Wed for the Spaniard’s Redemption by Chantelle Shaw

Author:Chantelle Shaw [Shaw, Chantelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781474087940
Published: 2019-05-28T15:11:04+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

RAFAEL STROLLED THROUGH the marble and gold entrance hall in the Casillas mansion, clearly designed to impress, with a champagne flute in one hand and a smile on his lips that anyone who knew him well—which only his sister did—would realise was entirely fake. He stopped to speak to his uncle, but although he was fond of Tio Alvaro, who was one of his supporters, Rafael’s attention was on the grand staircase where he expected to see Juliet appear.

Where the hell was his wife?

When he had knocked on the door of her dressing room before he’d come down to greet the guests who were arriving for his grandfather’s birthday party Sofia had called out that Juliet would be ready in ten minutes. That had been a quarter of an hour ago, and Rafael was growing concerned that she did not want to leave her room because she was afraid of being subjected to another frosty reception from certain members of his family.

He had barely seen her for the past two days, while he had been at work at the Casillas Group’s head office in Valencia. He’d arranged for her to go shopping with a personal stylist who would advise her on a new wardrobe, and Sofia had offered to look after Poppy. However, Rafael had yet to see if the stylist had been successful in finding some clothes which suited Juliet’s figure.

She had been fast asleep in his bed by the time he’d returned to the mansion late in the evenings, after long days of business meetings. And, aware that she had only recently recovered from the virus that had made her so unwell, he had been reluctant to disturb her and had slept on the sofa in his dressing room again.

But she had been on his mind a lot. Too much. Instead of concentrating on what was being said at the meetings he had found himself thinking of Juliet when they had been at the pool. He’d pictured her in that light blue swimsuit which matched the startling blue of her eyes. The clingy material had revealed her slender figure and small, round breasts. She was as fragile as a bird, and when he’d seen that scar on her leg, before she had quickly wrapped her robe around her to hide it from him, he’d been struck once again by her mix of vulnerability and incredible courage.

The realisation that Juliet might have died along with her parents in the car accident, and that he might never have met her, disturbed Rafael more than it should. After all, it was not as if she meant anything to him. He kept his affairs short and sweet, aware of the damage that the unstable mix of emotions and relationships could produce. His mother had followed her heart when she’d eloped with his father, and Rafael was the damaged product of his parents’ messed-up lives.

‘It is a big night for you tonight, eh?’ said Tio Alvaro.

Rafael nodded his head, not entirely sure what his uncle meant.

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