A Legal Affair by Smith Maureen

Author:Smith, Maureen [Smith, Maureen]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781459202788
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 2011-02-21T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Daniela awoke some time later and blinked in the quiet stillness of her bedroom. For a moment she felt groggy and disoriented, and then, all at once, she became aware of the solid warmth of a body beside her.

A male body.

Her heart thudded. She sat up quickly, staring down in shocked disbelief at the man sleeping next to her. How had Caleb Thorne wound up in her bed? The last thing she remembered was inviting him to watch a movie with her, and being secretly thrilled when he agreed. She didn’t remember falling asleep, and she definitely didn’t remember luring Caleb into her bedroom.

A buttery shaft of light from the living room illuminated him, his breathing deep and even. The hard angles of his face were softened in sleep, his thick black lashes fanning out in perfect formation from his closed eyelids. One arm was clasped behind his head, the other draped across his flat, hard stomach. One long leg hung off the edge of her bed, as if he hadn’t been able to decide whether to stay or go.

She glanced toward the bedside clock. It was 2:15 a.m.

He’d stayed this long, she reasoned. No sense in sending him home now.

Slowly, so as not to awaken him, she eased from under the covers and crawled toward the end of the bed. She unlaced one of Caleb’s big leather boots and carefully removed it from his foot. Then, reaching over the side of the bed, she lifted his other foot and began to work the laces free.

When she’d finished her task, she glanced up—and found her guest awake and watching her intently.

Her nerve endings tingled with awareness as she stared into his heavy-lidded midnight eyes. “I was just, um, making you more comfortable,” she murmured. “It’s late. I figured you might as well spend the night.”

“You figured, huh?” His deep, sleep-roughened voice did dangerous things to her pulse.

She nodded, her tongue snaking out nervously to wet her lips. “Only if you want to stay, of course.”

Slowly, keeping her trapped in the heat of his gaze, Caleb eased himself into a sitting position. “Come here,” he said, a low, husky command that sent a shiver through her.

She crawled over to him, and without a word he drew his arms around her waist and lifted her smoothly onto his lap. As she watched in breathless fascination, he brought his dark head toward hers. It was exhilarating, the way he asked her permission with only his eyes, and by bringing his lips just inches away from hers. She had never known such a sense of heightened anticipation as when they looked into each other’s eyes, their mouths separated by a mere heartbeat.

“I might be contagious,” Daniela whispered, her pulse racing as he sank his hands into the thick, curly tangle of her hair.

“I’ll take my chances,” he muttered softly, and crushed his lips to hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck and opened hungrily to him. The tip of his tongue played

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