Forever Yours by Francis Ray

Author:Francis Ray
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780312365080
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: 2011-07-21T07:42:45+00:00

“You’re weak, Victoria. Weak. Weak,” Victoria mumbled to herself as she walked out the leaded glass front door of her grandparents’ house at ten minutes to six. Ruefully, she looked at the beautiful ring glittering on her left hand. She should have been stronger. But Kane had looked at her with those “killer eyes,” as Melody had called them, stroked her with his velvet voice, and she’d forgotten about resisting.

For so long now she had prided herself on being her own woman, making her own decisions. Since Kane had entered her life, she didn’t appear to be able to do either. Now, she faced the added responsibility of meeting his family.

Kane and his parents would be coming down the boxwood-edged driveway and pulling up within minutes. Brushing a hand over her beige linen suit, she shifted from one foot to the other. Her stomach had been in knots since leaving Kane’s ranch the previous day.

On the return trip to town they decided the best thing to do was to stick as close to the truth as possible. A call to Bonnie confirmed that she hadn’t told his mother where or how Victoria and Kane had met. Although Bonnie had an early-morning flight out of DFW Airport to New York for an art show, she promised to come and give moral support that evening.

A gray car appeared, followed by two trucks, one of them black. Kane opened his door first and started toward the car. A few feet behind him walked a stunning young woman with stylishly cut short black hair. She wore a cropped herringbone jacket, a white blouse, and wide-legged black trousers.

Bonnie and her mother, Doris Fisher, emerged from the front seat of the car. Out of the back stepped a slender, gray-haired woman whose smile was slightly hesitant. Kane put his arm around her waist, then took the arm of the raw-boned man who had climbed down from the truck Matt drove. Releasing the older couple, Kane came to stand by Victoria.

“Mama, Daddy, Addie, I’d like you to meet Victoria Chandler, my fiancée.”

Victoria extended her hand. “I’m pleased to meet you.”

Mrs. Taggart’s black eyes misted. “Kane, she’s beautiful. I always knew you’d choose someone extraordinary.”

“Why should a son be any different from his father?” Mr. Taggart said, his gaze warm and loving on his wife.

“Hello, Victoria,” Addie said. “He’s the best there is, so treat him nice.”

“Hey,” Matt called as he walked up to the small group. “What about me?”

Addie snorted. “Why would any sensible woman marry you when she could have Kane?”

Matt smiled, and this time it almost reached his eyes. “I once knew a sensible woman who stood in front of a calf running for the exit gate in order to get a man’s attention.”

Victoria flushed.

“Don’t mind Matt, Victoria,” his mother said, giving her middle child a stern look. “We have so much to talk about. I want to know everything. Where and when you met? Why I’m the last to know?”

Victoria’s smile slipped only for a second.

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