GHOSTS OF ST. BARTS a totally addictive romance read (St. Barts Romance Books Series Book 5) by CROSS EMME

Author:CROSS, EMME [CROSS, EMME]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books Beach Reads
Published: 2015-09-30T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

The last of the stragglers were finally leaving. Sunny felt raw. The past few days had been almost too much. She’d managed a moment alone with Stuart White, finally meeting his wife and thanking the chef profusely for his help with the food and drink.

She’d dealt with Sven’s co-star in The Barbarian King, the legendary French actress Evangeline Rousseau. The woman had peppered her with questions about her and Sven and seemed surprised to find a happy, loving family. Evangeline had sobbed theatrically during the service, and she had snapped her fingers at the wait staff, clutching Sven’s arm with her sharp, red talons.

As she found discarded scarves and retrieved lost umbrellas, Sunny thought with longing of St. Barts. They were leaving in the morning and would spend two months together — healing. The island was the perfect place to recover her — their — equilibrium. She glanced over at the baby, who was being carried away by the nanny for a long-overdue nap. Sunny wished Judith had been able to fly in for the funeral. Sunny always felt calmer when Judith was around. She made Sunny feel that everything would turn out okay.

Snap out of it! Of course everything would turn out okay. It was better than okay now. Didn’t she have a child she adored? Wasn’t she blessed with a husband she loved more than anything in the world? She stifled the memory of the night Henry died, smiling vaguely as she shook hands with the departing guests. She and Sven hadn’t yet had time to talk.

He looked so beautiful in his black suit, standing next to the fireplace, golden head bowed and listening intently to one of Henry’s poker-playing pals. Despite his grief, he had done his friend proud, thought Sunny, depositing an empty coffee cup on a passing tray.

She noticed Charlie sitting by himself on a settee in front of the library fire and looking utterly miserable. He wasn’t doing well at all. His eyes weren’t just swollen, they were also haunted. He’d pulled away when she tried to talk to him at the church and again at the gravesite. He couldn’t pull away now. She sat herself down next to him on the loveseat.

* * *

Charlie blushed. He didn’t know what to say to Sunny — or to Sven. He didn’t know where to look. Every time she came into view he thought back to the sight of her naked and moaning. The sounds and images were seared into his brain. He couldn’t sleep and he couldn’t think about anything else. The sight of the two of them had even driven to the back of his mind his sorrow over his granddad’s death.

Sunny reached over to hug the little boy. Charlie flinched at her touch, yanking away, his elbow jostling hard against her sore upper arm.

A cry slipped out from between her lips as he struck her bruised flesh.

“Don’t touch me! Don’t you touch me.”

“Charlie, honey. It’s okay. It’ll be all right. You just need some time,” Sunny said in a soothing voice.

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