(1995) Hunter's Moon by Karen Robards

Author:Karen Robards [Robards, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Mystery, Suspense
ISBN: 9780440215936
Publisher: Dell
Published: 1995-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 25

When Molly finally got up the nerve to emerge from the bathroom, Will was leaning against the kitchen counter drinking a glass of milk. He was wearing black sweat pants and a white short-sleeved T-shirt that said NIKE on the front. White sweat socks were on his feet. He met her gaze over the rim of his glass, his eyes moving swiftly from her scrubbed-clean face to her bare feet and back. She had brushed her hair and teeth and splashed cold water on her face until her skin felt tight, but still her eyes were red around the rims and swollen. Not that there was anything she could do about that, or about her nightshirt, which sported a sleepy-eyed bunny in curlers with the motto I don’t do mornings!

“Milk again?” she questioned, wrinkling her nose at him. Embarrassment had kept her in the bathroom long after she had both finished bathing and recovered her composure. What was she supposed to say to a man she had just kissed and cried all over and who had just learned one of the most painful secrets of her life?

Especially a man to whom she was wildly, crazily attracted. A man who, before tonight, had seemed determined to keep her at arm’s length.

A man there was no future in loving, even if she were stupid enough to fall hard.

“Milk again?” was the best she could do.

“I have an ulcer,” he said easily. “The doctor who diagnosed it said I don’t handle stress well.”

He took another swallow of milk, watching her over the rim of the glass. Molly realized that he had made her a present of the information as sort of a trade-off for what he now knew about her.

“Where’d you get the clothes?” She walked into the kitchen carrying his raincoat, which she placed over the back of a chair. Then she headed for the coffeepot, careful not to get too near Will. Things had gone too far between them already for one night. She felt as if she were standing on the edge of a precipice where he was concerned. One more misstep and she would fall over.

“I keep a gym bag in the trunk of the car. In case I should get a chance to get some exercise.”

He must get that chance fairly often, Molly thought with a sideways glance at him. He looked even better in sweats than he did in his expensive suits. His was the strong, toned body of an athlete. His shoulders were broad, his arms solid with muscle, his waist and hips narrow, his stomach washboard flat. His legs were long and powerful-looking. Even his neck looked strong.

“Do you lift weights?” she asked, turning to face him. She used the filled coffee cup she held as a kind of barrier between them, raising it to her lips. A jolt of caffeine was what she needed, she thought, sipping. Maybe it would shock her back to reality.

“Sure. Where do you think I found

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