Redeemed By His Stolen Bride (Mills & Boon Modern) (Rival Spanish Brothers, Book 2) by Abby Green

Author:Abby Green [Green, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2019-12-12T14:15:35+00:00

The thing that struck Gabriel most on the morning of his wedding was the equanimity he felt. He’d always imagined that on his wedding day he’d be suffocating with claustrophobia and chafing at the demise of his freedom.

But he wasn’t feeling any of those things. He was feeling impatient.

Leonora was ten minutes late. And, while he knew that was traditional, this was hardly a traditional wedding, with only a handful of guests in the Cruz y Torres family church in the grounds of the castillo.

He’d managed to drag his mother back from the tropical luxury outpost where she was conducting her latest affair. His father was beside her, glowering. A parody of a united front.

All the more reason why Gabriel felt sure that Leonora was right for him. They wanted the same things for their children. A more holistic upbringing. They had respect and compatibility and that insane chemistry.

He shifted uncomfortably in his morning suit, recalling his totally out-of-character behaviour the other day—taking her back to his apartment mid-afternoon, where they’d lost themselves in a mutual frenzy of need. He couldn’t remember feeling that desperate even when he’d been a hormone-fuelled teenager with his first lover.

Leonora’s parents were here too. He’d talked to them the night before, when he’d hosted a dinner here at the castillo in order to meet them. He liked them. They’d been humbled by their experience and had paid a price that was disproportionate to what they’d done.

There was movement just beyond the church door and Gabriel tensed, surprised to find himself actually experiencing something that felt like…anxiety. A very unfamiliar sensation.

And then she appeared in the doorway. A graceful silhouette. Long white dress, veil obscuring her face. She was on the arm of Matías, whom she’d nominated to be her attendant. Gabriel’s sister had desperately wanted to be here, but she was on a fashion shoot in South America and logistically wouldn’t have made it in time.

Music began and they started walking down the aisle. Gabriel’s breath stopped when Leonora was revealed more fully. The dress was a plain white column—no frills or flounces or ruffles. Just straight, elegant lines, skimming her perfect figure. Long sleeves and a round neck. And yet even from here he could see how the material clung to every dip and curve.

He forced his eyes off Leonora and acknowledged Matías as they arrived at the front of the church. He shook the young man’s hand and then Matías went and stood beside his parents.

Leonora stood before Gabriel, face downbent. He willed her to look up at him. She finally did and he saw the shape of her face, the cheekbones, firm jaw. Lush mouth. Huge eyes.

‘You look…stunning.’

The priest coughed and Gabriel turned to face him—but not before he found Leonora’s hand and wrapped it in his, as if needing to touch her to make sure she was real.

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