Falling for His Unlikely Cinderella by Rebecca Winters

Author:Rebecca Winters
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-02-13T03:07:21+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

“THEN LET ME EXPLAIN,” he said in a thick-toned voice. “I’d been in hell for a long time before I found out I had a son. I’ve wanted to make everything perfect for him. When I saw an attractive woman up on the ladder cleaning my son’s room with such care, I didn’t realize I’d startled you. It would have been my fault if you’d had a bad accident.

“After you fell in my arms, I found myself staring into a pair of incredible eyes. Blame their color. You had me mesmerized. The truth is, I found myself wanting to get to know you better.”

“I still don’t understand why.”

“I guess you’d have to be a man to understand.”

“Please tell me the real truth.” She refused to be put off.

One black brow lifted. “That is the real truth,” he came back with force.

Cami sat back in the chair, appearing haunted by his remark. “How often does this kind of thing happen to you? Everything that’s happening seems too good to be true.”

He finished the rest of his coffee. “That’s a fair question. You have every right to ask it. The answer is, it has only happened to me one other time in my life. In truth it was on the night I met Alain’s mother at a bistro near the vineyard three years ago.

“She taught elementary school and had come in with friends one night. I had been checking the wine inventory and was so drawn to her from that first moment, I approached her to have a drink with me. We fell in love that night.”

“But then you stopped seeing her and got married. Do I have that right?”

Raoul nodded. “Before I ever met Antoinette, my parents gave a lavish party where I was introduced to Sabine Murat. I soon discovered that her parents and mine had been plotting to arrange a marriage between us for a long time. I admit I found her attractive and intelligent, but the more I spent time with her, the more I realized the essential ingredient I needed to feel was missing.”

Cami nodded. “As I told you, after a month of marriage I felt the same way, Raoul. Only I’d already taken vows.”

“Understood,” Raoul murmured. “Like a fool, I slept with her once. It was wrong, but I thought maybe that would change the way I felt about her. But it didn’t. I wasn’t in love and I broke it off with her because it wasn’t fair to either of us. I’d had relationships with several women over the years, but I’d never been in love. I began to believe love was out of my reach.

“Then I met Antoinette. We spent every possible moment together and I knew I wanted to marry her as soon as we could. Before we could let her parents know, I received a call from Sabine whom I hadn’t seen for over a month.” He grimaced. “To my horror she told me she was expecting our baby. I couldn’t believe it, knowing I’d taken precautions.

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