His Contract Christmas Bride (Conveniently Wed!) by Sharon Kendrick

Author:Sharon Kendrick [Kendrick, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Multicultural & International, Foreign Country, Greek Nationality & Heritage, Christmas Holidays & Celebration, Christmas Time, Holiday Whimsy, Festive Season, Family & Domestic Life-Young Child-Nephew, Guardian Responsibility, Marriage of Convenience
Publisher: Harlequin Presents; Original Edition
Published: 2019-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

THE PRESS WERE out in force next morning when the newly-weds left the Granchester Hotel in a flurry of flashbulbs. Drakon’s hand was pressed lightly against Lucy’s back as he guided her through the scrum of photographers and she looked up at him in gratitude just as the flash went off. And that was the photo which made the online edition of Britain’s biggest tabloid. Lucy Konstantinou, standing by the giant hotel Christmas tree with shining eyes and snowflakes on her nose, while Drakon looked down at her with something indeterminate written on his hard and handsome face.

On the way to the airfield Lucy insisted on stopping by the apartment to check on Xander, but the baby was fast asleep and Sofia was assembling a new interactive baby mat with bells and squeaky cushions, for when he awoke. The nanny had looked up when they’d walked in, a question creasing her eyes, as if surprised to see them. Almost as if this unscheduled stop was as unwelcome to her as it had been to Drakon.

‘Satisfied?’ her new husband had demanded as the limousine had pulled away from the kerb and Lucy had nodded before staring out of the window at the falling snow, feeling kind of extraneous. Not a real wife, nor a real mother either, it seemed.

There were photos of them boarding the plane at Northolt, where the fields surrounding the airstrip were soft and white and more clouds of snowflakes swirled from the sky. There was even a shot from inside the wedding reception—though it was a mystery who had taken it—in which she and Drakon had been feeding each other hunks of creamy wedding cake.

Nobody would have guessed from that laughing image that at that precise moment Lucy had been in an agony of self-doubt about Amy and her place in Drakon’s life. Yet now that fear had been banished and they were just about to begin their married life together and everything should be just fine and dandy, shouldn’t it?

Shouldn’t it?

Cosseted in the luxury of Drakon’s plane, Lucy scrolled down the newspaper website past all the pictures. English Nurse Marries Greek Billionaire! ran the headline, and she found herself wondering why newspapers seemed obsessed with stereotypes.

Her smile was wry. Or maybe they were simply more perceptive than she gave them credit for. Perhaps they had homed into her dreamlike state before, during and after the ceremony—and managed to work out for themselves that this all felt as if it were happening to someone else, not her.

The jet flew them straight to Prasinisos and once Drakon had dismissed the flight attendants, he pulled her into his arms and started to kiss her. And wasn’t it strange how sex could melt away your misgivings? Because the only thing she seemed able to rely on was her body’s reaction whenever Drakon touched her. It had only been a few hours since they’d last made love but already she was hungry to feel him inside her again. To feel him and taste him and shudder out her pleasure as he filled her with his thrusting hardness.

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