A Bride by Morning by Vanessa Lee

Author:Vanessa Lee [Lee, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-09-13T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Nick could not have been more happy with the outcome of his week in London. He had relayed his ideas to Linnus' connections. All of the gentlemen they had met with, Nick had met prior to now. Not one of them had been willing to give him a chance in the past. The men had made it very clear that they wanted nothing to do with the son of the man who had squandered away his entire fortune, with the elder Duke having made wrong investment, after wrong investment.

While he supposed he couldn't really blame them, Nick was not his father. He had never made the same mistakes his father had, not even before he knew what his father was doing with the family's money.

Nick was no longer his father's son. He was the son of his father-in-law. Nick had always respected Linnus as a man and as a businessman. But now they were family. They had a joint interest of growing a successful future for themselves. Linnus was a man he could trust and they worked very well together.

Throughout the entire week, they had presented their plans to men who decided to back them in their efforts. With every success, with every new agreement formed, Linnus came to trust Nick more and more. The man was letting go of whatever negative feelings that were lingering from how Nick had maneuvered his daughter into a quick marriage to avoid scandal.

Linnus saw how hard Nick worked, and how his ideas genuinely had merit. He saw how Nick won over each and every one of Linnus' long-term friends. They all admired the man, and saw the wisdom in his plans. Happy to be involved with an exciting new capital venture, they readily signed on to Linnus and Nick's arrangement.

Finally being given the opportunity that he had worked so hard for, Nick thought that their trip to London was a great success.

There was one strange moment, when he had an odd interaction with Randall Madison, and that vermin, Seth Collins. When he encountered the men, Madison had been loath to maintain eye contact with him. Usually, Madison was very arrogant and even gloating, always happy to tell Nick about his latest conquests. That evening, it seemed like even being in the same room with Nick made him vastly uncomfortable.

Something was going on, Nick could feel it. Perhaps Madison and Collins had heard all about Nick's latest conquests, and in a turn of events, they were envious at how well things were going for him. That thought gave Nick a great feeling inside.

What really threw him off however, was the way Collins was acting. The man seemed even more inclined to gloat, than usual. Something was definitely off. While he considered both men his enemies, with their families having been competitive rivals for years, he actually liked Madison. Collins, on the other hand, he didn't like at all.

Nick had decided not to concern himself with the odd behavior of the two men, for the time being.

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