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His dark brown eyes studied her face intently. “You had nightmares?”
She took a sip of the drink and forced herself to relax. Wade was already on his way and in a few hours, she was going to be gearing up for the battle.
She needed liquid courage.
“Yes.” Taking a deep breath, she rolled her shoulders and stared at him. “It was bad. And just as I woke from it, Wade called. The man has some sort of homing device when it comes to me.”
“He loves you.” David had been skeptical and suspicious before, but he had grudgingly realized that Wade Bramwell loved his sister to distraction. The man’s fame and fortune were daunting and he was intimidating as hell, but when it came to Remi, he was incredibly vulnerable and protective.
“He does. And I had to piss him off by insinuating that he was hooking up with some Italian hottie.” She grimaced. “He had one day left on his trip and is cutting it short for me. Because I cannot get a handle on these blasted nightmares.” She shook her head,
“Anyway, that’s what’s happening with me. He wants a baby.”
“I thought you were okay with that?”
“I don’t know how to be a mother. Lousy history, remember?”
“And we already established that you are not her and I am not him.” He reached for his own fruit drink and gulped it down.
“I am sorry to bring it up-“
“It’s fine.” His eyes burned with bad memories. “You spent your childhood taking care of me and shielding me from him. You got the brunt of everything and you deserve some happiness. Wade makes you happy and you should not take that for granted.”
She studied his handsome face and the slash of temper there.
“Hey.” Reaching over, she placed a hand over his. “I did not mean for you to get angry. I am dealing with it.”
“And thinking that you will make a lousy mother.”
“Wade gave me the week to think it through.”
“And?”
She sighed. “I want to have a baby with him. Before Wade, I would never even entertain the idea. But he makes me yearn for things, to hope that somehow, I will be better, do better.” She took another sip and closed her eyes briefly.
“Then you need to put the guy out of his misery.”
“Still thinking,” she muttered. “Now enough about me. How is the case going?”
“It’s going.” He gave a noncommittal shrug and tore into his spicy vegetable and chicken wrap. “Keeping me on my toes.” He gave her a critical look. Remi was beautiful and even though she might not think so, it was clear to see.
She had a flawless cocoa brown complexion, thick dark brown hair with added highlights to the end and eyes of liquid brown. She wore her weight very well and since she had hooked up with Bramwell, her clothes were decidedly expensive and of excellent taste.
Today she was wearing raspberry red pants and a yellow silk blouse under her jacket. Her smile, when she bothered to do so, could throw one for a curve and reveal the deep dimple in her left cheek.
“You are being modest,” she chided him.
“I am being cautious,” he corrected dryly. “How is the design coming along?”
“I ordered some special fabrics from India and the damn thing was delayed.” She grimaced. “I don’t want anyone to think or say that it’s because of my relationship with Wade that I can get away with not finishing on time.”
“You have always been a professional.”
“Damn straight.” She glanced at the fancy smartwatch Wade had brought her from one of his travels. The man insisted on heaping her with expensive stuff and nothing she said was making an impression.
“Speaking of which, I have to meet with the hotel manager to discuss the color for the ballroom.” Finishing her drink, she leaned forward to kiss him on the cheek. “Come over for dinner on Sunday.”
“You are going to want to be alone with your man for the weekend. He has been away for almost a week,” David pointed out.
