Married to the Maverick Millionaire by Joss Wood

Author:Joss Wood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2016-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

Eight

When Quinn returned from walking his family back to the promenade, he stepped into the main salon and dropped his head to bang it against the glass door.

“I think you’re right. I think you were swapped at birth,” Cal said, standing next to the dining table and looking at the remains of the meal she’d spent hours preparing. The filet of beef was virtually untouched, the blueberry cheesecake was intact and there was still half a dish of rosemary-and-garlic-roasted potatoes. “Could they not have told you they are now all vegetarians? That three of them are on a raw food diet?”

Quinn stepped away from the door. “On the plus side, they did polish off the steamed vegetables.”

“And a bottle of ten-year-old whiskey and three bottles of your best red wine.” Cal sniffed, thoroughly annoyed.

It had been over twelve years since she’d shared any time with the Rayne family, but Cal soon remembered why she and Quinn had spent most of her childhood hanging out at her house. His relatives were, quite simply, hard work and after an interminable evening Cal understood Quinn’s need to keep his distance.

Why couldn’t they see the man she did? The smart, funny, successful man who would love them, spoil them, if they gave him half the chance. He didn’t need to be a genius. Being Quinn—loyal, funny, responsible and mentally tough—should be enough.

“Jeez, why did they bother to come to dinner?” Cal demanded, stacking the dirty dinner plates and taking them to the kitchen. “They spent most of the time talking to each other and barely spoke to us.”

Quinn picked up the dirty wineglasses and placed them on the counter next to the dishwasher. “Ah, but they did express their reservations about our marriage and Ben did tell me that I am flaunting my wealth because I’m living on a yacht.”

“Ben is still the idiot I remember.” Cal rolled her eyes.

Quinn did another trip to clear the dining table and after placing some serving dishes in the dishwasher, he leaned against a counter and frowned. “Jack was more reserved than normal.”

Cal bit the inside of her lip and wondered whether she should express her opinion of his brother’s relationship with his long-term partner. Maybe she should just let sleeping dogs lie...

“He and Rob want to get married,” Quinn told her, pouring wine into two clean glasses. Cal took the glass he held out to her and smiled her thanks. Jack and Rob marrying would be a very bad idea, especially for Jack.

“Cal? Have you got something you want to share with me?”

Dammit. The man had a master’s degree in reading her body language. Cal slowly turned around, still not sure whether she had a right to say anything.

“Spit it out, Red,” Quinn commanded.

She’d never told anyone about the reality of her marriage to Toby and if she didn’t shut down this conversation, she’d end up telling Quinn her dirty little secret.

This wasn’t a conversation she could dip her toe into and back out of when the water got a bit chilly.

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