Playing by the Greek's Rules by Sarah Morgan

Author:Sarah Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2015-08-02T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

LILY SAT ON the sunlounger in the shade, listening to the rhythmic splash from the infinity pool. Nik had been swimming for the past half an hour, with no break in the relentless laps back and forth across the pool.

Whatever had possessed her to agree to come for this wedding?

It had been like falling straight into the middle of a bad soap opera.

Diandra had been so intimidated by Nik she’d barely opened her mouth and he, it seemed, had taken that as a sign that she had nothing worth saying. Lunch had been a tense affair and the moment his father had produced his little half-sister Nik had gone from being coolly civil to remote and intimidating. Lily had worked so hard to compensate for his frozen silence she’d virtually performed cartwheels on the terrace.

And she couldn’t comprehend his reaction.

He was too old to care about sharing the affections of his father, and too independently wealthy to care about the impact on his inheritance. The toddler was adorable, a cherub with golden curls and a ready smile, and his father and Diandra had been so obviously thrilled by the new addition to the family Lily couldn’t understand the problem.

On the walk back from lunch she’d tentatively broached the subject but Nik had cut her off and made straight for his office where he’d proceeded to work without interruption.

Trying to cure her headache, Lily had drunk plenty of water and then read her book in the shade but she’d been unable to concentrate on the words.

She knew it was none of her business, but still she couldn’t keep her mouth shut and when Nik finally vaulted from the pool in an athletic movement that displayed every muscle in his powerful frame, she slid off her sunlounger and blocked his path.

‘You were horrible to Diandra at lunch and if you want to heal the rift with your father, that isn’t the way. She is not a gold-digger.’

His face was an uncompromising mask. ‘And you know this on less than a few minutes’ acquaintance?’

‘I’m a good judge of character.’

‘This from a woman who didn’t know a man was married?’

She felt herself flush. ‘I was wrong about him, but I’m not wrong about Diandra, and you have to stop giving her the evil eye.’

Droplets of water clung to his bronzed shoulders. ‘I was not giving her the evil eye.’

‘Nik, you virtually grilled her at the table. I was waiting for you to throw her on the barbecue along with the lamb. You were terrifying.’

‘Theé mou, that is not true. She behaved like a woman with a guilty conscience.’

‘She behaved like a woman who was terrified of you! How can you be so blind?’ And then she realised in a flash of comprehension that she was the one who was blind. He wasn’t being small-minded, or prejudiced. That wasn’t what was happening. She saw now that he was afraid for his father. His actions all stemmed from a desire to protect him. In his own way he was displaying the exact loyalty she valued so highly.

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