Harlequin Special Edition October 2020--Box Set 1 of 2 by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Daniel didn’t take long getting to the point. He sat at the kitchen table, had a sip of the coffee she’d poured for him and said, “So, is this serious between you and Roman Marek?”

“Serious? I’ve known him for exactly a week as of today, if that’s what you’re asking.”

“You brought him to Sunday dinner. You never bring men to Sunday dinner.”

She knew she should just be frank with him—well, up to a point. He was only doing this because he cared, and she needed to remember that. “I like Roman a lot. But no, I don’t know where it’s going with him and me. It’s early days.”

“He seems very taken with you, Hailey. The word smitten comes to mind. He’s also been married twice, and he has a child. And he’s older.”

“Seven years. It’s not that much older. And as for him having a little boy, you’d been married and you had two kids when you and Keely got together.” Not to mention, Keely was already pregnant with Marie on the day they got married—not that there was anything wrong with that. But her big brother ought to understand that every relationship was different. There wasn’t some boilerplate every couple had to live by. “And I have a question to ask you. What, exactly, went down yesterday in your study?”

“What do you mean?”

“Did Roman, er, say something that alarmed you?” If Roman had announced to her brothers that he was going to marry her, she would have to give him a giant piece of her mind. Because, seriously, how could he not know that it was bad form to start planning the wedding when they’d only met a week before—and the bride in question had not said yes?

Daniel shook his head. “Roman didn’t say anything that bothered me. I just wanted to talk to you, to be sure that everything’s okay with you.”

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

Daniel rubbed the back of his neck, as though maybe tension had gathered there. “Roman did say he’s bought the Valentine Bay Theatre and that he’s considering turning the building into a hotel—but then he said he’s not locked into that plan yet.”

She suppressed a snort of derision. Not locked in. Right. All she needed to do was marry him and the community-theater venue of her dreams would be hers.

Daniel was still talking. “I know how much that theater means to you. You’ve been so happy and excited since you hooked up with the arts council and started developing a year-round program there. So that had me thinking, is this about the theater?”

“This? What?”

“You and Roman, together. Are you dating him because you hope to influence him, get him to forget the hotel idea?” She blinked in surprise at how perceptive her big brother could be.

And he really did look concerned for her well-being.

All her defensiveness just kind of melted away. “You know this really isn’t anything you have to get tied in knots over, Daniel. I like Roman a lot.” Enough to spend the night naked with him.

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