(1991) The Private Eye by Jayne Ann Krentz

Author:Jayne Ann Krentz [Krentz, Jayne Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

MAGGIE AWOKE the next morning feeling surprisingly rested and refreshed. She realized that she hadn’t been

sleeping very well lately. The nightly stress of listening for strange noises, the concern about whether she had

double-checked every lock on every window, the growing worry about the future of Peregrine Manor all had taken

their toll on her during the past few weeks.

Apparently there was much to be said for having a man like Josh January in the house. In spite of the crutches and

bruises, there was something oddly reassuring about his presence. It was unfortunate he had made that pass last

night. Now she was going to have to make a point of keeping him in his place. No more going to his rescue in

the-middle of the night, she told herself.

Maggie showered and quickly selected a pair of jeans and an orange sweatshirt from her closet. When she had put

them on, she went to stand in front of the dressing table and picked up a brush.

She had just finished tying her thick hair back into a ponytail when her eyes fell on the crumpled sheet of yellow

paper lying on the table. Maggie went very still as vivid details of the night before returned to her.

There had been a disconcerting and thoroughly devastating masculine arrogance about the way Josh had

sprawled on the big bed in the turret room. His dark hair had been disturbingly tousled. The crisp, curling thicket on

his broad chest had fascinated her. It had been all she could do to keep from staring. She had wanted to run her fingers

through that black mat in the worst way. And she had ached with a desire to soothe the massive bruise on his rib cage.

The brooding speculation in his eyes had ruffled her senses as nothing else had ever done. When he had talked of

his bitter disillusionment with his chosen work, she had sensed the fundamental integrity of the man. Only a man who

had a strong sense of integrity would have become disillusioned. Obviously, Josh hadn’t gotten into the business for

the money.

Maggie acknowledged with an uneasy little shock that she would never forget that scene in the room next door. It

would haunt her for the rest of her life.

And even though she knew there must be no repetitions, a part of her would always wonder what it would have

been like to go to bed with Josh January. She had never in her life experienced such a powerful, deeply feminine

curiosity, and she felt ill-equipped to deal with it. Her quiet, uneventful past had not prepared her for even a casual

approach from a man like Joshua January.

And casual was all it had been, Maggie’s mouth tightened as she finished surveying herself in the dressing-table

mirror. She would have been shaken to the core to discover that Josh was even mildly interested in her, but it was a

certainty that he hadn’t been half as affected by her presence as she had been by his. She’d been well aware of his

half-aroused body, of course, but that meant very little. Men were very physical creatures, very easily aroused.

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