Once Upon a Bride by Helen Lacey

Author:Helen Lacey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

What’s going on with you?

He sent one back when he arrived at work.

Nothing.

Aaron responded immediately.

Mom’s worried about you. Call her.

Sure.

Gabe knew his one-word replies would irritate his interfering older brother.

Ten minutes later, he received another message.

Just do it, Gabriel.

Gabe ignored the deliberate use of his full name in his brother’s message and stuffed the phone in his pocket. Well-meaning relatives with advice he could do without.

Megan arrived, and he plastered on a smile. It would be best if he kept his lousy mood to himself. No one needed to know that he was so wound up, so frustrated, he could barely string a sentence together. She had her older sister with her, a remarkably attractive girl in her mid-twenties whose name he couldn’t recall but who looked him over with barely concealed approval.

The teen dumped a few books on his desk. “Thanks for these,” she said chirpily.

“They helped?” he asked, and pulled another medical textbook from the desk drawer.

“Yeah,” she replied. “I sit the nursing entrance exam next week.”

Megan had borrowed a few of his old medical texts to help with her studying and hadn’t asked why he had them. Not like Lauren would have. She’d ask. She’d want to know everything. And the damnable thing was, he’d want to tell her.

“Well, good luck,” he replied. “Just drop it back when you’re done with it.”

Megan grabbed the book and sashayed out of the room, but her sibling hovered in the doorway, brows raised suggestively. In another time, he might have been tempted to ask for her number, to take her out and get her into bed after a few dates. But he wasn’t interested in the pretty brunette with the wide smile. Gabe cursed to himself. He was so wrapped up in Lauren that nothing and no one else could shift his distraction. Nothing could ease the unexpected ache in his chest and the unrelenting tension cramping his shoulders. Kissing her had been like nothing on earth. And he wanted to feel that again. He wanted to take her in his arms and make love to her over and over and somehow forget he couldn’t offer her the future she deserved.

The cell in his pocket vibrated again. It was another message from his brother.

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