Married For One Reason Only (Mills & Boon Modern) (The Secret Sisters, Book 1) by Dani Collins

Author:Dani Collins [Collins, Dani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2021-07-22T17:08:44+00:00

Oriel didn’t protest Vijay coming home with her. He was the father of her unborn baby. Whether she married him or not, he ought to meet her parents.

They arrived to chaos. Caterers and decorators and workmen were overrunning the place, erecting marquee tents and unloading tables, chairs, linens and dishes.

Her mother would be in her element. It was the sort of orchestration she loved best. She was not only the center of attention—her rightful place—but she was director, producer, and critic, providing a swift review if a flower head sagged or a bulb on a string failed to light.

“When you said the gown was for your parents’ anniversary party...” Vijay said as they climbed from the car at the bottom of the steps.

“Um, yes. It’s tonight.” She grimaced as she realized she hadn’t exactly prepared him. “It’s just an intimate affair with three hundred of Maman’s closest friends and colleagues. I did mention that she is beloved? The spare room in my suite please, Tauseef,” Oriel directed as her mother’s chauffeur retrieved their luggage.

Vijay lifted a brow at her. She lifted a shoulder at him. She was angry and wary of trusting him again, but she kept thinking about him saying, I shouldn’t have come to your room without telling you everything, but I couldn’t stay away.

She was equally compelled to keep him near. The way he’d held her last night had been deeply comforting. He was right that they had a lot to talk about, and she couldn’t help wondering if they might have something beyond what looked on the surface to be a complete disaster.

Maybe she was kidding herself, but there was only one way to find out.

She led him into the house, where it was easy enough to locate her mother. She was nearly always in the music salon even when she wasn’t singing.

They went through the oval-shaped foyer with its curved staircase and domed ceiling, then passed the large sitting room with its grand fireplace and row of arched windows that looked onto the grounds. Abundant furniture was arranged in pockets for her parents’ frequent houseguests and evening soirees. On their other side, they passed the formal dining room with its long table and westward-facing windows that caught the sunset on the pond, and finally arrived at the octagonal-shaped room where her mother spent most of her time.

The music salon was no less exquisitely built than the rest of the modern chateau, but it was kept free of carpets and pollen and other dust-producers so as to preserve Madame’s voice. Like her bedroom, the windows were triple-paned and the humidity carefully monitored and controlled. The grand piano was played every day while she exercised her vocal cords.

Today Estelle was surrounded by her entourage of assistants, agents, and designers along with some of Oriel’s favorite aunties and cousins.

“Chou. At last.” Estelle came forward to embrace Oriel, kissing each of her cheeks.

Madame Estelle was only five and a half feet tall, but she was such an imposing presence she seemed to be at least six and a half.

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