The Greek's Pregnant Bride

He laughed. ‘He must have been delighted to know we’d fallen apart.’

‘No,’ she said thoughtfully. ‘When he realised I was actually in love with you, the chip he’d been carrying went. He became my brother again.’

His lips were so close to hers. She craned her neck forward, suddenly desperate to feel them upon her, to be cradled in his embrace but he gripped her neck at the side, gently but with enough firmness to stop her moving.

‘So, you do love me?’ For the first time she saw his vulnerability.

‘Yes. I love you. With everything I have.’

She’d hardly finished speaking before his mouth crushed hers, his essence filling her with such sweetness the tears really did fall.

‘Oh, my love,’ he said, wiping her tears away. ‘I never want to see you cry.’

‘They’re happy tears,’ she said with a sniff. ‘You’re not the only one who’s always felt unworthy—I’ve spent my whole life feeling like a poisoned chalice, put on Earth to destroy anyone who gets close to me.’ She stroked his cheek. ‘I wanted you to employ Kerstin because I thought she was the perfect woman for you.’

Incredulity spread over his face. ‘You were trying to engineer me being with her?’

could make you happy. You wouldn’t have to

off by a hard, possessive

made sacrifices. I would make them again a thousand times over.’ He bowed his head and

everything,’

a fortnight without Christian, she had a little insight into what he must have gone through. She would never be able to forgive him, not for

‘I love you, Christian.’

‘Always.’

‘Always.’

And they did.

EPILOGUE

‘IT’S A GIRL!’

her husband, who announced it in unison while the midwife held the baby—her daughter—up for

the table, bed or whatever it was she was laid upon, raining kisses all over her face, muttering prayers and thanks

are wonderful,’ he said into her

pretty wonderful yourself.’ She laughed, stroking his

good to