![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Ears like a bat,’ he said in his normal deep baritone. ![]() What kind of stone do you want?’ ‘Diamond.’ ‘Colour?’ ‘White.’ ‘An excellent choice,’ said Caroline from up ahead and Max grinned ruefully. ‘I need a cocktail dress,’ Evie whispered back. ‘No one makes your brother do anything.’ ‘He’s my role model,’ whispered Max as they followed the doyenne of the house down the hall. Your brother’s here, by the way.’ ‘You summoned him home as well?’ ‘He came of his own accord,’ she said dryly. ‘Introducing my soon-to-be daughter-in-law to family and friends is not fuss,’ said Max’s mother reprovingly. That way Evie will have a ring on her finger when she attends the cocktail party I’m hosting for the pair of you tonight.’ ‘You didn’t have to fuss,’ said Max as he set their overnight cases just inside the door beside a wide staircase. I’m sure he’ll have something more than suitable. ‘I can, of course, make an appointment for you with my jeweller this afternoon. There was so much choice I, ah.couldn’t decide.’ ‘Indeed,’ said Caroline, before turning to Max. ‘No engagement ring?’ queried Caroline with the lift of an elegant eyebrow. ![]() In truth, in the six years she’d known him, Max had barely mentioned his mother other than to say she’d never been the maternal type and that she set exceptionally high standards for everything be it a manicure or the behaviour of her husbands or her sons. ![]()
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