Married by Mistake! by Renee Roszel

Author:Renee Roszel
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781460865446
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises Pty Limited, Australia
Published: 2012-07-14T21:00:00+00:00

That night, Lucy was on her way downstairs to her room when she caught sight of Elissa pacing in the reception hall. “Anything wrong?” she asked.

Elissa spun around, looking strung out. “Oh, it’s you.” She sagged against the reception desk. “I was waiting for Stadler.”

Lucy was startled. “Really? Why?”

In an uncharacteristic show of vulnerability, Elissa swung her tortured gaze to her younger sister. “I can’t stand it any longer. I can’t stand having him here making you miserable. It’s gone too far. I never thought we’d have to plan a wedding! I’m going to demand that he leave. First thing in the morning.”

Lucy was amazed and felt a tingle of hope. Could this awful farce end in the morning with Stadler’s departure? She didn’t know how they’d get out of the wedding thing, but she knew Jack would think of some excuse. “But, Elissa, isn’t this sudden?”

The redhead took hold of her sister’s shoulders. “Not a bit. I’ve been so upset for so long. I’ve tried to hide it, but I can’t put you and Jack through this any longer. I—” At that second, the door opened and Elissa whirled to confront Stadler as he and Sareena came inside. “You have to go, Tinsley,” she said in a rush. “I want you out. Tomorrow morning!”

Lucy stood transfixed, expecting to see Stadler go all red in the face, to bluster and argue. But he didn’t. He merely leaned against the door and smirked. “I don’t think you really want that, Elissa.”

Lucy watched her sister pull herself up to her full height. “I own this inn and I insist that you leave. You’re only paid up through tonight, and—”

“That’s where you’re wrong.”

Elissa stopped in midsentence, frowning. “What do you mean?” she asked, her tone dubious.

Lucy became concerned, too. Stadler was a wily man. What did he have on his crafty little mind?

He strolled over to the reception desk, lounging an elbow on it. “You’d better check your receipts. Yesterday, that Jule person was manning the reception desk. I believe she said you were in town on business. Anyway, I paid her for the rest of April.”

Elissa visibly paled as Stadler’s triumphant grin broadened.

“As an ex-lawyer, you know you can’t easily get me out of here. I haven’t done anything wrong and I’ve paid for the room. At least,” he added, his smile going hard, “I wouldn’t recommend that you try.” He took Sareena’s hand and tugged her toward the staircase hall. “Come Ena-pet. It’s been a long day.”

Without a backward glance, he and his baffled-looking fiancée disappeared upstairs.

“Elissa?” Lucy managed in a weak whisper. “Is he right?”

Her features ashen, Elissa slowly came out of her trance and blinked forlornly at her sister. “Oh, I could fight him. But by the time it got through the system, he’d be gone anyway, and he knows it. He also knows I don’t have the time to deal with the paperwork and taking him to court. And worse, he’d sue. I simply don’t have the money for that.

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