Surprise! Surprise! by Tina Leonard

Author:Tina Leonard [Leonard, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2000-11-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Martin,” Sam said over the phone the next day, “remember all those times you told me how loyal you were, and how you owed me?”

“This is starting to sound smarmier than I’m used to from my one and only honest client, but, yeah.”

Sam grinned at the suspicion in his lawyer’s tone. “I’m sending all the family over to France. Consider it an extended wedding gift for you and Vivi.”

“The…entire family?” Martin asked carefully.

“Mom, Dad, Franny and Virgil, and Joey. Joey’s pretty cool and will help keep the adults out of trouble. I have them staying in a nice hotel in the center of Paris. But if you wouldn’t mind—”

“Trying to get some time alone with your wife, Sam?”

“Exactly. We love our family, but we want a little less help in certain departments. And they’ve been wanting a vacation. Who better than my old buddy Martin to assist all of us in our common goals?”

“Who better, indeed?” Martin sighed. “You should be enjoying a honeymoon over here with Maddie.”

“This is the way Maddie and I want it. We want to be with the babies. We want to be with each other. Basically, we want to find our marriage again. To do that, we decided we just want a few days without any…well-meaning assistance.”

“I’m your man,” Martin said. “What do you want them to do?”

“They think they’re coming over to keep an eye on the family business.”

“Oh, boy. Vivi’s going to love that. She and her brother, Jean-Luc, guard that place like a holy shrine.”

Sam grinned. “Vivi wanted American buyers for her wine company. There’s a cloud attached to every silver lining.”

“I’ll tell her you’re sending five clouds our way.”

“Thanks, Martin.”

“Next time, I want it to be you and Maddie who are coming to visit.”

“First things first. I’ve got to convince Maddie that no matter whatever else happens, the four of us were meant to be a family.”

“Courtesy of Maitland Maternity.”

“Damn right,” Sam said. “As far as I’m concerned, giving us twins wasn’t the only miracle Dr. Maitland performed. She gave me a chance to get my wife back, Martin. I intend to spend the next week showing Maddie how much I need these particular miracles.”

“And then? If she still thinks she wants to be trois instead of quatre?”

“You keep our parents busy,” Sam stated, “and I’ll do my darnedest to go from live-in ex to real husband and father of deux.”

“That will be a miracle,” Martin said.

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