreads: 2770939
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2006-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

She could go.

Sitting in semi-darkness, all phones turned off finally Levander could think. He had had to resort to calling hotel security and insisting someone be placed on his floor, to halt the endless banging on the door, telling them that under no circumstances, no matter how dire the emergency, was he to be disturbed.

This was the emergency he must deal with.

What the hell had he been thinking? Over and over he berated himself for even thinking of taking her out to dinner tonight—exposing her to the snake pit of his family and the chance of stumbling on the truth.

He managed a glimmer of a smile as he envisioned her happy, lively voice attempting conversation, asking questions that, when you were with a Kolovsky, were completely out of bounds.

They'd crush her.

He had to somehow warn her without telling her— but how?

How many times he'd headed to the bedroom door, braced himself to enter, to wake her from her much needed slumber and tell her what was on his mind, Levander didn't know. A couple of times he had even got as far as opening the door, standing for a breathless second or two and watching her sleep—her tumble of curls sprawled across the pillow, the steady rise and fall of her chest, long eyelashes fanning her cheeks and the flicker of her eyelids that told him she was dreaming...

How could he wake her to tell her his nightmare?

And if he did, then what?

How could Millie, how could anyone, fathom what he was feeling? And anyway, if he told her his truth—if he exposed his family secret—she could use it against him. Closing his eyes, Levander dragged in air, his mind racing faster—wincing at the prospect of the Kolovskys undertaking damage control. Like a flawed piece of silk, she'd be relegated as seconds, her name muddied and soiled till there was nothing of her left—anything was permissible if it meant preserving the family's reputation.

He stared at the passport sticking out of her handbag, sitting beside the suitcase half opened on the floor beside the bed. He figured at most it would take her five seconds to pack and walk out the door.

And who could blame her?

He couldn't keep her a prisoner here. And no matter how loudly he might have insisted today that he would fight her all the way, a woman like Millie wouldn't take long to regroup—in a day or two the wind would be back in those glorious sails and she'd be gone.

They 'd be gone.

On the next flight to London, with all the ammunition she needed to fight her case. What court in what land would rule in his favor?

Nina's jeers were coming back to haunt him now... making him imagine the vile outcome if Millie ever had her day in court.

It wasn't the fear of losing money or reputation that had stopped him in his tracks with Nina—it was fear of the court's inevitable decision that had chilled him to the bone.

How could she not be the better parent?

Closing the door behind him, Levander knew what he had to do.

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