An Agent for Clara by Nerys Leigh

Author:Nerys Leigh [Leigh, Nerys]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

On arriving back at their hotel, they had a late supper before returning to their suite. Both of them claimed a space on the settee with a book, even though there were two other chairs that were equally as comfortable.

After an hour or so, Toby lowered his forensic science tome to his lap. “We should probably get some sleep. We’ve had a long day.”

Clara slumped in relief. She’d been holding in a yawn for a good ten minutes. “Good idea.”

Neither of them moved.

“You can use the bathroom first, if you’d like to,” he said.

“That’s very kind of you, thank you.”

Still neither of them made a move to leave the settee.

After a further ten seconds of inaction, he said, “How about we both go to the bedroom and we can take turns changing and using the bathroom?”

She narrowed her eyes at him. “Promise you won’t sneak back in here while I’m in the bathroom?”

“As long as you promise the same.”

She held out her hand. “Deal.”

He took it and stood, pulling her up with him. “Deal.”

Leaving him in the bedroom, she took her nightdress and robe to the bathroom. When she emerged ten minutes later, he’d changed into his pajamas, including the top half.

She had to admit to herself that she may have been a little disappointed by that.

“Remember, you promised,” he said as he walked past her to the bathroom.

“I’ll be here.”

He’d left his shirt on the bed and she picked it up to put away. Glancing at the now closed bathroom door, she lifted it to her face to draw in a deep breath of the masculine aroma clinging to the material.

There was something enticing about his scent, she’d noticed the night before as she lay beside him in bed. It wasn’t what she would call a perfume and there wasn’t anything particularly pleasant about it, like, say, the aroma of a rose or a baking cake. Although it certainly wasn’t unpleasant. But when it filled her lungs, she felt a deep desire to get closer to him.

She didn’t understand it. It couldn’t simply be that he was a man; she’d smelled her brothers and father plenty of times and their odors hadn’t moved her at all. Toby’s scent, on the other hand, made her want to wrap herself in it and never take another breath without him near.

Shaking her head, she opened the armoire and hung the shirt on a hook inside. It was a ridiculous notion. When the case was over, they’d get an annulment and go their separate ways. There was no point in speculating on any alternative.

Sitting on the bed to wait, she ignored the urge to pick up his pillow and sniff that too.

A few minutes later, he emerged from the bathroom. His gaze flicked to the open living room door and his posture tensed.

She uncrossed her ankles and gripped the edge of the mattress beneath her.

He took a step in the direction of the living room.

She leapt from the bed, racing for the door.

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