The Beauty of You by Jennifer Wenn

Author:Jennifer Wenn [Wenn, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: marriage of convenience
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2014-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Don’t you think it’s time to stop hiding behind your ledgers and instead go and find out what’s bothering your lovely wife?”

The sarcastic voice cut through the thick silence of the study, and Sin lost track of the numbers he had been adding. Irritated, he looked up and frowned at his younger brother, who strolled across the dark study to throw himself down into one of the visitors’ chairs across the desk.

“Bloody hell, Ian, now you made me lose my count.”

“And?”

Sin sighed heavily. “And I’ve been trying to find an error in the ledgers which has been eluding me for days, and now you’ve made me lose it all over again.”

“Honestly, Sin, you should lock those boring, unimportant books away and throw the key as far as you can and start living life instead.”

“This is my life, Ian. These, as you call them, boring and unimportant books are what make you able to live the comfortable life you have. If I didn’t follow up on all things accountable, we soon would lose more money than we earned.”

Sebastian grinned mischievously. “Lord, how dull it sounds.”

“Everything in life can’t be fun.”

“Maybe not, but I still believe everyone needs to at least smile now and then. And you, my dear brother, never smile.”

“I smile.”

“No, you don’t.”

Sin closed the ledger with another sigh. He could tell Sebastian wasn’t going to leave him alone without informing him about what was on his mind. Thank God he wasn’t the longwinded kind.

Leaning back in his chair, Sin crossed his arms over his chest, trying to look just as annoyed and dejected as he felt. “I smile when I have something to smile about.”

“You have Charmaine.”

“And I smile when I’m with her.”

Sebastian looked a bit too surprised. “You are with her sometimes? I would never have thought so, considering how you insist upon spending all your time in this dungeon.”

So this was about Charmaine. Sin closed his eyes briefly. He had no desire to discuss his wife with anyone, including his only brother.

“My marriage is no concern of yours.”

Unfortunately, Sebastian didn’t care about his older brother’s wishes. “Of course it is. We all have to sit there every day, watching her fade like a flower as her grave-looking husband pretends she’s not there.”

“I do not pretend she’s not there.”

“You don’t? Are you just ignoring her out of old habit, then?”

“I don’t ignore her, either. She’s my wife and I speak with her when we’re in our private chambers. You know, when the rest of you aren’t there listening to every word we say.”

“You make it sound as if we eavesdrop. How utterly rude.”

Sin ignored his brother’s wicked grin. “You are constantly eavesdropping, the whole bunch of you, and there really is no need for my wife and me to have our intimate discussions while with the rest of you.”

“So you do talk to her, then?”

“Of course I do.”

“So why does she sit there like a sad, beautiful puppy, never taking her eyes off your person, waiting for

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