Highlander's Hope by Cameron Collette

Author:Cameron, Collette [Cameron, Collette]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781619352278
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Published: 2013-05-18T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Entering the drawing room, Yvette was taken with Ewan’s countenance. His head was thrown back in unrestrained laughter, and he and Ian were surrounded by five of the largest men she’d ever seen. Her gaze shifted to a stunning woman relaxing against the fireplace. She wore a white shirt, short jacket, and black breeches tucked into knee-high boots. She must be Ewan’s sister, Adaira.

Yvette flashed a welcoming smile, which was immediately reciprocated with an impish grin. Moving toward her, the slight woman pulled the cap off her head. Waves of thick toffee-brown hair fell to her waist, though it was tied at the nape of her neck with a ribbon.

“Evvy,” Ian looked past her to the doorway. “Vangie isn’t with you?”

“No.” Yvette stepped farther into the room. “The babies were fussy and took longer to feed than she anticipated. She said she would be down shortly and sends her apologies once more.”

Ewan extended his hand toward her. “Come. Meet my family.”

Yvette stopped short of him, suddenly nervous and unsure. A knot formed, then coiled somewhere in the region of her stomach. How much had he told them? Would they think ill of her? Lawks, but this was awkward.

Gazing at him, she was partially reassured when he drew her arm through his, and rested his large, warm hand atop hers as it lay on his arm. She peeped at him from the corner of her eye. Did he wink at her? He had a broad smile on his face. He doesn’t seem vexed.

Guiding her toward a handsome middle-aged man Ewan said, “Evvy, I’d like to introduce you to my stepfather, Hugh Ferguson.”

Yvette extended her hand. “Ewan’s spoken of you, Mr. Ferguson.”

“Ach, call me Hugh.” He bent over her hand, then winked at Ewan. “She’s a very bonnie lassie, son.”

“Aye, she is at that.”

Something in the timbre of Ewan’s voice caused Yvette’s heart to catch and her skin to prickle deliciously. She trembled from top to toe, and it wasn’t from nerves. Ewan must have felt her tremor because he rumbled a low, sensual laugh.

Beast.

Heat crept from Yvette’s neck to the roots of her hair. Hoping to divert the attention from herself, she extended her hand to the beautiful young woman. “You must be Adaira.”

Adaira grinned and nodded. “I was thrilled when Ewan sent for his kin and asked that I come too. I’ve looked forward to meeting you, Yvette.”

Yvette cast a surprised glance at Ewan. Adaira knew of her? How? She smiled to hide her confusion. “Please call me Evvy.”

“And you must call me Addy. Everyone does but Ewan.” She pulled a face at her older brother. “He’s so stuffy, insisting on addressing me by my given name.”

“Indeed?” Yvette quirked a brow at him. “‘Tis a wonder he deems it fitting to address me by my pet name. He was most insistent about doing so. Why is that, Ewan?”

Adaira laughed, a naughty gleam flashing in her brown eyes. Was Adaira happy to see someone challenge her brother?

“Be good, minx,” Ewan admonished his sister with a warning glint in his eye.

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