The Maid’s Spanish Secret by Dani Collins

Author:Dani Collins
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2019-06-13T17:26:16+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

POPPY WOKE DAZED and tender and alone. She sat up, looking for the baby monitor without finding it. It was daylight. The clock said 9:10 a.m.

She looked at the pillow, but even though both of their suitcases were still standing near the foot of the bed, his pillow was undented.

After making love, they had dozed, caught their breath, then made love again. She had a vague recollection of him leaving after that. She hadn’t been able to move or even ask where he was going, but apparently he hadn’t come back.

Which put a hollow ache in her chest.

Waking alone felt like a terrible start to their marriage. She had thought his passion meant he wanted her. After soaring through the heavens most of the night, she was juddering back to earth, landing hard as she realized he might want her physically, but that was all.

She put on yesterday’s clothes and scowled at her pale face in the mirror. Her hair stuck out like shocks of lightning and she couldn’t even get a brush through it. She wanted to check on Lily before she showered, though. She grabbed the mass together in a fat ponytail and walked out in search.

A glance into the room where Lily had slept showed the single bed had also been slept in. Her heart panged at the evidence he hadn’t had insomnia. He’d preferred to sleep apart from her. Were they to have a marriage like his parents? One based on “shared values”?

They shared two things—a child and passion. It might be enough to build on, but relationships were a two-way street. If he was going to put literal walls between them, they didn’t stand a chance.

Telling herself this was only Day One and she needed to give this time, she continued to the lounge.

She found Rico on the sofa, reading his tablet and nursing a coffee. Lily was on a blanket nearby, working her way through a box of unfamiliar toys. She gave a scolding cry when Poppy appeared and held up her arms, demanding a cuddle where she rested her head on Poppy’s shoulder while Poppy rubbed her back. Lily was a resilient little thing, but they both needed the reassurance of a hug after facing all these recent changes.

“Why didn’t you wake me when she got up?” She hid behind their daughter, mouth muffled against Lily’s hair while she kept her lashes lowered, too nervous of what she might see in his eyes to meet his gaze.

“I wanted to let you sleep.” His voice rasped across her nerve endings, waking her to sensual memory without any effort at all. Maybe it was the words, the suggestion that he had worn her out—which he had.

“She’s had toast and banana,” he added. “The housekeeper is making us a proper breakfast. It should be ready shortly.”

“I could have cooked.”

“We pay her to do it.”

Lily pointed at the toys and Poppy set her down to continue playing.

“Thank you.” Poppy hugged herself. “I’m not used to anyone getting up with her.

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