The Betrayed Trilogy Boxed Set by Mary Campisi

Author:Mary Campisi [Campisi, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781940921167
Publisher: Mary Campisi Books, LLC

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“I hear he’s gorgeous.”

Quinn continued brushing his teeth and ignored his wife’s comment. Only one person would be blabbing about something that was not her business and throwing in ridiculous words like gorgeous. His sister. Annie loved romance, intrigue, underdogs, and collecting strays—especially human ones. That’s why she was a social worker, why she rescued Chester, a lab mix she found wandering the streets, and why she married Michael Sorbonne, the absent-minded, brilliant doctor-husband who forgot to get haircuts, pick up dry cleaning, and remember his wife’s birthday.

“Weren’t you going to tell me about Arianna’s fiancé?”

“He’s not her fiancé.” Quinn set his toothbrush in the holder, rinsed his mouth, and faced his wife. Eve Burnes still sucked the air from his lungs when he looked at her. He’d never wanted a wife, never wanted a child, or a home with a backyard and a swing set because that spoke of permanency and there was too much opportunity for hurt when a person thought long term. He had always been all about self-preservation, which meant no attachments. That’s what happens when your mother up and disappears, leaving you with a despondent father, an anxiety-ridden kid sister, and the truth, which wasn’t what everyone thought it was. His mother hadn’t been abducted at all. She’d made her weekly visit to the grocery store one afternoon and walked out of their lives until her return last year. A truth like that can mess with a person’s ability to trust anyone.

But Eve had shown him what love could be like. She’d given him another chance to believe—in himself, in love, in the goodness of others. That last one only extended so far. He was a lawyer by trade and a skeptic by nature. Besides, she was referring to the man who had hurt Arianna.

“Okay.” Eve grabbed a brush and ran it through her dark hair. “I guess I’ll just have to ask Arianna.”

Right. As if she would provide the humiliating details of the man who’d ditched her ten days before the wedding and then suddenly reappeared to offer his undying love and limitless bank account.

“He’s not her fiancé,” Quinn repeated, taking the brush from his wife and setting it on the counter. He sifted his fingers through her hair and pulled her to him. “And never ask a guy about gorgeous. It’s not in his vocabulary.”

Her full lips twitched. Twice. “You have a point there. Annie says they were crazy in love, didn’t leave each other’s side from almost the moment they met. What could have happened?”

Quinn planted a soft kiss on the side of her neck. Distraction was the key here. If she became more interested in other…pursuits…she might forget about Arianna and her reckless ex-fiancé. He ran his tongue along the column of her neck…

“Quinn.” Eve stepped back, away from his tongue and his touch. “Doesn’t it bother you that maybe they still love each other?”

Was that a prompt to say yes? He couldn’t do it. “It bothers me that I want to take my wife to bed and she’s more interested in finding out about another man.

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