A Lone Star Love Affair by Sara Orwig

Author:Sara Orwig
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-07-24T22:00:00+00:00

Six

“Let’s go to my suite. It’s just to sit and talk,” he repeated.

“That’s exactly what I want, Tony. We can do that right here at our table or while we dance.”

“I want you all to myself.”

“That goes against all good judgment.”

“It won’t be anything more than you want it to be. C’mon, Isabelle. It isn’t a monumental, life-changing decision. One evening. I’ll take you to your suite whenever you want. I just want to be with you a while longer.”

“Tony, it goes against all good judgment,” she said again, sighing. “Why can’t I resist you?”

He leaned close. “We can’t resist each other. How many other women do you think I’ve wanted to spend time with when I know their goal in the immediate future is marriage? You’re not the only one who knows better yet can’t resist.”

Surprised, she studied him. She hadn’t thought about their relationship from his perspective. Her goal should send him running, but it hadn’t. His remark shook her.

“All the more reason—” she began.

“Shh, Isabelle.” He looked her in the eyes. “Live dangerously, as the old saying goes. Spend another hour or two with me.”

He brushed a light kiss on her lips. “C’mon with me. You can leave whenever you want.”

“Tony.” She sighed, shaking her head. “You are a spellbinding man.” How many times in her life did she get to spend evenings like this one? She told herself she would just stay a short time.

“Good. Just for a while longer together,” he said, smiling and taking her hand as they left.

They took the elevator up one floor and stepped out into a short hallway. He unlocked and held open a door. She entered a suite larger and even more luxurious than her own. From a small entryway, they walked into a spacious living area that held one wall of floor-to-ceiling glass and a staircase to a ground level extension of the room. Through the glass she could see whitecaps. “The view from here in the day must be spectacular.”

“I think the view is sensational right now,” Tony said in a husky voice, and her cheeks flushed. Desire filled his dark gaze. “I’ll build a fire,” he said.

She watched as he hunkered down to stack logs in the fireplace and ignite kindling. In minutes he had a roaring fire and she moved toward it. With sundown the temperature had dropped, the air had chilled and now the fire’s welcome warmth felt cozy.

A light knock on the door surprised her. She watched while Tony greeted a waiter who wheeled in a cart with a drink and two beers on ice, as well as a bottle of wine on ice. After tipping the waiter, Tony closed the door behind him.

“Before we left the bar I ordered another piña colada for you since you barely touched yours and left it behind in the bar,” he said as he brought her drink to her.

“Thank you.”

Turning off the lights so they had only the orange glow from the blazing fire, he opened a cold beer for himself and led her to a sofa near the fire.

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