CHAPTER 88 -THE PARTY-MERINA

Joyce ushered them in and left Jonathon greeting the other guests. “Don’t worry about anything. Lily, I must handle something outside, and it will consume most of the night. Could you handle the caterer in the kitchens? The fool overreacts once more. Joyce said to another staff member before she scurried off. She turned to Merina. “He excelled in his profession, yet he possessed the artistic temperament to match.”

“Now, Conner pulled the overbearing laird thing on you too? What excuse did he sucker you into marriage with? Jonathon used the excuse. You’re pregnant with my heir and no one in my family is born on the wrong side of the blanket.”

This admission left Merina blinking in surprise. This was unexpected. “So, you have a child?”

“Our daughter was born four months after we married.”

“Ah, well, if I didn’t marry him. My father would stay in jail, and I’d join him.”

“That sounds like one of ‘the guys.’ I swear i