They’d just agreed on their first new member when a knock sounded on his office door. “Come in.”
He straightened when Mac strode in, expression unusually tense. He didn’t acknowledge Lachlan’s guests, which wasn’t like him. “Sir, may we speak in private?”
Lachlan always chafed when Mac called him sir, but now it felt worse since they were actually going to be family. Last night, Robyn called her father while Lachlan called his siblings to tell them they were engaged. Mac was happy for them, stopping by the house this morning to congratulate them. And while they joked about Mac becoming his father-in-law, it was actually bloody weird.
Though not weird enough to stop Lachlan from marrying his daughter.
At Mac’s strange tension, Lachlan excused himself and strode out of the room with Mac to find a private corner in the main reception. “What’s going on?”
Mac heaved an exhale. “I’ve just called Robyn up from Eredine’s studio.”
She’d gone there to join Eredine’s class that morning. Ery had grown distant with everyone since Lucy’s betrayal and refused to talk about it. Lachlan was frustrated and beyond concerned at this point, but Robyn insisted on patiently worming her way into Eredine’s trust. Arrochar, being closest to Ery, had agreed that it was the only way to play it. She needed time, and all they could do was show her they weren’t going anywhere while she processed what had happened.
“What’s going on?”
“Security was called out to the gates. By Regan Penhaligon.”
Jesus Christ.
Lachlan scrubbed a hand over his face. “She’s here?”
“Jock’s escorting her cab up to the castle as we speak.”
Lachlan strode toward the main entrance, and out of his peripheral, he noted Wakefield hurrying across the room to get to the door before he could. He nodded at the man as Wakefield pulled one of the doors open to let him and Mac pass.
The gravel kicked beneath his feet as he saw the vehicles approaching up the long drive.
Movement caught his attention, and he turned to see Robyn jogging up the path from the direction of the studio. He and Mac hurried to meet her.
“My sister?” she asked Mac without preamble as Lachlan pulled his fiancée into his side.
Mac nodded. “Got visual ID. Definitely Regan.”
Robyn exhaled a deep breath, eyes glued to the cab as it followed a Range Rover.
“You okay?” Lachlan asked, pressing a kiss to her temple.
She nodded, patting his chest in reassurance. “Relieved, worried, anxious, furious, concerned, ragey, curious … plus a million other complicated feelings I can’t get into right now.”
“Why do you think she’s here?” Mac asked.
The cab rolled to a stop.
“I guess we’re about to find out,” Robyn murmured.
The back door of the cab flew open abruptly; a foot encased in a spiked, bright blue stiletto appeared first. The body that followed belonged to a beautiful redhead dressed in a bright blue dress with a conservative neckline and a very unconservative hemline.
Her copper-red hair hung around her shoulders in stylized waves.
She stared at the three of them for a second and then one hand flew to her hip. She cocked it and grinned, revealing two appealing dimples.
There was something wild in Regan’s smile.
Knowing what he knew, Lachlan braced himself.
He had the sudden sense of foreboding that Ardnoch’s peace and tranquility was about to be disturbed.
“Hey, sis.” Regan winked at Robyn. “Did you miss me?”
Coming Soon
THERE WITH YOU
The Adair Family Series #2
For Regan Penhaligon, there’s no better place to run to than the exclusive Ardnoch Estate in the remote Scottish Highlands. Her impulsive behavior has finally caught up with her and Regan’s visit with her sister, Robyn, is an opportunity to hide from someone who has grown dangerously obsessed with her.
Determined to make amends for her mistakes, Regan plans to repair her relationship with Robyn by staying close. And when an offer of help comes from Thane Adair, Regan gratefully accepts.
Widower, Thane, needs a new nanny housekeeper for his two young children and when they bond with Regan Penhaligon, he offers her the job. But as the weeks pass and the complex American reveals who she really is, Thane struggles with his growing attraction to her.
Regan never expected to feel so intensely for Thane, but she can’t deny her passion for him or her love for his children. When someone from Thane’s past threatens his family, Regan wants to be his pillar of support. However, his continued inability to trust her might just destroy their chance at any future happiness… if the person who drove Regan to Ardnoch doesn’t snuff out her chance for any kind of future at all.
OUT AUGUST 23rd 2021
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