Fortune's Fatherhood Dare by Makenna Lee

Author:Makenna Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-01-04T17:27:11+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Sari’s chest tightened. Damon was attempting to smile at her from across the room, but his eyebrows were squished together, and his smile didn’t match the top of his face. Only minutes before, he’d flashed a genuine smile, filled with affection, but now...

Something was wrong.

Was it something she’d said or done? Did his mother not like her? Before Sari could think too much more about it, a gorgeous woman with long, wavy blond hair stopped beside her.

“This is a great bookstore.”

“It sure is,” Sari said, returning her smile. While the woman scanned the room like she was looking for someone, Sari couldn’t help admiring her glamorous sense of style. A gray pencil skirt and blue silk blouse gave her a classic elegance. She wasn’t tall, but her black leather stilettos—which if Sari wasn’t mistaken had red soles—gave her a boost of at least three to four inches. Her overall appearance spoke of wealth, and Sari was positive she had never seen her around town.

“It’s a good turnout for such a small town,” the woman said while tapping a silver pen on a leather-bound notebook.

The movement drew Sari’s attention to her perfectly manicured nails, a high-gloss pale pink that glistened under the overhead lights. Her own nails had nothing more than a quick coat of clear polish she’d applied right before coming today. “Everyone is excited about Remi’s Reads. It’s the only place to buy books within miles. My kids are loving the children’s section.”

“At first, I thought that was a real tree. Do you know the owner?” She poised her pen on the paper as if ready to take notes, giving the impression she was a reporter here to do an interview or a story about the bookstore’s grand opening.

“That’s her behind the register. Remi Reynolds.”

“I understand she is engaged to one of the Fortune Maloney brothers. Do you know which one?”

“Yes, to the oldest, Lincoln. He is the one beside her with the wavy dark-blond hair.”

“And the others? Do you know all of Lincoln’s siblings?”

“Most of them.” What did the rest of them have to do with the bookstore’s grand opening?

“Do you know how they came to find out that they’re related to the Fortune family?”

Her questions had drifted way into territory that had nothing to do with the bookstore, and an uncomfortable sensation was settling in Sari’s gut. This woman wasn’t here to do a story on the opening of Remi’s Reads. What if she wasn’t a reporter at all? What if she was one of Damon’s past lovers who had returned and was checking to see if he was rich or if he was engaged or married? Sari looked around for Damon and spotted him just in time to see him rushing out the front door. Had he seen them talking?

“I don’t know anything about it.”

Even though Sari knew the story about how Martin Smith found Justine in Rambling Rose, and then came to Chatelaine and started giving out fortunes to them one by one, she wasn’t comfortable sharing any of this.

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