When A Stranger Loves Me by Julianne Maclean

Author:Julianne Maclean [Maclean, Julianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Historical
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2010-11-21T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

J ack did not go rushing downstairs right away. Instead, he sank onto the upholstered bench at the foot of Chelsea's bed. "I have a brother."

No one said anything for a moment. They simply stood in Chelsea's room while the rain slammed into the windows and the wind howled across the rooftop.

"I won't know him," Jack said. "I don't even recognize any of those names. They are not the least bit familiar."

He became keenly aware of Chelsea approaching and placing her hand on his shoulder. "Maybe you will remember when you see him. It might all come flooding back the minute you do."

The compassion in her voice did not diminish his hostility or the sense of betrayal he felt over what had just occurred. He was still angry with her. This was not going to make him forget it.

And God, he felt like such a fool. He'd been vulnerable to this family's schemes. For a while, in the mad distortion of his reality, it felt as if Chelsea was the only woman in the world, the only person who cared for him, and he had therefore exposed himself to unwise intimacies with her. He had let himself fall in love with her, while she was holding him captive and using him for her own corrupt purposes the entire time.

Now at least he knew he had a family of his own and a place in the world, even though he was finding it difficult to gain any comfort from the knowledge. The people downstairs would be strangers to him. He was certain of it.

And what if this alleged brother was an imposter? What if it was not true? After what just happened, he did not feel he could trust anyone. He still felt completely alone, now more than ever, after this unthinkable deception.

"Jack..." Chelsea was still standing before him. He lifted his eyes to look up at her-the woman who had taken advantage of his pathetic situation. He felt a deep and bitter loathing toward her, and an unspeakable disappointment.

"Don't call me that. It is not my name." He glared at Sebastian. "What is my name?"

"You are Lord Blake Sinclair," he said.

"The watch..." Chelsea said. "It is yours. The initials were B.H.S."

"You are third in line to your father's title of duke," Sebastian continued. "Besides Lord Hawthorne, you have two other brothers-one is Vincent, the other Garrett. You live at Pembroke Palace in England."

Blake digested all of this, then stood. "Where are they?"

"In the drawing room."

Chelsea said nothing as he shouldered his way past her, but he was very aware of her following close behind.

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