His E-Mail Order Wife. KRISTI GOLD
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“Where did you meet her, son?” his father asked.
In my hallway this morning.
Nope, Drew couldn’t say that. The fewer people who knew about the scheme, the better. Not to protect Lilly, but to protect Kristina. “At a singles’ club.” That sounded logical and a modified version of the truth.
“A singles’ club?” His mother sounded exasperated and looked as though she might actually lose her composure. “What do you know about her? Is she suitable?”
Drew couldn’t contain his sarcasm over the third degree. “Well, Mom, actually she’s a stripper I picked up in some dive off Michigan Avenue. I tipped her good and she came home with me.”
Emma paled and laid a hand on her chest beneath the string of cultured pearls. “Oh…my…goodness.”
“I think he’s kidding, Emma,” Grant said. “If you’ll recall, Lilly told us she’s a kindergarten teacher.”
“She is?” Drew blurted out, then cleared his throat. “I meant, yes, she is. A very good one. Amanda loves her.” That was the absolute truth.
Emma sank into the chair across from Drew’s desk. “I hope you know what you’re doing this time, Drew.”
In other words, Drew thought, don’t make the same mistakes you made with your first wife. “I know what I’m doing, Mother. I’m not some college kid caught in the throes of hormones.”
Emma once again composed her features. “What is this woman’s name?”
At least he knew that much. “Kristina Simmons.”
“Does she live in the city?”
Obviously Lilly had left out a few important details when she’d spilled the beans. “She lives very close to me.”
Emma’s smile was tentative. “In your neighborhood?”
No way around the truth since his parents would eventually find out. “Not just in my neighborhood. She lives with me.”
Emma’s eyes went wide. “Oh, Drew, that shouldn’t be going on with Amanda in the house.”
Little did his mother know, that wasn’t going on at all, at least not beyond Drew’s imagination. “Don’t panic, Mother. She has her own room. We decided on the living arrangement since we thought it best to get to know each other better, to make sure we’re compatible before we take the plunge.”
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