Modern Box Set 1-4 Nov 2020 by Lynne Graham
Author:Lynne Graham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2020-10-01T22:21:35+00:00
CHAPTER TWO
INTERVIEWER ONE: And you say that he approached you?
MS KEATING: Is that so hard to believe?
INTERVIEWER TWO: If you could just answer the question.
MS KEATING: He approached me.
SEBASTIAN ROHAN DE LUEN, raised the cut-crystal glass of whisky into the air, clinking it against the champagne flute, and relished the feeling of pure unadulterated pleasure running through his veins.
âTo a dish best served cold,â he proclaimed, before taking a very welcome mouthful of ice-cold peaty alcohol. âI couldnât have done it without you, so thank you.â
He looked into a pair of dark eyes outlined with thick kohl and most likely devastatingly attractive to anyone other than him. But heâd known Aliah for far too long and for that entire time theyâd been united by one goal to the exclusion of all else. And that had clearly altered the usual dynamic he engaged in with women. Objectively, she was incredibly beautiful, but...
No. Nothing.
âAnd I wouldnât be here without you, so thank you,â Aliah replied sincerely.
âDare I ask what youâre going to do with your new-found freedom?â Sebastian asked before taking another sip of his drink.
âI have some business to attend to.â
âHow suitably cryptic,â he observed wryly, genuinely uninterested. They had both played their part. Now it was time to...
âAnd you?â Aliahâs melodic voice slid into his thoughts. âBack to Siena? Or will you be visiting Maria while youâre in town?â
Sebastian couldnât help the way his lips curved into a smile at the thought of his younger sister. Even if she had recently done the last thing heâd ever expected and run off with a Swiss billionaire on the eve of his best friendâs engagement party.
âMaria has found herself a husband and is presently living on the edge of Lake Lucerne,â he managed to say without betraying his distrust of Matthieu Montcour, his very new brother-in-law.
âOh. Thatâs lucky.â
âIs it?â
âSome might say. Is she well?â Aliah asked, her genuine interest for his sister lessening his anger for the moment.
âSheâs nearly eight months pregnant, so Iâm guessing that she is.â
âThatâs wonderful,â she said, and Sebastian didnât miss the note of longing, or the slight sheen that dusted the edges of her dark eyes. âUncle Sebastian, now that is a sight Iâd like to see.â Aliahâs smile was both mocking and envious, the shadows hinting at the unhealed wounds from the recent separation from her own family. âIndulge them and appreciate them,â she commanded.
âI do,â Sebastian replied honestly. âThat is why it had to happen now,â he said, his grip momentarily tightening on the thick glass. âBefore Mariaâs child is born. A fresh start and the past behind us.â
âIâll drink to that,â she said, gently tapping the rim of her glass against his.
As the amber liquid burned down his throat Sebastian wondered if that feeling of peace would come now that everything was as it should be. A feeling that heâd been chasing for ten years that nothing and no willing woman had been able to appease.
With his father finally settled with his stepmother Valeria
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