Honeymoon Angel: A Family Justice Novella by Suzanne Halliday

Author:Suzanne Halliday [Halliday, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Family Justice Novella
Publisher: Suzanne Halliday
Published: 2017-08-15T18:30:00+00:00

HIS HEART WAS thundering, and fear squeezed his gut. By stupidly blurting out his most secret terror, he’d ticked her off. Big time.

What the hell was he thinking?

Parker shut down the legal maneuvers that sprang to life in his thoughts. In a courtroom, he’d counter by forcing the witness to reveal a secret fear—but doing that would only make things worse. And besides, he wasn’t a lawyer in this instance. He was a husband. A husband who had inadvertently hurt his wife.

He wanted to touch her and caress her anger away, but he’d stupidly done this, and changing the subject or being a dick about it wasn’t going to make it any better. Her tears killed him.

“I didn’t mean that I thought you’d leave me, honey. It was more like a flash of fear that something would happen. Something would pull as apart. That’s all. You are my world, Angelina Sullivan. And to be honest, there’s no way I’d let you go anywhere. You belong to me, and I know what that means in the bigger picture.”

His words seemed to mollify her just enough that she backed off a teeny bit.

Jerkily wiping her face, she sniffed twice and grumbled, “Is there something you’re not telling me?”

He chuckled. “There’s a lot I’m not telling you. It’s a lawyer thing.”

Parker knew she’d forgiven his gaffe when his wife turned her sapphire eyes on him and snarked, “Did you play that statement out in your head or just go with it?”

“Flying without a net,” he assured her.

“Let me make something clear to you,” she murmured. “I will do bodily harm to anyone who interferes, and if something comes up that puts a strain on you and me, I won’t take it lying down.”

“Spoken like a true Marquez,” he said with pride. He liked that she didn’t take shit.

“Like a Sullivan,” she corrected him.

Parker saw the opening and went for it. Taking her elbow, he swung her around and reached for her hand. She slid her fingers into his and let him lead her to the sofa.

“Sit.”

She flopped more than sat and ended up cross-legged and looking all of sixteen. The see-through lace made for quite an appealing visual.

“The sulking will get you thrown on the floor and fucked, so if you’re holding out for romance, you might want to reconsider your behavior.”

It was all kinds of cute when she eyeballed his groin and flushed beet red. Then she slapped a goofy expression on her face and said, “Better?”

“Much. Now hold that smile a minute. I’ll be right back.”

Dashing to the bedroom, he searched for the bag where he’d stashed a bunch of gifts and poked around. He’d come prepared, goddammit!

In the living room, he sat next to her and handed off the unwrapped gift with an explanation.

“You want to know what I dream about? Open that.”

She cracked open the box and murmured appreciatively at the silver and gold bracelet.

“It’s a bracelet,” she said. “This is what you dream about?”

“It’s one of those Pandora things.

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