An Heir Claimed By Christmas (Mills & Boon Modern) (A Billion-Dollar Singapore Christmas, Book 1) by Clare Connelly

Author:Clare Connelly [Connelly, Clare]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2020-11-26T13:54:28+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

ANNIE RAN HER fingers over the rows and rows of designer outfits, shaking her head as she moved around the walk-in wardrobe. Could it still be called a wardrobe when it was the size of her old apartment? she mused, pulling a drawer open and gasping when she saw that it was filled with neatly organised handbags—also boasting designer names. She shut it again quickly.

This couldn’t all be for her, surely?

Everything she’d tried on that morning and loved was there, but there was much more as well. It was as though someone had taken her impressions and used them as the building blocks of her fantasy wardrobe. There was everything from casual—jeans and yoga pants—to sophisticated and glamorous—slinky silken dresses, and even a couple of ball gowns, as well as trouser suits and blouses. It was the kind of wardrobe a teenaged Annie would have fantasised about.

With a small smile, she pulled one of the dresses up and held it against herself. Just as in the boutique, she saw how beautiful the dress was, and how much it suited her. She imagined that when she wore it she would look, and feel, a million dollars.

Speaking of which, all the price tags had been removed, which was a saving grace, because if she could easily tally up what he’d spent she’d never let him keep them. That, though, was a technicality. She could estimate the expense and it didn’t change the fact that her heart had lifted at the sight of so many beautiful things, and all for her.

Ordinarily, she might have gone to lightly chastise him, and then to thank him, but what had happened between them earlier had caused Annie anxiety all evening. Max had arrived home not long after Dimitrios had put an end to their passion so she’d been able to busy herself with the important job of helping him assimilate this dramatic change in his circumstances. Fortunately, Max was a grounded kid and—mostly—he took it on the chin. His room was enormous, and he found the idea of a nanny interesting, but having his familiar books and train set waiting for him in his room seemed to assuage any concerns he might have had.

They had dinner together—burgers that Dimitrios ordered in, which Max ate with gusto, earning many beaming smiles of pride from Dimitrios. Annie had watched their interactions with a sense of sadness—at what the two had lost because of her—and pleasure—because it clearly wasn’t too late for them to build a meaningful relationship.

That was why they were doing this and, whatever personal sacrifice that required Dimitrios and her to make, it was completely worth it.

As for their own personal relationship, maybe he was right. Maybe they shouldn’t rush into bed together. A day ago, Annie would have laughed off the suggestion, but Dimitrios’s appeal was as magnetic as ever. She was going to have to work extremely hard to fight it.

But did she even want to?

I don’t want you to get hurt again.

Once

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