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“Oh, don’t you worry about that,” Ingrid said, crossing to her chair and sitting down in front of her uneaten breakfast “He loves the chance to throw around his weight a little and get people to ju didn’t reach her eyes which had lost a little of their spark “Anyway, he’s locked up in his study with Joey for the day The good news is Antoine Alstar should be here in a few hours to start your dress”
“So soon?” Ruby asked, keeping her gaze locked on the bits of breakfast she’d pushed around her plate instead of eating
“It’s Tuesday,” Ingrid said “Saturday is only four days away”
The clock was ticking for Elskov If the Aht, and he had no reason to doubt them since their infore was supposed to have happened this week The question was, had the wedding moved the timeline up or pushed it back? Either way, he didn’t have time to waste on flowers and ribbons
“Mom, you know you’ve always been sothan I am,” Ruby said “I’d like to be able to show Luc a bit of the island, not to mention take a shower, before Antoine and everyone else shows up and things get crazy”
Disappointrid’s face but disappeared almost so fast, he could convince himself he’d been mistaken if it hadn’t been for the way Ruby flinched next to hilaring eyes and a murderous expression walked in The Sparroas back and he was pissed
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Ruby should have expected it The Sparroasn’t one to pussyfoot around anyone, not even her father That made him not only rare but a one-of-a-kind commodity on Fare Island Add to that the fact that he was the closest thing she’d ever had to a protector, and she couldn’t do anything but sit there with herroom
The Sparrow took one look at all of the wedding paraphernalia and let out a snort of disgust “I don’t like it”
Her hed “Now, Hamish”
Harown up with the man and had never known his first or last name Everyone simply called him the Sparrow—except, it seemed, for her mother
“I know it’s not aze pinned her to her spot “I thought you were getting out Marrying this one just pulls you in even deeper”
Not telling him this was her escape from this life seemed like a betrayal, but she couldn’t, not yet, uilt stole the words from her mouth
“You say that as if you don’t appreciate the kind of life we live,” Lucas said as he toyed with one of the e the silky ers
Everything about him seemed calm, from the placid look on his face to the nonchalant slouch of his shoulders, but it was a lie, a con The orgas ether inside her because despite the visual proof to the contrary, she couldn’t help but feel the conflict pulling at Lucas He ood man, but he was an honorable one, and the lies he had to tell were starting to take their toll It ray word like theirs