Vegas Vows, Texas Nights by Charlene Sands

Vegas Vows, Texas Nights by Charlene Sands

Author:Charlene Sands
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-10T14:12:04+00:00


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Luke sat as his desk at Boone Inc. staring at the computer screen, too absorbed in what he was about to do to concentrate on work. He glanced at his watch. It was almost time for him to end his marriage to Katie. However short-lived, he’d loved thinking of her as his wife. But that would be over soon. His attorney was due any second now.

Luke rose from his desk and walked over to the stocked bar in the corner of his office. He picked out the finest bourbon on the shelf and poured himself a drink. He needed fortification today to go through with this. It was what Katie wanted and the last thing she’d said to him as he’d walked out her door. She didn’t want his love. She wanted a divorce.

And now he was about to grant her wish.

He took a large gulp. The alcohol burned this throat going down, but it also helped soothe his wrecked heart. He couldn’t hold on to Katie if she didn’t want him. Didn’t love him.

Only, he believed she did. She was just too frightened to admit it.

Katie wasn’t easy. She wouldn’t have made love to him if she wasn’t emotionally involved. He knew by the way she sizzled from his touch, the way she’d kissed him back so passionately she’d nearly bowled him over. The way she’d granted him her body so generously when he’d worshipped her. It wasn’t just sex between them but if she refused to admit her feelings, what else could he do?

Every bone in his body rebelled at what was about to happen, but he cared about her enough to let her go. To free her from their secret marriage so she wouldn’t lose the love of her sister, her mother.

The knock on the door came too quickly. He swallowed another swig of his drink. “Come in,” he said, setting the tumbler down on his desk. He stared at the door as if it’d bite him and was relieved to find his brother Risk walking in instead of Carmine Valencia, his attorney.

“Hey,” Risk said.

“Hey back at ya. What’s up?”

“Nothing much. April’s out with the rest of the bridesmaids, going for fittings or something. Want to have lunch at the Farmhouse Grill? My treat. I have a few hours to kill and I’m craving their pulled pork sliders.”

Luke shook his head. He’d deliberately set his appointment with Carmine in the Boone Inc. offices rather than at Rising Springs. It wouldn’t do to parade his lawyer in front of his relatives. “Sorry, no can do. I have an appointment in a little while.”

“Someone more important than your brother?” Risk chuckled and then glanced at the near empty bourbon tumbler on his desk. “You’re drinking this early? Whenever I used to drink before four, it had something to do with a woman.”

“Those days are over for you. Lucky you.”

Risk moved farther into the room and pinned him with a sober look. “Hey, why the bitterness? What’s going on?”

Luke sighed.



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