Foolish Secrets: A Best Friend's Little Sister Romance by Jeana E. Mann

Author:Jeana E. Mann [Mann, Jeana E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943938766
Publisher: Ishkadiddle Publishing LLC
Published: 2023-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

I chose a trendy place on the top floor of the Milton Bank Building. The firm had a standing reservation for entertaining clients, so we were able to walk in. Every head in the room turned to look at Venetia. She seemed completely unaware of their attention. I couldn’t fault their stares. Maybe it was the pregnancy glow or her growing confidence. Whatever it was, she was becoming irresistible to me. Smug male pride swelled my chest. I put my hand on the small of her back to direct her toward our table and to let the men know she was with me, only me, and they’d better stand the fuck back. I did it out of a sense of protectiveness and because she was carrying my child, not because I was totally, completely head-over-heels crazy about her.

A sea of stars scattered across an ocean of inky blue sky outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. Candlelight flickered over our secluded corner table. While she made a trip to the ladies room, I worried over the details. Was the location too intimate? Maybe I should have requested a table in the center of the dining room, where the low hum of conversation floated on air scented with herbs and filet mignon.

Since meeting the Seaforth clan, I’d done my best to emulate their high standards. They demanded excellence and suffered nothing less. Venetia had been born into a layer of society I could never understand. She’d just returned from a year abroad, for goodness sake. Before then, she’d attended Swiss boarding school, summered in Cannes, and spent weekends with the richest of the rich. I, on the other hand, had spent my summers baling hay, wrangling livestock, and wearing thrift store bargains. We were worlds apart in every way.

Then again, she wasn’t a Seaforth by blood, which raised an entirely new set of problems. How could I sit across the table from her, knowing this secret, and not say a word? She was the mother of my child. Our lives would be forever entwined. I owed her my honesty as well as my loyalty.

The next time I looked up, she was there, heading toward me. Our eyes met and locked over the heads of fellow attorneys, government officials, and the city’s most popular celebrities. The way she moved across the room, a vision of flowing blond hair and graceful limbs, stole my composure. A tight skirt showed off the long stretch of her legs. I stood, straightened my tie, and pulled out her chair to seat her.

“This is nice.” She glanced around the restaurant, offering a prime view of her delicate profile.

“They just remodeled a few months ago,” I replied.

“They seem to know you here.” Her gaze swept over the trio of waiters hovering around the perimeter of our table, and the crystal stemware in front of her. “Are you a regular? Is this where you bring your girls?”

“Something like that.” Lame, lame, lame. I was usually much more debonair around women. You wouldn’t know it from the way my words knotted on my tongue.

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