Reclaiming His Bride (DiCarlo Brides book 3) (The DiCarlo Brides) by Tullis Heather

Author:Tullis, Heather [Tullis, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ghost Stories, suspence, Romantic Suspense, secret marriage, secret baby, DiCarlo Brides, Babies, Pregnancy, clean romance, family sagas, Hotels
Publisher: Jelly Bean Press
Published: 2013-03-16T23:00:00+00:00

Lana could not believe he had done that to her—practically forcing her to tell Cami about everything. She’d shut the door—how had Cami opened it so silently? Several months earlier Cami had nearly flipped her wig when she’d learned that Lana knew about their father’s affairs. How much worse was this going to feel to the older sister who was starting to put the whole mess into perspective?

“Okay, now that we’ve had that cryptic and confusing conversation,” Cami began once she’d slammed the office door closed. “Care to fill me in?”

“Man, I need some coffee.” Lana moved to the pot on one wall and poured herself a cup. “Would you like some too?”

“No, and if you’re pregnant, you shouldn’t have any, either.” Cami took the cup out of Lana’s hands and passed over a baggie of mint leaves from the stash next to the coffeemaker. “And when is the baby due?”

Lana rolled her eyes, pulled out another cup and filled it with hot water. It would be easier to humor her for now. “Around the first of May. Give or take.” Lana dunked the tea bag in the water and turned back to her sister, trying to act nonchalant.

“And you were going to tell me about this, when?” Cami sipped at the coffee. Her voice was calmer, but her fingers turned white at the knuckles from gripping the coffee cup so hard.

“I wanted to get through my first trimester, when miscarriage is most likely, before announcing it.” Not in the least true, but it should pass as credible.

Cami’s eyes studied her sister. “How far along are you?”

Lana pressed her lips together. “Fifteen weeks.”

“That’s several weeks past the first trimester, unless I don’t understand math at all,” Cami pointed out. “Why do I get the feeling that you would have put it off even longer, given the chance? Why would Blake ask you to move in with him when he’s perfectly aware of the stipulation in the will about having to live in the house with the other girls unless you’re married? Did he really propose to you? Are you way more serious than I thought? And if so, why have you been hiding it from all of us?” Cami finally stopped to take a breath and glared, as if expecting all of the answers at once.

Lana sat at her desk, as much because she needed the space between them as anything else. She set her cup on top and twisted it on the blotter. She really should have come clean ages ago. “We haven’t been seeing each other secretly here in Colorado. It was just a night of weakness and too much champagne.”

“One night? And yet he asked you to move in with him?” Cami tipped her head, the initial steam of anger having blown out. “What aren’t you telling me?”

Lana released the cup entirely and wrapped her arms around herself, suddenly feeling very uncomfortable. “You were right; we were involved last winter. A lot more seriously than we let on.

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