The Reluctant Heiress by Sara Orwig - Lone Star Legacy 02 - The Reluctant Heiress

Author:Sara Orwig - Lone Star Legacy 02 - The Reluctant Heiress [Orwig, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780373731893
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Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

Without breaking eye contact, Garrett walked through the crowd toward her. In a dark suit and tie, he looked as handsome as ever and every inch the part of the wealthy, commanding executive. The closer he came, the more her heart pounded. With an effort she looked away, turning to gaze at a painting and keeping her back to him.

Her emotions seesawed from joy at the very sight of him to the familiar anger she had borne for nearly a week.

“Sophia.”

His deep voice sent electricity racing over her nerves. She turned to face him.

“Why are you here?” she asked. In spite of her simmering anger, her voice held a softer tone she couldn’t hide.

“I knew you’d be here. I received an invitation a while back from Edgar.”

“We have nothing to say,” she said stiffly and turned her back. Garrett stayed beside her.

“I have something to say. Have you thought about our conversation?”

“Of course I have. I’ve thought constantly about all of it, about what you said and what you did.”

“You can’t blame the Delaneys for trying to meet you. All they ask is a chance to talk with you. Frankly, they’re curious, too, about their half sister.”

“I have no curiosity whatsoever about meeting them. Particularly if any of them would remind me of my father,” she said, yet her words sounded hollow and empty. She clung to her old argument out of habit, but it was beginning to lose strength. Garrett had stepped in and changed her life.

“They’ll all remind you of him, just as you’ll remind them of him.”

She shot him a look as anger welled up. “That wasn’t what I wanted to hear.”

“Sophia, let go of your grudges and just give them a chance. You can give yours away and after a year on the Delaney board, if you still feel the way you do now and don’t like them, you can go on your way and never see them again. But if you give them a chance, I think you’ll find a family that you will grow to love.” He stepped closer and she turned away slightly.

“I sent you some brochures and annual reports. You’ll see all the good the Delaney Foundation is doing. That all started when Will stepped in. Argus built that fortune, but Will and his brothers are the ones who have put Delaney money to many good uses. If you cooperate, more wealth can be poured into charitable causes, good causes that Argus never gave a dime to. That is sweet revenge right there, Sophia.”

She looked up to meet his gaze.

“Spend Argus’s money in a manner he never did,” he urged.

Without commenting, she moved on to look at another grouping of pictures and was aware that Garrett followed, moving close beside her. She detected his aftershave, a scent that triggered unwanted, painful memories of being with him. Memories that tormented her.

“I’m glad you’ve thought about our conversation. If you change your mind, let me set up a meeting. I’ll fly you to Dallas and back whenever you want.

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