Secret Prince, Instant Daddy! (Harlequin Romance) by Raye Morgan

Author:Raye Morgan [Morgan, Raye]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, General, Romance, Fiction, Princes
ISBN: 9780373176915
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-11-09T13:34:59+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

DAVID had made a couple of calls, but now he was talking to his brother again. Monte had some information on the requests he’d made earlier. Ayme’s background checked out perfectly. She did have an adoptive sister named Sam who had a few teenage arrests for petty crimes and who had died in a car accident just days ago. But that wasn’t all. The girls’ parents had died in the same accident.

“That’s odd,” David said almost to himself, reacting to the horror of what Ayme must have gone through. “I wonder why she would have held that back from me?”

“Never trust a woman, David. You aren’t falling for her, are you?”

“Hell, no. Give me some credit, okay?”

“Sure, I’m only kidding. I have no doubt about your ability to hang tough. But on to other matters, there is nothing new on the impostor pretending to spread your love about the land. I’ll let you know as soon as I hear anything.”

“Thanks.”

“In the meantime, there’s news. Our Uncle Thaddeus has died.”

“Oh, no.” David felt real remorse. He was the last of the old guard. “That’s a shame. I was looking forward to meeting him someday, and hopefully hearing stories about our parents and the old days.”

“Yes, so was I. It is not to be. But his funeral is another matter. We must go to it.”

David frowned “Are you serious?”

“Yes. As luck would have it, the ceremony will be held in Piasa during the clan reunion gathering. It will be a huge affair. He’s considered the patriarch of the Ambrian expat community. Everyone who means anything to Ambria will be there. It’s our chance to begin to step forward and take the reins of the restoration movement. Whoever takes charge at the right time is going to rule the future.” He paused, letting the importance sink in.

“Darius, you must come. I need you by my side.”

“Of course. If you need me, I’ll be there.”

Monte gave him the details. “The town will turn Ambrian for a few days, it seems.”

“Our covers will be blown.”

“Yes.”

David smiled. “Thank God.”

“Yes.”

They both laughed.

“Don’t forget. Italy. Be there or be square.”

“You got it.”

He rang off, bemused and filled with conflicting emotions. He was looking forward to Italy. It was bound to be an exciting, important lesson about his own past, as well as a chance to lay the foundations for a new future. But as he turned back toward the hotel, it was Ayme and the information he’d heard about her parents that filled his thoughts.

He went back up to the room and opened the door quietly. Ayme and Cici were both sound asleep. There was only one light on in the room, in the far corner, and he left things that way, pulling off his sweater and unbuttoning his shirt but leaving it and his jeans on as he came to the bed he was going to share with Ayme.

Looking down, his gaze skimmed over her pretty face, her lovely bare shoulder, the outline of her leg beneath the sheet.

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