Secret Cinderella (The House of Morgan Book 16) by Victoria Pinder

Author:Victoria Pinder [Pinder, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Love in a Book
Published: 2020-01-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The drive to Squirrel Hill in Sewickley, the suburb of Pittsburgh where the Morgans had their party and Andrew Carnegie and his ilk had once roamed the streets, retained the feel of the Gilded Age. Charlotte could practically smell old money. The brick building that was now a bank but read Car Barn had been where original cars were sold in the 1800s. Across from that was a yoga studio, Talbot’s, and of course, the jewelry store. The main street had a farmer's market on the weekend she’d been to years ago, when she’d gone out on a Saturday.

Maybe when she married Jack, if this was all real, she’d have Saturday mornings to do as she pleased. That might be nice.

Now mattered more though.

Alone in the car with Jack was the best. They sang songs the whole way.

But… she’d never been able to afford anything around here. This area was where the one percent lived, with helicopter pads on their roofs and the history of the Carnegie family everywhere.

The Masters had once had the best general store around. Corporate giants and her stepmother’s mismanagement combined should have spelled doom but the fiercely independent streak of the area kept loyal customers away from the big markets. It wasn’t going to keep the store afloat for forty more years, like her father had hoped. He'd wanted to provide for her.

Especially now that she was leaving.

She tried to shake that thought off and stared at Jack’s handsome, familiar profile. Her father had once advised that she should marry her best friend.

He hadn’t known Jack but he’d have liked him. She was sure of it.

Jack parked and escorted her into the luxury jewelry store where no one knew him, or her.

No clerk offered to help until he walked over to a brown-haired woman in her thirties, and asked for the engagement rings.

The woman took out the tray of small diamonds but Jack pointed to the larger rings. The clerk’s eyes widened but Jack slipped one on Charlotte’s finger before she could protest.

Charlotte noticed the Cartier brand on the ring and held the huge solitaire in the sun to make it sparkle. “This is gorgeous, Jack.”

“Then that’s the one, Charlotte.” Jack reached for his wallet.

The clerk said, “That’s the Cartier Destinee Solitaire. It’s one of our more expensive designs.”

Right. And big. Charlotte took the diamond off. “We should get something smaller.”

He stopped her from giving the ring back and asked, “Are you ashamed to marry me?”

Her jaw dropped. That wasn’t why, and he should know it. She trembled as she said, “No. Never. I just don’t want other people to be jealous and this ring is calling for it.”

“We’ll take it,” he told the clerk and handed the startled woman his card.

The dark-haired woman called over to another clerk to run the card like she thought they’d bolt out the door with the ring.

They all sat in silence until the card and receipt were given and Jack signed the name Jack Morgan.

Charlotte jumped up

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