The Greek's Pregnant Bride

Chapter 40

She eyed him, lines appearing in her brow. ‘And what if I have to fly off at a moment’s notice? Will you show me the same latitude?’ The challenge was there, from the jut of her chin to the tone of her voice. ‘I have a career of my own too, remember?’

‘Our marriage is going to take time to shake down,’ he conceded, wishing he could be in his jet right now. He didn’t want to deal with her anger or acknowledge the suspicion emanating from her eyes. That was not what they were about. They were two individuals able to lead their lives to their own needs, not justify their whims and absences to each other. He shouldn’t feel any guilt. ‘We will find a path that suits us both.’

She nodded slowly but when she spoke her voice was fractionally warmer. ‘So long as you don’t expect all the compromise and sacrifice to come from my end.’

‘I don’t expect that.’

‘Good.’ After a moment of silence, she jerked her head in another nod. ‘Have a safe trip.’

He mimicked her movement. ‘I’ll see you at the chapel.’

CHAPTER NINE

been primped and preened by

Ready?

never be ready.

it had

Christian and she would

Zayed, who had arrived together the night before, had both offered to give her away. She’d been touched by the offers but had declined.

only two people she would have wanted to walk her down the aisle and one of those was dead. The other

was going ahead for one reason and one reason only: their baby. That was what she needed to focus on. It was all she should focus on—not Christian or the way he’d flown off to New York at a moment’s notice. Or her suspicions that there was more to his impromptu trip than business. Or those horrible hours waiting for him to return while

Do. Not. Trust.

had to trust him with regard to

that very moment he stood in the chapel waiting for

he’d called to say he was back in Athens had

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