Christmas Reunion in Paris by LIZ FIELDING

Author:LIZ FIELDING
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Forever
Published: 2020-08-25T13:14:08+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

CHLOE WAS AWARE that Fiona, the Scottish bride-to-be, had been looking at James all evening. She’d done her best to distract her but, finally, she said, ‘Your face is so familiar, Jay. Have you ever been to Edinburgh?’

‘Sadly, no,’ he said. ‘I just seem to have one of those faces. Can I tempt you to another slice of tarte Tatin?’

She held up a hand. ‘Don’t! I have a wedding dress to shrink into, but I have to say, Marie, that if Jay is your stand-in chef, I cannot imagine what the first division is like. That tarte has to be on our wedding menu.’

Marie looked at James, clearly embarrassed, and he said, ‘I can take no credit for the wonderful pastry. The addition of the almonds was a lovely touch, Marie, and one I will borrow if I may?’

Marie blushed. ‘It was my mother’s recipe. I would be delighted to share it with you.’

‘You are definitely having your wedding here, then?’ Chloe asked, heading Fiona off before she could return to thoughts of where she might have seen James.

She looked questioningly at Sean. He shook his head, but his indulgent smile said yes. She threw her arms around him. ‘You are my angel!’

Embarrassed, he disentangled himself. ‘We came to an event in the grounds here last spring and Fiona hasn’t stopped talking about it since.’

‘I know how she feels,’ Chloe said. ‘The château took my breath away when I saw it.’

‘Is that why you’re here?’ Fiona asked, looking from her to James. ‘To arrange your own wedding?’

‘We haven’t got around to a date yet,’ James said, reaching out, taking her hand when the silence went on a moment too long, looking at her, holding her with the intensity of his gaze. ‘And Chloe can choose whatever location she likes as long as it’s soon.’

Fiona gave a happy little sigh. ‘Wait until the spring,’ she urged. ‘You can’t imagine how pretty it is here when the blossom is out. I just about died when I saw the wedding pictures on the website.’

‘If you’d already seen the château, why have you come now?’ Chloe asked, desperate to change the subject. ‘It was dark when you arrived and you’re leaving so early that you won’t see it in daylight.’

‘Sean was coming to Paris for a meeting and I begged for a night here so that I could see the inside of the château and take a look at the bridal suite. I wish we could stay longer, but we have to leave at a ridiculously early hour so that he can catch a flight to Frankfurt.’ She rolled her eyes, whispered, ‘He’s a banker.’

‘Which is why we must reluctantly leave such great company,’ Sean said, getting to his feet. ‘Thank you for a wonderful evening, Marie. If I had my way, we’d have our wedding breakfast in here.’

Fiona laughed. ‘There’s not enough room for eighty guests in here, darling.’

Clearly that was Sean’s point, but he smiled. ‘Only eighty?’

She gave a little shrug.

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