A Fling to Steal Her Heart by Sue MacKay

Author:Sue MacKay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-12-02T16:26:31+00:00

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At five next morning, fifteen minutes before the alarm was due to go off, Raphael dragged himself out of bed and into the shower, then stared at his puffy face in the mirror as he shaved.

‘Don’t lose any sleep over where I’ll find a place to live,’ Izzy had said over their beef dinner. How prophetic.

She’d blighted his night with thoughts of what it might be like if she didn’t find a flat, and instead stayed on with him, moved down to the second floor and his bedroom. Of course none of that had been suggested, but he hadn’t been able to think of anything else as he’d watched her swing her small but shapely legs while she sat on the stool. The relief had been immense when he’d put dinner on the table and she’d had to shift. But then he’d been subjected to seeing her fork food through those full lips, and conjuring up thoughts of her mouth on his skin.

The razor slipped. He swore. Dabbed the blood away. ‘Concentrate, man.’ Hell, now she had him talking to himself like some brain-dead moron on P.

It was far easier to blame Isabella than take a long, serious look at himself. If he did that, he’d have to admit he was floundering here, and hell, he didn’t usually get into a quagmire over his own emotions when it came to women. Only Cassie had done that to him. Until now. Now Izzy was having a damned good go at tipping him upside down. At least she was on the good side of the barometer, not like the hellhole Cassie had shoved him into. But then it was not as though he was falling hard for Izzy like he had for Cassie. If anything he was getting there slowly, carefully, and with a whole heap of concerns to deal with.

Focusing entirely on removing the last of the growth on his face, he managed to quieten his thumping chest for a few minutes. No more nicks on his skin. Yet the moment he rinsed the shaver the thumping started up again. This strange sensation Izzy brought on threw him whenever he wasn’t totally engrossed in work or study or any other blasted thing that didn’t start with I. He couldn’t go on ignoring his feelings for her. Nor could he do a thing about it until he returned from Cardiff. Taking a mug of coffee up to her room and saying, ‘Oh, by the way, I think I might want to spend the rest of my life with you. Can’t talk now. Lots to sort out first. See you tomorrow night,’ wouldn’t win him any favours. Not that he had worked out how to approach this yet, only understood the time was coming when he’d not be able to stay uninvolved. All he knew was if Izzy laughed at him, he’d die inside.

Now his alarm woke him up. As in out of his stupor and into getting ready for the trip to Wales.

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