The Secret to Marrying Marchesi (Secret Heirs of Billionaires) by Amanda Cinelli

Author:Amanda Cinelli [Cinelli, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Presents
Published: 2016-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

NICOLE FELT THE tension in her temples rise to breaking point. ‘That’s the third time she has confronted me like that and I still never know what to say to her.’

‘Why would you say anything at all?’ Rigo shrugged. ‘She is clearly angry at your mother and using you as a scapegoat.’

‘I sympathise with her. I feel guilty about what my mother did to her family. Her parents had been happily married for decades before...’ She felt sadness encompass her, knowing exactly what it felt like to have your parents disappoint you that way. ‘My mother has this uncanny knack for taking someone’s life and turning it completely upside down.’

She had been sure that Diane knew about her mother giving that interview, had braced herself for the other woman to announce it and ruin the shaky friendship that she and Rigo seemed to have come to. But now she was gone, and they were standing here discussing her mother. She knew the time had come to tell him.

‘You are not your mother’s keeper, Nicole. Do you realise that?’ Rigo said softly. ‘She is a grown woman who is responsible for her own actions.’

‘Most of the time her actions directly affect me in some way or another.’ Nicole cleared her throat, looking up at him. ‘Diane was right. I was arguing with her last night.’

‘That’s why you ran out?’

She nodded, swallowing the lump in her throat. ‘She told me something so awful that I just couldn’t bear to stand across from her a moment longer.’ She stepped away from him, taking a deep breath as she tried to find the right words. Wringing her hands, she turned back to face him. ‘Goldie was the anonymous source, Rigo. She’s the one who leaked the story.’

He was completely silent for a moment, looking at her with something akin to curiosity. ‘Why didn’t you tell me this last night, when you were confessing all your sins?’

‘I was afraid of how you might react.’

‘In other words, you thought I would believe you had a part in it?’

Nicole paused, her eyelids fluttering up to meet his gaze. ‘Well, don’t you?’

Rigo shook his head, shoving his hands deep into his pockets. ‘Before last night, maybe. But I’m coming to see that I’ve been very quick to judge you.’

‘Well, I suppose I should be thankful for that, at least.’

‘Nicole, I can see why you want to walk away from this marriage now. But I’m asking you to reconsider. For Anna, if nothing else.’

‘We proved to each other last night that we can’t be civil or separate in this arrangement. We’re just not good for each other,’ she said quietly.

He was quiet for a moment, looking out the window. ‘Nicole, I want this marriage to work. If that means me staying as far away as possible then I will do it. To keep you and Anna safe.’

She looked into his eyes. He was being earnest. But she didn’t want him to stay away at all—that was the problem.

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