Newlywed Games by Mary Davis

Author:Mary Davis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Religious, Contemporary, General
ISBN: 9781590528365
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Published: 2006-06-01T22:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

MEGHANN ENTERED THE LAVISH RESTROOM, DESPERATELY longing for some peace and quiet. Like the rest of the restaurant, no expense was spared. An ornate vanity with plush stools graced the lounge that was separated from the stalls and sink. There were several women in the lounge chatting among themselves, but no one to make demands of her.

She moved to a sink, filling it with cool water. Dipping her hands in, she splashed her face gently, hoping to refresh her mind if not her spirit. Dabbing her face dry, she noticed the lounge had cleared out save one woman seated at the vanity. Meghann leaned toward the mirror to fix her lipstick and was on her way out when the woman spoke.

“That’s a drab little dress. Is it off the rack?”

Meghann turned to the woman at the mirror, a beautiful blond with striking facial features and an iridescent red dress. What little there was of the dress was clearly expensive. The woman’s eyes were a translucent sky blue and as cold as an arctic winter.

Meghann glanced around. There was no one else there, so the woman had to be talking to her. Meg studied her face again and frowned. She seemed vaguely familiar, but Meghann couldn’t quite place her. Not her face, anyway. But her manners, well, there was only one person she’d ever met who was that rude and condescending.

“I see your taste in jewelry hasn’t improved,” the woman sneered.

Charmaine Altman.

Meghann fingered her black beaded choker.

“Don’t think dressing up can change the fact that you are the hired help. Mummy and Daddy will see right through you. They’ll put an end to this little tryst.”

Mummy and Daddy? Good grief, the woman made it sound as though she were intimately acquainted with Bruce’s family.

Maybe she is.

No. Meg didn’t believe it. She lifted her chin a fraction. “Tryst? I don’t think so.” Charmaine Altman might be gorgeous, but her ill-mannered behavior marked her for what she was: common.

Unfortunately, the woman’s sarcasm was anything but common. She all but raised insults to an art form. “When I say tryst, I mean tryst. Your engagement has never been announced, and no one who is anyone at all has heard about you or this illusion of a marriage. You, love, are a well-guarded secret. I daresay that will be easier that way when he turns you loose.”

Meghann clenched her teeth so hard her jaw ached. Turn her loose indeed! She flung her left hand toward the contemptuous woman. “Does this look like a tryst?”

Take that! Meg thought with satisfaction.

Charmaine glanced in the mirror at the ring and laughed haughtily. “That? You think that little trinket means anything? The one he offered me was considerably more substantial. That practically isn’t there. He obviously doesn’t think much of you.”

Meghann’s anger boiled. “This is a wedding ring.” She smiled sweetly. “Not a payoff.”

Charmaine’s eyes flickered at that. Score a point for me, Meg thought, but her pleasure was short lived.

The other woman shrugged elegantly. “Well, I admit I’m surprised he actually married you.

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