Читать книгу The Texan's Engagement Agreement - Noelle Marchand - Страница 3

Chris couldn’t discern any pain or fear on his father’s face to show that his heart was bothering him again.

He was flushed, but it only seemed to be with excitement, so Chris reluctantly allowed his attention to be drawn elsewhere.

It landed on the woman standing just in front of his father. She was beautiful. She was familiar. She was achingly familiar.

He caught her chin, tilted her face upward and got lost in the ocean of her blue eyes. “Adelaide.”

A fleeting smile touched her lips. “Hello, Chris.”

“What are you doing here?”

Olan slapped Chris’s back just hard enough to knock some sense into him. “Son, is that any way to greet your fiancée?”

Time slowed. Chris knew exactly what was going to happen. The truth was going to come out. He could almost see the disbelief, the shock, the disappointment on his father’s face. His imagination went even further until he saw Olan’s face whiten, his hand covering his heart as he sank to his knees in pain. Chris couldn’t let that happen. Instinctively, he caught Adelaide by the arms, then stifled whatever she’d been planning to say with a quick, ardent kiss.