Bride by Design: Flights of Fancy by Alicia Roberts

Author:Alicia Roberts [Roberts, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 15851810
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Published: 2012-08-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

We slid into the limo and sat opposite each other. Colin’s eyes were fixed on me, hard and unblinking. “I need to ask you something.”

“Ok…” I was feeling wary again. So this hadn’t actually been a date?

“When I saw you at that airport, you were so helpful to that family you’d never even met before. Are you always so helpful?”

I smiled. “There’s nothing wrong with being helpful. People help each other out whenever they can - you never know when you’ll need to depend on the kindness of someone else. You might as well give back to the world a little and build up a bit of good karma.”

Colin gulped. “Yeah, you never know when you’ll need to depend on someone else…” He trailed off mid-speech and continued to stare at me blankly, not seeming to see me.

This was starting to get weird.

“Well, why don’t we call it a night?” I suggested.

I didn’t want him coming up to my tiny apartment and seeing what a pigsty I, a supposed design and home-beauty enthusiast, lived in. I should just take the subway and say goodbye here.

He shook his head. “No, I have to ask you something.”

“Sure.” That was like the tenth time he’d said that.

“I need a favor.”

“Ok…”

He took a deep breath. “Remember that Manchala project I told you about?”

I nodded.

Colin continued, “Well, reliable sources tell me that Sir Donald is becoming a family man. He’s just had a grandchild and is getting notions that future generations shouldn’t be selfish, hedonistic people. He wants his resort to cater to families.”

“So what’s the problem?”

“Well, Sir D. wants a family man to design the whole thing.”

“And you’re obviously not one.” The tabloids loved printing his photos, making snarky remarks about his “extravagant lifestyle” and “many lovers”.

He smiled ruefully. “I’ve been too busy being a selfish, hedonistic person, exactly the kind Sir Donald doesn’t want.”

I shrugged. “I’m sure it’s not such a big deal, your designs will probably speak for themselves.”

Colin sighed. “No, they won’t, I’m assured of that. Sir Donald is intent on working with someone with a family, someone who knows what a family needs, yada yada.”

“Right.” I wondered where this was leading to. “So, what’s the favor?”

“Be my family.”

My eyes widened. “What?”

He took a deep breath and went on. “I need you to pretend to be my wife.”

I shook my head, “No way, that’s ridiculous. How does that even work?”

“Come with me to Manchala, we’ll pretend we fell in love and eloped.”

I looked at him like he was crazy. “This is nuts. You’re kidding, right?”

He raised an eyebrow and said, “Unfortunately, I’m dead serious. We’d only pretend to be married for Sir Donald, no-one in New York would find out. We’d come back from the trip and go our separate ways.”

Realization flooded in. “So that’s what this has been all about.” I felt my heart sinking in disappointment. “That’s why you found me out, why we went out and had coffee.”

Of course, I was a nobody. Why would someone like

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