Page 24 of The CEO

“Yes, Mr. Danvers.” Adam put his arm around Bree’s shoulders. “Brianna is my wife and the mother of our child. Brianna, may I present Mr. Wade Danvers?”

“I’m pleased to meet you Mr. Danvers,” Bree extended her right hand.

Danvers shook it. “It’s nice to meet you, too, Brianna. May I call you Brianna?”

“Of course, but my friends call me Bree and I think we will be good friends.”

Wade crooked his arm. “Would you be so kind as to accompany me to meet my dear wife. I’m afraid she doesn’t get around like she used to. Arthritis in her knees has her confined to a wheelchair for these gatherings.”

Bree took his arm, then looked back at Adam and lifted her shoulders just a bit.

“Don’t worry, my dear, Bree. Adam will be right behind us.” Danvers turned and looked at Adam. “Follow us, would you dear boy?”

“Of course.” Adam shot Simon a triumphant grin.

When they arrived, the small, silver-haired woman in the wheelchair smiled broadly. She was lovely. Her hair was in a sleek chignon, and she wore a stylish black evening gown.

Wade released Bree’s arm, walked to his wife, and kissed her on the forehead. “How are you, my love?”

She patted his hand. “I’m fine, Wade.” Then she turned toward Bree and Adam. “You don’t have to worry about me. Introduce me to this lovely couple you’ve brought to see me.”

“Adam and Bree Kincaid, this is my wife, Stacy.”

Bree moved next to the woman and held out her right hand. “I’m very pleased to meet you.”

“And I you.” Stacy looked Bree up and down. “You are just the prettiest little thing. I love that dress. It looks like something I would have worn when I could still walk.”

“Thank you. I love it, too.” She ran a hand over her stomach. She loved the material. Even with all the crystals, the dress still felt wonderful. “When Adam said we were coming and to buy a new dress, I was thrilled. But listen to me. I’m just rambling.”

She extended her hand toward Adam. “I’m pleased to meet you, Mr. Kincaid.”

Adam smiled and turned his attention to Stacy. He took her hand and kissed the top. “Call me Adam, please.”

“Adam.” Stacy nodded. “Wade has told me a lot about you. He’s very enamored with you.” She chuckled. “I don’t mean that the way it sounds. He likes your business practices and that you’ve married. I understand you have a baby daughter?”

Bree grinned, her heartwarming with the thought of her baby daughter. “Oh, we do, and she said her first word today. Mama, while she reached for me, so she knows what is means, too.”

“That’s wonderful.” Stacy smiled. “I remember when our kids were that age. How old is your daughter, by the way?”

Bree couldn’t stop herself from the pride she felt being Lilly’s mother. “Lilly just turned eight months. She’s also turtle-crawling on the floor. We have to watch her like a hawk. I caught her half-way under the bed the other day.”

They all laughed.

“We did the same thing with our oldest. Being new parents is hard, but it gets easier with the next ones,” said Wade.

Adam and Bree looked at each other, agreeing in silence not to comment.

Bree would like nothing more than to have more children with Adam. She knew she was in love with him. She still missed Brad, but Adam had taken care of her. Made sure she got everything Brad had wanted her to get. Brad had left her a wealthy woman in her own right. She didn’t need or want Adam’s money. That was probably appealing to Adam, since his ex, Valerie, had been all about the money.

But Valerie had signed a prenup and got very little. Bree thought maybe he was feeling a little guilty over Valerie’s having had an affair. She knew he thought if he’d been home more often, it might not have happened. That was why he’d been generous with Valerie, giving her the condo they lived in and the car she drove.

Bree knew differently. She’d known the woman was cheating even before Valerie and Adam had married. Bree had tried telling Adam, but he was in love, or so he said, and didn’t listen to her, and Valerie had hurt him.

She turned her attention back to Stacy and Wade. “So, Wade, what does Danvers Industries actually do?”

Wade placed one hand behind his back and the other on Stacy’s shoulder. “We’re like Kincaid Holdings. We have a portfolio of companies we own and manage. It’s much easier having them all under one roof so to speak instead of having fifteen different companies.”

Bree was interested in what Adam did, but he wasn’t very forthcoming about it, so now that she had a captive audience,she meant to take advantage of it. “Are the companies all in one sector of industry?”