Loved by You by Kate Perry

Author:Kate Perry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Phoenix Rising Enterprises, Inc.
Published: 2013-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Chance walked into the morning room, as Elise called it. “Have you seen Ante—”

But he didn’t need to finish his sentence because his pig sat very properly at Elise’s feet, snout in the air, seemingly waiting patiently.

“There you are, darling.” Elise cut a piece of French toast from her plate and fed it straight off the fork to the little porker. “I hope you don’t mind that we didn’t wait for you for breakfast. Give Celeste a call, and she’ll bring you a fresh batch.”

He took a cup from the sideboard, giving his porcine buddy a pointed look. “You’re going to have to do an extra workout today, you know.”

Ante Up turned away, giving his full, adoring attention to Elise.

“Traitor.” Shaking his head, Chance sat across from Elise. His phone buzzed, but he silenced it when he saw it was just Tiffany Woods.

She studied him, a faint frown lining her forehead. “You seem different, darling.”

“Different?” he asked, sipping the coffee.

“The past weeks you’ve been jittery with nervous energy. You seem more settled this morning.” She raised her brow. “Any particular reason?”

He smiled faintly. “I have a feeling you already know exactly what’s going on.”

She fed the pig another bite. “Well, Lara Taylor has lived next door to me for decades. It’s obvious we’d be friends.”

Actually, it wasn’t obvious at all. Elise oozed society and refinement from every pore. Lara was more earthly. From what he’d seen at Harvard, old money and new didn’t usually mix. In fact, as a “poor” student, he’d been better received by the parents of the girls he’d dated. Overcoming your background was in fashion, he guessed.

But then Elise was different than the typical society matron. It stood to reason since Scott was so down-to-earth.

Elise gave him a look. “Are you going to tell me what’s going on between you and Karma, or do I have to hold your pig hostage?”

“That wouldn’t be a feat. He has Stockholm syndrome already.”

Ante Up just continued to look at her adoringly.

Chance shook his head. Then he faced Elise. “KT and I are engaged.”

“Congratulations, darling.” She didn’t sound the least bit surprised. “Karma is a lovely girl; the rare breed who doesn’t realize how wonderful and talented she is. I’ve always thought it’d take a special man to allow her the space to find herself, but I couldn’t have picked a better man for her myself. Lara is beside herself with happiness.”

He nodded, not sure how he felt. Guilty about the ruse, because he hated deceiving Elise. Oddly, he also felt somehow satisfied about the engagement. His head kept reminding him it was fake, but his heart dared him to believe otherwise.

“You don’t look certain, Chance.” Elise frowned. “Are you having cold feet already?”

Normally he wouldn’t have even considered confessing. If you wanted to bluff, you had to commit yourself to it. You didn’t show your hand.

But the way Elise stared at him, with concern and affection, reminded him of his mom. He hadn’t had anyone care like that about him in a long time.

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