The Vampire’s Accidental Wife by Painter Kristen

Author:Painter, Kristen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sugar Skull Books
Published: 2017-05-08T00:00:00+00:00

Desi watched with great interest as two very handsome men and two very beautiful women (one with a baby on her hip) streamed into the room. They all exchanged greetings with Alice and Elenora, who took the baby and cooed at him like she’d lost her mind. It was funny, really, to see the woman who’d been so stiff and formal suddenly chattering on in baby talk and making silly faces.

It humanized her, an odd thing to think about a vampire, but with that small change, Desi didn’t feel nearly so intimidated by the matriarch.

Now the others who’d come in…that was a different story.

The two male vampires were in a deep and slightly contentious conversation with Jules that included sideways glances at her every so often. His brothers. She could see the resemblance, but she also recognized them from the pictures on Julian’s dresser.

But that photo hadn’t done the two women justice. They were about as perfect as women could get. The one with the baby was clearly a vampire. The other, a striking blonde, Desi wasn’t sure about. Some kind of supernatural for sure, but nothing she could pinpoint.

“Desi?”

She turned to look at Jules and smiled like she hadn’t a care in the world. “Yes, love?”

Anger snapped in his eyes. He hadn’t said anything about meeting the rest of his family, so this had to be a bit of an ambush. “Come meet my brothers.”

“I’d love to.” She walked over, mentally getting her game on. Charming men were no big deal. Usually. And if she could do that, maybe it would help defuse the situation. She didn’t like that Julian’s grandmother had done this to him. Well, if it was some kind of test, Desi intended to pass.

She looped her arm through Julian’s, fully prepared to bring the happy wife to this party if that’s what it took. Especially since these two in front of her were clearly sizing her up. “Hello, Julian’s brothers.”

Jules pointed at the men in turn. “This is Hugh. He’s married to Delaney there next to our grandmother. And thanks to his procreation skills, he took the burden of grandchildren off the rest of us. That’s his son, George, that Elenora is currently Eskimo kissing.”

“So nice to meet you, Hugh. Your son is adorable.” She shook his hand. “And I’ve heard tremendous things about you.”

“Have you?” Hugh gave Jules an incredulous look.

Julian sighed. “And this is Sebastian, the eldest of us. His fiancée is the pretty but deadly one, Tessa, who’s speaking with Alice. Tessa is a valkyrie.”

So that’s what the blonde was. How interesting. Desi took Sebastian’s hand as he reached out. “How great to meet you. Jules says you’re an absolute financial genius.”

He seemed surprised that she knew that. Or that Jules would refer to him as a genius. Either way, it felt like a victory to throw him off guard. “Well, I don’t know about all that…”

She kept it up. “He says you’re a whiz with numbers.”

The barest hint of a smile appeared on his face.

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