Retaining His Bride (A Completed Novella)

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Sincerely,
Nathan,.
18th June 2021

CHAPTER 1

Weddings -how Clio Caldwell loathed them. Just the thought of white gowns and floral bouquets and "until death do us part" vows sent shivers of dread coursing through her.

Not because brides were among the most demanding clients she encountered at Maids in Chelsea, her elite agency for hospitality and domestic staff. Or because of her own failed marriage that had ended five years ago.

Those were the reasons she gave her friends when they teased her about her aversion to matters matrimonial. The hurt she kept hidden deep in her soul was the wedding she'd walked away from fifteen years ago. She'd broken the heart of the man she'd adored. He had punished her by never speaking to her again. After all those years, just the mention of the word wedding revived an underlying regret and a nagging sense of "what if."

But avoiding weddings was difficult in Clio's line of business. Her agency provided impeccably trained staff for weddings and any other social function that needed discreet and reliable help. Occasionally one of her clients called in a favour and asked her to organise a wedding. Like Sir Michael Broderick, whose initial patronage had given her the big break that had sent the fledgling Maids in Chelsea business soaring.

She owed the older man and Sir Michael knew it. That was how London society operated. He had insisted that no one but Clio would do to organise his daughter's lavish winter wedding. The thought of planning a wedding on that scale had been daunting. But, Clio being Clio, she had pulled out all the stops to ensure the bride's big day would be memorable.

She'd started today buoyant that all was on track for the wedding. Now, less than twenty-four hours before the nuptials were due to start, catastrophe had struck. The wedding photographer-the one all the brides clamoured for-had just called to say he was in hospital with two broken legs. And no, he was not prepared to shoot the wedding from a wheelchair-even when Clio had offered to double, then triple, his already astronomical fee.