Honor-Bound Groom by Yvonne Lindsay

Author:Yvonne Lindsay [Lindsay, Yvonne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Adult, General, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373730421
Google: WmQxuJT5V-kC
Amazon: 037373042X
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 1979-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Seven

“Honeymoon?”

Loren’s voice reached a pitch that should have made Alex’s ears ring. He turned to his new wife and smiled.

“It is usual for a newly married couple, and it is expected of us.”

“But my things?”

“Await you on the plane.”

“But what about…”

As Loren’s voice trailed off he allowed himself a moment of satisfaction. She may have won the first round but this one was definitely his. Until her refusal of his attentions he would have been happy to remain at home on Isla Sagrado with her for their honeymoon as he’d originally planned. But she’d laid down a gauntlet when she’d spurned him last night. He was unaccustomed to anyone saying no to him—least of all the woman who had become his wife. He had serious ground to recover if this marriage was to work.

Her words had plagued him until dawn this morning, when he’d realized what he would have to do. It would be too easy for Loren to avoid him if they stayed at the castillo, or even if they’d gone to avail themselves of one of the luxury holiday homes on the other side of the island. No, he had to take her away, get her wholly to himself.

During their trip to the orphanage it was a simple matter to have her maid pack her things and have them delivered to the private airfield. Her passport and other papers were already in his possession, having been necessary for the legal paperwork of their marriage. A short call to a friend who owned a private holiday villa in Dubrovnik, a mere two-hour flight away on the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, and his plan was in action. Only five minutes out of Dubrovnik old town, the two-bedroom stone cottage was a fifteenth-century delight. Private, fully modernized and the perfect setting for the seduction of his wife.

“Loren, you have nothing to worry about. Trust me.”

“Trust you?” She snorted inelegantly. “That’s rich, coming from the man who lied to marry me. The man who played on my own sense of values to get what he wanted.”

A burr of irritation settled under Alex’s skin, aimed more at himself than at her. He couldn’t deny that she was painfully right.

“And what did you want, mi querida?” he asked, not bothering to hold back the cynicism that laced his endearment. “Don’t tell me that you, for your own part, didn’t use me a little, also?”

“I never lied to you,” she answered quietly, her eyes impossibly somber as they met his.

For a few seconds the air between them thickened with the pain of the emotions he saw reflected in her gaze, and for a brief moment he tasted the bitterness of shame on his tongue. But he could not afford to dwell on his wrongdoing. They were now married and that was final. How successful would their marriage be? Well, that would no doubt depend on the next two weeks.

According to Loren’s doctor at the clinic, based on her normal cycle, she would be entering her most fertile time soon.

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