Consequences of a Hot Havana Night_Mills & Boon Modern by Louise Fuller

Author:Louise Fuller [Fuller, Louise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, contemporary, billionaires
ISBN: 9781474088169
Google: FFmFDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2019-08-22T05:23:52+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

‘WOULD YOU LIKE some ham, Señora Quested? Or perhaps a couple of eggs?’

Gazing at her already overcrowded plate, Kitty smiled up at the dark-haired woman standing beside her and shook her head. ‘No, thank you, Rosa. Honestly, this is perfect.’

She glanced guiltily at the plates of food surrounding her. It all looked delicious, but even if she was eating for two, she wasn’t going to make much of a dent in this spread.

Her heart jerked. But perhaps it was not all meant for her? As though following the workings of her brain, Rosa shook her head.

‘Señor Zayas always eats breakfast early,’ she said, leaning forward to refill Kitty’s glass. ‘But he told me that he’s hoping to join you for lunch.’

‘Oh, right.’ Her smile felt suddenly cemented to her face. Were her thoughts that obvious? Swallowing her juice, trying to ignore the heat rising over her throat and cheeks, she met Rosa’s soft brown eyes. ‘Then I’ll see him at lunch.’

She had no idea what César had told Rosa about their relationship. Did a man in his position explain the dynamic between himself and a guest to his staff? Probably not. She certainly couldn’t imagine him doing it and she certainly wasn’t going to try to do so. Not least because right now she wasn’t exactly sure how to explain their relationship herself.

They weren’t a couple.

But he was the father of her unborn child.

And now they were living together.

She felt a twitch of guilt. Living with César was supposed to reassure her family, and yet now, two days after moving into the main house, she still hadn’t told either her parents or Lizzie that she was pregnant or cohabiting with the baby’s father.

But how could she? Why would she?

Whatever he might have suggested the other day, they both knew it was only a temporary arrangement. At the moment her pregnancy was new and strange, and César felt guilty and responsible, but once she was back in England he would find it easy to move on with his life.

Carefully she laid her knife and fork side by side on the plate. In a way, hadn’t that already happened? She might be living under his roof, but she’d barely seen him. They’d been like moons orbiting a planet: occasionally, unavoidably their paths would cross—

But of course she hadn’t seen him. Irritably, she pushed aside the disappointment she didn’t want or have any right to feel. He was flat-out unpacking his work schedule—for her.

Anyway, at least not having him around meant she was free of the disconcerting undercurrent of tension between them. Her throat tightened. She’d tried hard to pretend that it wasn’t there, but it was—and that was another reason not to speak to Lizzie.

She needed to get a handle on this confusion she felt for César. Living with him and being pregnant was obviously a big deal, but so what if she was temporarily sharing his home? Or that right now, at least, he wanted to be a part of their baby’s life.

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