The Billionaire's Christmas Baby by Marion Lennox

Author:Marion Lennox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

THE FLIGHT TO New York was awesome, though it might just ruin her for flying for ever. How could she ever appreciate cattle class now? Her first ever time in an aeroplane was a first class flight, with extra seats booked for Phoebe and her baby gear.

Max Grayland was obviously a platinum flyer, privileged beyond belief. Every time he blinked—or Sunny blinked—someone was there to help. Who knew what the flight attendants thought of her, but not by a twitch of their perfectly groomed faces did they show how out of place her faded jeans and discount store jacket looked in this place.

For the most part Max stayed engrossed in his work. It was urgent stuff, she gathered, by the way his fingers flew over the keyboard and by the amount of paperwork littered around his seat. But he was taking her stipulation seriously. When Phoebe was awake he’d leave his work and take the baby from her. He’d dandle her and smile and play, and Sunny watched him and thought she was almost redundant.

Except...she was included too. They had four seats, two pairs across the aisle from each other. When Phoebe was awake Max moved to the seat next to hers. He chatted to his little sister, he told her all the treats that were in store for her in New York, but he included Sunny in the conversation.

‘It’ll be cold,’ he told his little sister. ‘Really cold. That’s the first thing we need to do, get you some warm baby clothes. And Sunny too. A decent down jacket, I think, and some fur-lined boots so you two can explore together.’

‘I can...’ Sunny started but she knew she couldn’t. She didn’t have the wherewithal to buy her own down jacket and she’d have no clue as to where to buy a cheap one.

‘You probably could,’ Max agreed gravely, giving her her dignity. ‘But it would be my privilege to buy them for you. Besides, girls like shopping and it’ll be fun watching you two hit the stores.’

‘Fun?’ She didn’t believe him.

‘Okay, I have no idea if it’ll be fun,’ he admitted. ‘But grant me the privilege of finding out.’

And then they were landing. A chauffeur met them and a limousine took them straight to Max’s apartment. She had a brief impression of a vast park on one side of the street, with old stone buildings on the other, solid and imposing. Then they were ushered inside and Sunny could barely take in such luxury. A housekeeper with a smiley face and a head full of tight white curls greeted them with pleasure.

‘Supper or bed?’ Max asked Sunny, and the care and empathy in his smile was almost her undoing. For despite the luxury, despite the attention—or maybe because of it, because it had left her in a limbo of tension as she’d tried to figure what her role was—she was exhausted.

‘I...just a cup of tea and bed,’ she told him. ‘But I’ll settle Phoebe...’

‘How about a toasted cheese sandwich and cocoa in bed?’ Max asked.

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