Free Married Again to the Millionaire by Margaret Mayo Page A

letting him see that she was still painfully weak where he was concerned and she needed to be careful, to be on her guard at all times, to make sure that it did not happen again. Otherwise he would have her back in his bed. Not because he loved her, she knew that there was no chance of that, but because he wanted Ethan and he knew that they came as a pair. In effect he would have the best of both worlds.
    After breakfast they walked along the river, they fed the ducks, they lunched at a riverside restaurant, and Ethan never stopped talking.
    He was a welcome diversion. This was what the weekend was supposed to be about. Ethan and Adam getting to know one another.
    To give him his due, he was very good with Ethan. They had long conversations and he didn’t try to impress his son again by splashing his money around.
    It was not until they got back to his apartment andEthan shot away to play with his new toys that she found herself once more alone with Adam.
    He had discovered what a joy Ethan was. How good it felt to have a son, his own flesh and blood. A little companion. Sienna had denied him that pleasure and he made no attempt now to hide his resentment. ‘I’ve enjoyed today with Ethan,’he said, ‘more than I thought possible. But I’ll never forgive you for keeping him a secret.’
    ‘Perhaps I should have told you sooner, but do you remember what our marriage was like, Adam? What do you think you would have done if I’d told you I was pregnant?’ Sienna’s brows drew into a swift frown. ‘Don’t answer that, allow me to. You’d have been angry, furious, in fact. You’d have said it was all my fault. You weren’t ready for children, or marriage for that matter.’
    ‘Maybe I wasn’t,’ he agreed, ignoring the hint of guilt at the back of his mind. ‘Nevertheless, you stole his first years from me, Sienna. I’ve missed out on seeing him learn to walk, to say his first words, all the cute little things that babies do.’
    ‘Cute little things?’ echoed Sienna, her eyes flaring. ‘When have you been interested in cute? You had time for no one, Adam Bannerman. No one, not even me.’
    ‘So how did we produce a baby if I had no time for you?’
    She tossed him a scornful glance, one that could have frozen water. ‘Because like all men there’s one thing that you cannot do without. But rest assured, Adam, it will never happen again.’
    Her demeanour, her whole attitude, fired him up and made him want to kiss her despite his anger. He knew that to do so would be fatal, but it did not stop himthinking about it. Sienna had grown spectacularly beautiful over the years. She had an added confidence about her now, a haughty look. He loved the way she tilted her chin, the way she challenged him. She’d been lovely before but the in-between years had turned her into one very stunning woman.
    Her rich chestnut hair seemed to have thickened and he was sorely tempted to run his fingers through it. Snatch her face close to his and kiss her fiercely. Her blue eyes were clear and bright and they danced with fire. Hell, he could feel himself hardening.
    It had definitely been a mistake suggesting they spend the whole weekend with him. He’d arranged it for his son’s sake, because he wanted to get to know Ethan, but the power of Sienna was in danger of overriding it.
    He had never expected to feel like this about her. He’d been as angry as hell when she had told him about Ethan, so angry he could have throttled her with his bare hands, and, yes, he still was angry. But now that he’d spent time again with Sienna he was beginning to realise how stupid he had been to let her go.
    And stupid also to think that there might be a future for them, because she’d made it crystal clear that it was not what she wanted.
    Even though she responded to his kisses!
    There was certainly more to Sienna than he had ever thought. Not only had she improved in looks, she had more guts, more of everything, in fact.
    Sienna did not