You Were Always Mine (7 Brides for 7 SEALs Book 1) by Cerise Deland

Author:Cerise Deland [Deland, Cerise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc.
Published: 2016-07-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Abby threw her key card on the desk in her room and plunked into the desk chair.

What was she supposed to do with that information? That look-alike? No, her twin, her relative…who lived one hundred and fifty years ago? And what of the ghost next door—if he was still sitting there—who was that woman’s brother?

She cupped her hands over her mouth.

The door opened and there stood Nick. Tall, blond, imperial in his duty uniform, he halted before her.

“Hi,” he said, his incomparable blue-green eyes flowing over her. “What’s going on?”

Abby snatched a breath of air. What to tell him? I’m not only seeing ghosts but shades of myself? Oh, he’d love that one.

Suddenly, he was on one knee in front of her, brushing his fingers through her hair to curl behind her ears. “Tell me.”

“You won’t like it.”

The corners of his eyes narrowed, creating fine lines that told her he was very concerned. “I don’t already.”

“There’s a picture, a sketch of a woman in the showcases downstairs in the hall.”

“And?” he prompted when she paused.

“She looks exactly like me.”

His smile was compassionate. “Honey, no one looks like you.”

She shook her head. “Really she does.”

“No one could ever be as lovely as you are.” He was serious.

Warmth ran through her bloodstream. “Nick, you’re kind but there’s more—”

“That…thing next door rattled you. And it shouldn’t. I said we were going to talk to the manager and we should. Now.” He got to his feet.

She tugged him back down. “No. I won’t go. I don’t want to. Or need to.”

“Abby, that receptionist set you up to see that…whatever the hell that thing is next door. And it’s not right.”

“I think you’re right. She did know or hope that Mabry would show up, but I’ve gotten more information about him. I’m glad we saw Mabry. Really glad.”

He frowned at her. “What do you mean?”

“Let me tell you what I learned.”

“Okay,” he said, sounding skeptical. He stood, took her hands and led her to the comfortable chair where he sat and urged her onto his lap. One arm circled around her, and he examined her as if he had her under a microscope.

Wonderful. Now he thinks I am certifiable.

“I called my cousin who runs the Stuart family tree. She hadn’t returned my call this morning, and I wanted to talk to her anyway. I asked her if we had a Mabry Stuart in our ancestry, and we do.”

Nick raised one brow. His hands were busy stroking the length of her hair down her shoulders. “So Mabry existed.”

“He did. He left a record in the family Bible that after the Civil War, he went west to search for his sister.” Abby left out the bit about the sister leaving with the Union officer. That was a bit too much for a realist like her practical SEAL to take. Once she told him that, Nick would take her to the nearest ER and check her in. “Her name was Antoinette Stuart.”

“And the drawing of the lady in the showcase downstairs is of this Antoinette?”

“Well, she definitely is Antoinette Stuart.

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