Heartbreaker--3 Book Box Set by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Special Release
Published: 2006-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

It was barely a week until Christmas. Tira had the party for the children to look forward to on Christmas Eve, to help her feel some Christmas spirit. She had an artificial tree that she set up in her living room every year. She’d have loved a real one, with its own dirt ball so that it could be set out in the yard after the holidays, but she was violently allergic to fir trees of any kind. The expensive artificial tree was very authentic looking and once she decorated it, it could have fooled an expert at a distance.

She had a collection of faux gold-plated cherubs and elegant gold foil ribbons to use for decorations, along with gold-and-silver bead strands and fairy lights. For whimsy, there were a few mechanical ornaments scattered deep within the limbs, which could be activated by the touch of a finger. She had a red-and-white latch-hook rug that went around the base of the tree, and around that was a Lionel “O” scale train set—the one she’d seen in the window of the department store that day she’d come across Simon on the sidewalk. She’d gone back and bought the train, and now she enjoyed watching it run. It only lacked one or two little lighted buildings to go beside it. Those, she reasoned, she could add later.

She stood back and admired her handiwork. She was wearing a gold-and-white caftan that echoed the color scheme of the tree, especially with her hair loose. It was Saturday, but she wasn’t going to the Hart party. In fact, when Simon rang the doorbell, he wasn’t going to get into the house. She felt very smug about the ease with which she’d avoided him.

“Very nice,” came a deep, amused voice from behind her.

She whirled and found Simon, in evening clothing, watching her from the doorway.

“How…how did you get in?” she gasped.

“Mrs. Lester kindly left the back door unlocked for me,” he mused. “I told her that we were going out and that you’d probably forget. She’s very obliging. A real romantic, Mrs. Lester.”

“I’ll fire her Monday the minute she gets back from her sister’s!” she snarled.

“No, you won’t. She’s a treasure.”

She swept back her hair. “I’m not going to Jacobsville!”

“You are,” he said. “Either you get dressed, or I dress you.”

“Ha!” She folded her arms across her chest and dared him to do his worst.

The prospect seemed to amuse him. He took her by the arm with his good hand and led her down the hall to her bedroom, opened the door, put her in and closed it behind them. He’d already been here, she could tell, because a white strapless evening gown was laid out on the bed, along with filmy underthings that matched it.

“You…you invaded my bedroom!” she raged.

“Yes, I did. It was very educational. You don’t dress like a siren at all. Most of your wardrobe seems to consist of cotton underthings and jeans and tank tops.” He glanced at her. “I like that caftan you’re wearing, but it’s not quite appropriate for tonight’s festivities.

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