The Billionaire's Bridal Bid by Emily Mckay

Author:Emily Mckay [McKay, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Adult, General, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373730643
Google: vRbPWaXeRd4C
Amazon: 0373730640
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 1980-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

The emotion in his voice surprised even Matt. He rarely lost his temper, and he hated that Claire brought him to that. Over and over again it seemed.

Even worse, he hated the stung expression on her face. As if he’d slapped her. Or snatched a piece of candy away from a child. And worse, even still, was the way his breath caught in his chest while he waited for her to respond. “You left me for another guy. You rode off to New York on the back of Mitch’s motorcycle and never looked back. So don’t tell me how hurt you were when you saw pictures of me with Marianna.”

“Marena,” she said blankly.

“What?”

She met his gaze, her eyes wide, but steady. “Her name was Marena.”

Funny he couldn’t remember her name. Hell, he barely remembered her. But Mitch was a name seared into his memory. He’d never even met the guy, but his hatred for him still sat heavy on his chest like a cancerous tumor. He’d once refused to hire an innocent intern just because his name was Mitch.

After all this time, he was still waiting to hear whatever sorry excuse she could cough up about Mitch. He deserved an answer.

Before he got one, the doorbell rang.

He turned to look at the front door, just visible through the doorway that lead from the kitchen to the dining room and the foyer beyond. Then he glanced at his watch. “It’s barely seven. Who the hell rings the doorbell before seven on a Sunday morning?”

In the moment he was busy looking at his watch, she slipped right past him.

“That’s the cab I called after I put the biscuits in the oven.”

Only then did he notice the overnight bag that sat at the foot of the stairs. She snatched it into her hands on her way past. Before he could stop her, she was halfway out the front door.

She paused just long enough to look over her shoulder at him. “Don’t worry about flying me back to Palo Verde. I can get home on my own.”

And then she was gone.

Only after she left did he notice the bite of biscuit she’d been toying with as she’d talked. She’d flattened it onto the counter, like a squashed bug. A casualty of her stewing emotions.

Maybe she thought she was hiding her resentment because she hadn’t been facing him when she spoke. He may not have seen the betrayal on her face, but he certainly heard it in her voice.

He crossed to the spot, pried it up with his thumb and dusted it into the sink. Ever since that morning at the diner, he’d wondered why she was so mad at him. She’d dumped him. What right did she have to be angry?

Well, now he had at least part of the answer. She was mad about how quickly he’d moved on after she dumped him. But he still didn’t understand why.

Their breakup had been brutal. In addition to extolling the virtues of Mitch and his motorcycle, Claire had listed his myriad flaws.

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