The Tycoon Takes a Wife by Catherine Mann

Author:Catherine Mann
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2010-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

Eight

Well, that took care of the jealousy.

Jonah stared at the guy in front of him claiming to be Eloisa’s brother. How could he trust this dude was on the up and up? But then perhaps he was someone who’d just ended up on the wrong patio. After all, the stranger had simply said he was visiting his sister, no name given.

“Who did you say you’re looking for?” Jonah asked.

The man smoothed the front of his dark suit jacket—no tie on his white shirt open at the collar. “Where is Eloisa? My sister. Our family lawyer informed us she has concerns. I came right away.”

First, he needed to determine if this man could be trusted. Sure, he looked like he could be Eloisa’s brother, same dark hair and brown eyes. The aristocratic air was there, too, but his skin was more olive toned.

Because both of his parents were from the Spanish region?

Still, he needed to go on the assumption that this guy knew nothing about Eloisa, that he could be some reporter searching for information…or worse.

Jonah shut the door to the town house and stepped closer to the looming guy in a dark suit. “And your name is?”

He thrust out his hand, lean and ringless, no jewelry other than a pricey watch peeking from his cuff. “I am Duarte. Hello, Jonah Landis.”

Jonah jolted. How did the man know him? Sure his family name was easily recognized, but it wasn’t like his face was familiar to the average Joe—or in this case, Duarte. “How did you get in here?”

“I jumped the fence.”

This guy in a suit hopped fences? Odd, and not the sort of behavior he expected from a prince.

Still the fence apparently posed a security problem he would be addressing shortly. “Do you make a habit of that? Jumping fences? Breaking and entering?”

Duarte—or whoever the hell he was—arched a single brow slowly. “I would have come through the door but she is not here.”

“Eloisa doesn’t have any brothers. Just a sister named Audrey.”

Duarte simply smiled. “Eloisa can clear this up soon enough. And as you noticed, I already know who you are, and I know how you are connected to my sister.” He frowned slightly. “I guess that makes us brothers.”

Jonah braced his feet, shocked that Eloisa would have revealed their marriage to anyone, but she said she didn’t talk to her family, only communicated through a lawyer. How had this guy found out? And was he even who he claimed to be?

This joker wasn’t getting past him. “How about you leave a calling card?”

“Good, good.” He nodded curtly. “I like it that she has you to protect her.”

That threw him off-balance for a second. The last thing he’d expected was acceptance, encouragement even.

Except he knew better than to be swayed by calculated words. “What did you say you’re doing here?”

“I’ve come to see Eloisa for our father. And you’re wise not to trust me. That’s best for her.”

While they may have found a point of agreement, that didn’t mean Jonah intended to back off pushing for whatever he could get out of Duarte.

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