The Paternity Proposition by Merline Lovelace

Author:Merline Lovelace
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

She spent the second act trying to convince herself of that. Unfortunately, Hale’s nasty insinuations held more than a grain of truth.

While Frankie and the boys belted out “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, Julie mulled over the fact that Alex had offered monetary inducement in the form of an extremely lucrative business deal. And he had wined and dined and made very, very skillful love to her. None of which would make the least difference in a parental custody suit, however, since Julie had no claim, parental or otherwise, on Molly.

Unless…

Good grief! Was she coming at this from the wrong end? Had the Daltons given up on finding Molly’s real mother and decided to go with a substitute?

The wild thought sent Julie’s emotions ping-ponging all over the damned auditorium. So many came at her from different directions she had trouble distinguishing righteous indignation from flat-out dismissal to the niggling little voice that whispered so what if she was a stand-in?

In one fell swoop she would gain a husband and daughter. A brother-in-law, which was good. A mother-in-law, not so good. A whole passel of folks besides Dusty and Chuck to care and worry and fuss over. Folks who would fuss over her for a change. The sticking point was Alex, of course. Would she marry him just to acquire a ready-made family?

The absurdity of that hit her at the same time Frankie’s falsetto baritone slid up almost three octaves to hit the opening notes of “Sherry”.

She and Alex weren’t anywhere close to thinking exclusive, let alone permanent. Were they?

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