The Tycoon’s Convenient Bride (European Tycoon Book 3) by Leslie North

Author:Leslie North [North, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-09T16:00:00+00:00

9

Tony thought to his satisfaction that if Diana had thought their lunch date was a surprise, just wait until she saw what he had done to the ballroom.

"A little to the left with that torch, actually," he called to one of his staff. He straightened from his examination of the mock bar top and adjusted the sleeves of his dinner jacket. When he allowed his inspection to extend beyond his own appearance, he was incredibly satisfied with what he saw.

It was their one-month anniversary since the wedding, and he (and his staff) had pulled out all the stops to surprise Diana. Starlight Castle’s ballroom had been successfully transformed into a dazzling replica of the restaurant in Fiji where Tony had first met Diana: the tables were all laid out perfectly, the torches lit, the sounds of waves and tropical birds piped in through the hidden speakers he'd had installed. Pink hibiscus blooms filled the room from corner to corner, splashing exotic color and evocative fragrance everywhere. Tony hadn't been able to import the crystalline waters that surrounded the beach, nor sand from the beach itself, but he figured the flowers would be an acceptable consolation prize.

"Does it meet with your approval?" one of the senior members of the castle staff, Bruno, asked him.

Tony nodded. "Thanks for all the research you put into this, Bruno. Diana’s going to love it."

"We depend on your eye, sir, to tell us if we've succeeded,” Bruno replied. “As we’ll depend on Mrs. Harrington’s smile.”

"Feels like I never left Fiji." Tony awarded him a thumbs-up. He fully intended to reward all the staff with an unexpected bonus for their efforts today, but that would have to wait until later... now, it was showtime.

The arrangements had been completed barely in time. A younger member of the staff ran in, panting, and informed them of Diana’s return. She had been out all afternoon with Constance. Now it was his turn to reclaim his bride.

Tony clapped his hands together gleefully. “Places, everyone!” His voice boomed across the vast room that now housed a little piece of Fiji. “This is not a drill!” he emphasized.

Bruno bowed (he was old-fashioned that way, with the side benefit that his manners always endeared him to Tony’s mother) and quickly assumed his place as the evening’s “waiter.” Tony had enlisted more than half his staff to help with the decorations and cooking; the remainder he had employed as actors. The other “diners” paired up and took their seats, chatting happily, as the young man who had sounded the alarm left to guide Diana to the ballroom. He was back soon after, followed closely by Diana—clearly, Tony’s wife had seen fit to let herself in and come looking for him. She stopped, smiling expansively when she saw him, then froze in disbelief as her eyes raked over the rest of the room.

“In a hurry to see me?” Tony smiled and held his arms out in mock disbelief, though really, he was holding them out in presentation.

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