Tempted By The Royal. Michelle Celmer

      As the day of Fiona and Scott’s wedding drew nearer, Molly saw less and less of Eric. She knew that all the details for the wedding had been taken care of so there was no reason for him to hang around. No reason except that he’d said they would figure things out together and it was kind of hard to figure things out with somebody who was never around.

      She knew he was involved in meetings with the Minister of Economic Development and that those meetings were somehow related to the potential expansion of Scott’s business, but to Molly, it was just further proof that she couldn’t rely on anyone but herself. And even she wasn’t so dependable these days, with the way her mind was spinning in circles contemplating all of the possibilities—go back to Texas/stay in Tesoro del Mar/return to her job/sell the restaurant/buy a time-share in Timbuktu.

      Okay, so maybe that last option wasn’t a realistic one, but she was so desperate for a solution, she was willing to consider almost anything.

      Anything except marriage.

      Not that Eric had brought up the subject since the night he’d first learned that she was pregnant, which led her to hope that he’d come to his senses. And she was grateful for that. The last thing she needed or wanted was to be pressured into marriage by a man who was intent on doing “the right thing.”

      But what did she want?

      Unfortunately, that was a question to which she didn’t have an answer.