Found: One Secret Baby. Nancy Holland

do a lot more than apologize. He wanted to bring back the smile she’d greeted him with. He wanted to watch those bare toes wiggle in her sandals.

      He was in deep trouble here.

      “Are we finished, Mr. Danby?” Rosalie’s anger added an extra degree of chill to the words.

      “There’s still the matter of your mother’s paintings.”

      She’d forgotten about them. “You don’t have them with you.”

      He smiled, but she ignored the illusion of interest in his eyes. He wouldn’t fool her again.

      “They’ve been sold,” he told her.

      “What?”

      “A woman came into the gallery while I was showing them to my friend, fell in love with them, and insisted on buying them both.”

      Rosalie ignored the little burst of pleasure at the idea of a total stranger loving her mother’s work and leaned back to give him an icy stare.

      “Neither you nor your friend were authorized to sell them.”

      “We explained that to the lady. My friend agreed to hold them for her until you can sign the appropriate contracts.”

      “What if I don’t want to sell them?”