Forever Be Mine: Love in London- Book 4 by Lauren Smith

Author:Lauren Smith
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Lauren Smith Books
Published: 2019-02-19T06:51:38.459423+00:00

THE NEXT TWO weeks passed in a blur of road trips, picnics in gold meadows, and dinners at dusk beneath the watchtowers of old Roman and Etruscan cities. They watched the eerie beauty of bats flying at sunset from Volterra, and they admired the precarious-looking tower of Pisa. They spent hours meandering through the art museums of Florence. Carter couldn’t remember a time when he’d felt so free, so happy.

Each night he took Celia to bed, and they made love for hours until they crashed into dreamless sleep. Dawn would break over the hills, and he’d have a chance to love her all over again.

But today he was watching Celia’s face as she read her emails just after breakfast. Her brows were drawn together.

“My boss wants to have a conference call with me,” she whispered, placing a hand on her stomach as if she felt nauseous.

Carter curled an arm around her shoulders and closed his own computer so he could focus on her. “Why? Did he say?”

“I don’t know. He’s going to call any minute. What if he wants to fire me?” She buried her face in her hands, not crying, but seeming desolate all the same.

“Why would he fire you? He gave you time to work remotely while here in Italy, didn’t he? You felt good about the proposal you turned in, right?”

She nodded, still hiding behind her hands.

“Then there’s no need to panic. Go take the call in your room. I’ll be right here if you need me.” Carter pulled her hands down, and she met his gaze.

“I need this job, Carter. I can’t afford to lose it.”

“I know.” He knew all too well. It wasn’t just about the money—it was about one’s independence and self-worth. Celia kissed his cheek, her lips trembling against his skin before she picked up her phone and retreated to her room.

Carter opened his computer and read through Tristan’s latest email. His usually upbeat best friend who never took no for an answer was frustrated at the responses they’d been receiving from Hollywood. It seemed there was more to playing the game than just having a nice-looking location. There were taxation issues, exclusivity deals, and dozens of other issues he and Tristan were only just discovering. The deeper they got into this, the more it seemed there was to learn.

Carter’s heart sank like a stone cast far into a deep, dark lake. He and Tristan needed this, not just because it would free Celia of her promise to marry Callum, but so the estate had a future as a tourist destination.

It was all too easy in England for an estate to lose income due to the lack of tenant farms, which used to sustain the lands of the landed gentry. In the modern world, the old estates had to find new ways to survive. He and Tristan knew that being attractive to tourists would be key to sustaining Pembroke.

He started a reply email to Tristan, setting out a few changes to their proposal

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