Gold Ring of Betrayal by Michelle Reid

Author:Michelle Reid [Reid, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General, England, Love Stories, Large Type Books, Man-Woman Relationships, Man-Woman Relationships - Fiction, England - Fiction
ISBN: 9780263150469
Google: easOAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0373119178
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1996-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

'That bad, huh?' he grunted. 'I am not used to packing,' he then added as an excuse.

'It showed.' Despite herself, Sara could not hold back a small smile. 'You did a little better for Lia,' she then went on to allow graciously. 'Simply because you must have just emptied each drawer containing her clothes into the suitcase. And- Oh,' she added, 'you remembered Dandy. Now that was really thoughtful. Her whole countenance changed when she saw him again.'

'And what, I wonder, will change yours?'

She went hot, then cold, then began tingling all over as his softly provoking tone sent disturbing little messages to all her senses.

'I will eat my dinner here in the suite if you don't mind,' she said coolly as a way to counteract the disturbance.

'You will eat in the dining room as is the custom in this house,' he ordained. But at least that other, more intimate tone had gone from his voice.

She shook her head. 'I won't leave Lia here alone. She may wake up and be frightened.'

'And Fabia is with her, is she not?'

'Yes.' Sara conceded that point. 'But Fabia is not the child's mother, is she? She's had enough upsets in her little life recently without waking to a strange room and a strange woman and no sign of her mother.'

'The house is equipped with an internal communications system.' He made dry mockery of all her protests. 'One call from Fabia and you can be back down here in seconds.'

'Seconds that can seem like an hour of agony to a child in distress.'

'This is foolish!' He sighed. 'The child is safe! She knows Fabia's face. She knows her mama accepts Fabia as someone she can "trust. You have spent the whole afternoon together building that trust! Now you must trust Fabia to do her job without rancour from you, while you-' ,

'Job?' She picked up on the word with a sharp question.

'Yes.' His eyes glinted down at her, cool and unwavering. 'Fabia has been employed specifically to look after the child.' "

She jumped up, a tight band of fear suddenly closing like steel around her chest. 'As a nanny, you mean?'

'Yes .. .' he confirmed, but in a way which tightened the band further. She was thinking of Alfredo, wondering how much of his influence was at work here. Had Alfredo employed Fabia? Was she here to wean Lia away from her mother so that the wrench when it came would not be too great for the child?

'I don't need a nanny to help me with Lia,' she stated as firmly as her quaking heart would let her. 'L-Iook what h-happened the I-last time you employed a nanny! Lia was taken from right beneath her nose!'

'Why are you stammering?' He frowned down at her. Because I'm frightened, she thought agitatedly. 'Nic, please-' She resorted to begging, her hand going to clutch at his forearm in appeal. 'Don't do this to me! Don't reduce my importance as a mother! I don't need Fabia! I w-won't be here long enough to n-need her!'

'My God,' he breathed, his eyes suddenly dark with shock.

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