Straight Up

Merci Crandall The last time I'd seen Ryan, he had left me heartbroken, ashamed, and put me into a car and sent me home. I still loved him, but I was even more determined to forget all about him after learning that he and his wife were expecting their first child. Apparently, all his talk about leaving her was a lie. However, I have a fantastic new job as a personal assistant to the partner of one of the most prestigious law firms in the state. I'm finally an independent woman, and for the first time in my life, everything's perfect – well, almost. If I could just forget about the man who had changed everything for me. Only he keeps popping up in the most unexpected places… Ryan West My wife, Tricia, was expecting. It was our first, and I was more determined than ever to make our marriage work. I wanted our child to feel loved and needed, especially after knowing how it felt to be a means to an end with my parents. I once loved Tricia, and we would both have to work hard on our relationship. So, I arranged for her to join me at one of my resorts in the Caribbean. I would leave all thoughts of Merci behind. But try as hard as I could, I couldn't get her out of my mind. Everywhere I still saw her face and heard her whimsical laughter. But was that just my imagination…