Married Again to the Millionaire by Margaret Mayo Read Free Book Online Page A

earn my money? Dammit, Sienna, I’ve had to work very hard to get where I am today. Nothing came easily. I admire your principles, you’re clearly instilling into Ethan the value of money and that is good, but—’
    Sienna did not wait for him to finish. ‘Actually, I think it would be best if—’
    ‘I’ll be there in half an hour.’
    The line went dead before she could protest further and Sienna suddenly realised that her son had crept up behind her.
    ‘Does Daddy have lots of money?’
    ‘Ethan, you should not have been listening.’
    ‘But does he, Mummy?’
    ‘It’s not important.’
    ‘Is he coming to see me?’
    Slowly she nodded and wrapped her arms about her son. ‘But he won’t be staying long because it’s almost time for bed. Do you understand?’
    Ethan nodded, sucking his thumb, something he’d done as a baby but Sienna had thought he’d got out of it. Although he had claimed to want to meet his father, he was clearly as nervous as she was.
    Ethan was looking through the window when Adam’s car pulled up outside. ‘Wow!’he exclaimed. ‘Is this him, Mummy? Look at his car!’
    It was the same black sports car that Adam had brought her home in last night and Sienna sighed. So much for her telling him not to show off. The whole street would be out looking at it in a few minutes. And she wasn’t wrong. Even before he had reached her door a band of youths appeared.
    She saw Adam say something to them and then hand over a note. It reminded her of a film she had seen. Pay them well and they would look after his car. This wasn’t the impression she had wanted to create. Maybe it would have been better to go to Adam’s place after all.
    But too late now. The bell rang and she hurried to open the door, and even though she knew that all Adam was interested in was his son, she could not stop her heart from racing when they came face to face.
    He wore a casual cotton sweater and jeans, and she appreciated that he’d dressed down for his first meeting with Ethan. He’d clearly thought everything through and did not want to overwhelm his son in a Savile Row suit and tie, but had he realised how much it would impact on her own senses?
    It was all she could do to drag her eyes away from him. A whole range of feelings danced through her limbs as she moved back stiffly for him to enter. Why did he have to be the sexiest man on earth? Why hadn’t she got over him? All these years she had thought her feelings dead and yet all it had taken was a steady look from those deep blue eyes to bring everything back to life.
    Of course she must deny it, even to herself. She wasdoing this for Ethan’s sake. Her own feelings didn’t enter into it.
    ‘You’d best come in. You’re causing quite a stir.’ She stood back for him to enter. The door led straight into her living room and Ethan had disappeared. For all his excitement he was suddenly shy.
    Adam brushed past her and the clean smell of him, the same musky aftershave that had aroused her senses last night, infiltrated her nostrils. Behind her back she clenched her fists.
    ‘You are all right with this?’ he enquired, pausing to look intently at her.
    Would it make any difference if I wasn’t? she asked beneath her breath. She hardly thought so. Adam was on a mission and nothing was stopping him.
    She nodded.
    ‘And Ethan?’
    ‘He’s anxious to meet you. I’m doing this for his sake, Adam, you do realise that?’
    The look in his eyes told her that he was very well aware of the fact that she had agreed to them meeting only because she thought it was right for their son. That if it had been left to her, she would not want anything to do with him ever again.
    ‘Where is he?’
    He looked around the room and Sienna could almost imagine him comparing it to his own sleek apartment. Too tiny, too cramped, the furniture too old. She jutted her chin without realising it, already on the defensive.
    Before she could answer Ethan’s head appeared around the