BROTHERS OF ST. BARTS a totally addictive romance read (St. Barts Romance Books Series Book 6) by CROSS EMME

Author:CROSS, EMME [CROSS, EMME]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books Beach Reads
Published: 2015-10-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The audience in the Grand Ballroom erupted in applause. Sunny looked over at Stellan, who was clapping and beaming. She hadn’t understood much of what Linus had said about third world debt and cap and trades and margin calls, but everyone else had, apparently.

They clapped as though he was a rock star. Sunny had known Linus was rich and successful but to see him stride across the stage, commanding attention and expounding his vision of the global economy was a revelation.

He’s like Sven in many ways, she thought. Both were charismatic and very good at what they did; able to sway opinion and rouse emotions. She hadn’t known until this moment just how much alike they actually were. She didn’t think the comparison would please either man.

Linus was shaking hands, signing books and papers. Off to one side of the stage a young man was watching. As Stellan got in line for an autograph and a word with the keynote speaker, Sunny approached the stranger. He was tall and lean with well-defined features and a shock of black hair that fell into his brown eyes. He was wearing a beautifully tailored blue pin stripe suit that even she could tell was expensive. His silk tie was adorned with what looked like a school crest. He radiated a confidence that was not arrogant. He had a serious expression on his face but there was a slight mocking glint in his eyes as he watched Linus greet his admirers.

“You rowed crew.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“You rowed crew.” Sunny drew her eyebrows together as she tried to remember. “Your first girlfriend was unsuitable. A babysitter or something? Your wife’s name is Rachel and your younger brother broke your collarbone when you were eight. I think you were playing a game called statues. It took all summer to heal.”

The brown eyes widened.

“Some of those things you could have found out online and others by paying people for information. But the unsuitable girlfriend is a deep, dark family secret. Never spoken of in polite company.”

She grinned and held out her hand. “I’m not polite company. I’m a friend of your father, Sunny Larsen.”

The man blinked and took her hand in a firm grasp. “Barry Craig. How on earth did you get all that out of dad? He is as quiet as the grave when it comes to his family.”

“We spent a couple of days stranded on an island and had a lot of time to kill. He’d hurt his ankle . . .”

“Sunny! The last name threw me off. You’re the Sunny from the tsunami. He told me about you, how you kept him from losing consciousness until help came. You swam and got the boat.”

“Linus is very chivalrous. He gives me too much credit.”

“I doubt that. You were pregnant then?”

“And now. It seems I’m always running into your father when I’m knocked up.”

She could feel him assessing her and was glad she’d taken the time to dress nicely, though she could see a smear

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