Promise Me Love (Harlequin Treasury 1990's) by Jennifer Taylor

Author:Jennifer Taylor [Taylor, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Adult, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual, Hearts Desire, Harlequin Treasury, Marrige of Convenience, Emotions, Insecurities, Marriage Proposal, Issues Past, Platonic Marriage
Publisher: Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Romance 90s
Published: 2012-07-16T04:00:00+00:00

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The house was set at the end of a long gravelled driveway. Beth sat and studied it in silence as David turned the car in through the gates. They’d said little on the drive from town, keeping conversation to a minimum, and Beth could feel her head starting to throb from the tension. The sight of the forbidding red-brick house didn’t ease that tension one little bit.

David stopped the engine then sat staring at the house, his expression guarded. What was he thinking about—what had happened in the factory, or the coming meeting with his brother? Whatever it was, Beth felt the sudden need to reassure him.

‘It will be fine, David; I know it will.’

He looked almost blankly at her for a moment then turned to open the car door. ‘I’m sure it will. Shall we go in?’

The cool rebuff hurt, but she refused to show it as she unfastened her seatbelt and followed him from the car. He took her arm and guided her up the steep steps, but before he could ring the bell the front door was flung open and Maggie appeared.

‘Hello! I was just starting to get worried. You’re later than I expected you to be.’

Beth forced a warm smile, walking ahead of David into the hall. ‘Sorry. David had to wait for a delivery so we set off rather later than planned. I hope it hasn’t put you out at all?’

‘Of course not.’ She gave Beth a swift hug then looked past her, the smile fading slightly. ‘How are you, David? I’m so glad that you could come.’

David came further into the hall and closed the door. ‘You have Beth to thank for that. She can be very persuasive when she sets her mind to it.’

Maggie gave a tremulous little smile, her green eyes clouding when she heard the hard note in his deep voice. ‘Then Matthew and I are doubly grateful to her. I shall...’ She broke off abruptly, her whole body tensing as footsteps echoed along the hall. Beth looked past her, studying the man who had come into the hall. He was as tall as David, with the same wide shoulders and leanly muscled physique, but there the similarity ended. Matthew Kane was as dark as David was fair, his black hair gleaming in the muted light from the chandelier, his dark eyes unreadable in his set face. He looked dark and forbidding as he stood there and unconsciously Beth moved closer to David.

He immediately sensed her unease, glancing quickly at her pale face before he slid an arm around her shoulders and drew her closer. ‘Matthew. You’re looking fit.’

Matthew nodded, his eyes skimming from his brother to Beth and back again. ‘So are you. I was sorry to hear about your recent loss. Maggie told me about the baby and you have my sympathies.’

‘Thank you.’ The reply was curt almost to the point of rudeness and Beth shivered convulsively, feeling the tension filling the hall. What had gone on

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