The Best Bride by Susan Mallery

Author:Susan Mallery [Mallery, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: HQN
ISBN: 9781460394601
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 1995-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Kyle folded the blank piece of paper one last time, then laid it flat to smooth the edges. He grasped the bottom and aimed toward the open glass door that led into the hallway, then he let the paper airplane go. It soared toward the ceiling, looped around once, took a nosedive for the floor and crash-landed about a yard from the trash can.

Travis came in the from his office and stared at the crumpled plane. He glanced at the paper, then his brother and grinned. “Woman trouble. Who is she?”

Kyle didn’t bother answering. He wasn’t in the mood to be harassed with well-meaning advice. He rubbed his hand over his chin and tried to stay awake. He told himself his sleeplessness the night before had more to do with switching from graveyard to days than it did with Sandy, but he knew he was lying.

“Your silence means you don’t want to talk about her.” Travis sat on the corner of Kyle’s desk. “Excuse me for mentioning it, little brother, but you look awful.”

“Good. I feel awful.”

“Is it Sandy?”

Kyle glanced up into eyes that were the same dark brown as his own. All four Haynes brothers had dark hair and eyes. He was the tallest; Travis was an inch shorter. They were most alike in looks. He, Travis and Craig were most alike in temperament, with Jordan being the moody one in the group. But they all had one thing in common—a history of failed relationships. At least Travis had managed to make his second marriage work.

“Maybe,” he admitted.

“That’s a yes.” Travis leaned toward him. “What’s the problem?”

“She hates me.”

“Is that all?”

“Thanks for the sympathy.” He wondered if he should just ignore the whole damn thing. That’s what Sandy wanted. She thought everything that had happened with Blake was his fault. She’d been quick to judge and had refused to listen to his explanations. He shouldn’t try to change her opinion. Only it wasn’t that easy. He didn’t want her to be mad at him.

“So what did you do?” he asked Travis.

“About?”

“Elizabeth.” Kyle leaned back in his chair and rested his heels on the corner of the desk. “How did you know she was the right one? How did you know it would be different from Julie?”

Travis’s first marriage had ended in divorce. He’d moped around for a year or so, then had started dating again. It had seemed that the Haynes curse was hard at work, until Travis had met Elizabeth.

Travis studied him for a long time. “It’s that serious?” he asked.

“I don’t know.” He picked up a pen and studied it, then set it down. “Maybe. She got mad at me yesterday. Her son, Blake, got in a fight. She thinks I wasn’t being responsible. She said a few things that forced me to take a look at myself.”

His brother nodded. “When I first met Elizabeth, I knew I was attracted to her, but I didn’t know she was going to be the one for me. When I finally figured it out, I was scared as hell.

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