The Pregnancy Promise by Barbara McMahon

Author:Barbara McMahon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

“So what’s up with your sister?” Tray asked after Annalise had left twenty minutes later.

“I’m not sure.”

“She’s obviously protective toward you. Does she think I’m going to do something to harm you?”

Lianne shook her head. “She thinks you’re going to bail if we don’t conceive and she resents that on my behalf,” Lianne said without looking at him. She gathered the empty cups to give herself something to do.

“Why would she think such a thing?” he asked.

Lianne licked her lips and tried to think up an excuse that would fly without coming out with a lie.

“Just say it,” he said.

“She thinks there’s more to this marriage than there is,” she blurted out, balancing the cups and saucers. Slowly she walked into the kitchen.

Tray pushed back his chair and followed her.

“Such as?” he asked from the doorway.

“Genuine caring between us.”

He studied her for a moment. “I’d agree with that, wouldn’t you?”

“Maybe,” she said slowly. “I told her we were more involved than she suspected. I couldn’t tell her the entire truth. She’d worry too much.”

He stared at her for a moment, his expression closed. Then he gave an abrupt nod and turned back to the living room. “Want to grab breakfast on the way into work?”

She blinked at the lack of follow-up. Was that it? He was letting it go? No comment, no suggestion that she clear the air?

“Aren’t you going home to change first?” she asked, stalling. The sooner she got alone, the better.

“I plan to but we can stop for a meal first.”

“I’ll get a bagel at the coffee shop next to work. I have lots to do today.” What Lianne really wanted to do was get some time to herself. She was growing more stressed the longer she was around Tray. It seemed easy for him to portray a role. The brief kiss he’d given her had been for Annalise’s benefit. But Lianne couldn’t turn her emotions on and off so easily.

“I apologize for falling asleep last night,” he said. “It was not my intent when I arrived.”

“You were exhausted. There was no problem.” Did he look embarrassed? She couldn’t imagine anything disconcerting Tray.

“Except I missed cake.”

She smiled. “Want a piece now?”

“Yes.”

Watching while he ate the cake, Lianne should have been delighted at the carefree glimpse she was getting of a man she thought was totally business. But she felt as if she were sitting on an edge of a cliff and could topple over with the slightest push.

When Tray stood by the table, he looked at her.

“What we need is a honeymoon,” he said.

“What?” It was the last thing in the world she expected—and the last thing they needed. Was he crazy?

“We don’t know each other beyond work. If we’re to present a convincing front to your family and friends when we go public, I think we need to find out more about each other. I would never send in an agent if he or she hadn’t been briefed. I don’t feel briefed.”

It made sense in a way.

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