No Groom Like Him by Jeanie London

Author:Jeanie London [London, Jeanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-11-19T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

LILY GLANCED one more time at her BlackBerry display.

Wedding preparation is so much fun! Tasting yummy cake. Sipping lovely bubbly. Visiting amazing locations. Is there any place more beautiful than walking along the Hudson River on a brisk, sunny afternoon? There’s no place like home;-)

But she really wanted to tweet:

Mental exhaustion robs the joy from everything good in life. It muddles the senses, makes everything feel like a catastrophe and makes it damned near impossible to withstand the charms of even the most unsuitable of men. So skip whatever you’ve got on the agenda today. It’s Sunday. Take a long nap.

She pressed the send button then stared at the doorbell. She couldn’t bring herself to ring it. Not yet. All she wanted today was a little peace and quiet and a lot of pinecones. Was that really so much to ask?

The only thing working in her favor right now was the fact that it was Sunday, which meant she probably wouldn’t hear from her attorney. Or Lucas, either, with any luck, which she hadn’t had all that much of lately, admittedly. Scott had advised that the best bet was to have her attorney draw up a cease-and-desist letter to send to the hosting company of the blogging service. Once the company knew they were facing potential legal action, they would investigate what was written on the All About Angel blog and likely take it down.

A lot of phone calls and faxes later, Elaine had finally sent the letter. Lucas didn’t feel this action was nearly enough, as he’d told her during yesterday’s telephone conversation, but Lily didn’t care what he thought. She grilled him to find out if he was behind the All About Angel blog, but he’d called to let her know that he didn’t like being dragged into this mess by some random blogger and planned to file a lawsuit. He didn’t care that this blogger was trashing her reputation, but he cared now that he’d been dragged in. Panic seemed a natural response to impending fatherhood. Good old Lucas. Lily didn’t think his anger was an act.

God, she was tired.

She hit the doorbell. Within a minute the door opened and the butler appeared.

“Please come in, Ms. Angelica,” he said, stepping aside so she could enter. “Mrs. Downey asked me to let her know when you arrived.”

Lily opened her mouth to tell him she was actually here to see Miss Downey, but she would have had to raise her voice because the man had already retreated halfway across the reception hall.

Lily went into the adjacent salon. She’d always liked the double parlor arrangement of these rooms. They were actually two twin rooms—the drawing room on one end and the music room on the other, each flowing into the other through a wide archway with elaborate moldings. Lily had seen the design before, in Europe, New Orleans and other places that had now blended into memory. At least she still had the energy to appreciate decor.

She stopped in front of the French doors beside a marble fireplace.

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