An Unexpected Pleasure by Candace Camp

Author:Candace Camp [Candace Camp]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HQN
Published: 2006-09-03T07:00:00+00:00

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Megan jumped to her feet. She could feel the blood flooding her face in embarrassment, and she clasped her hands together in front of her, unable to speak.

“Miss Henderson, what a surprise,” Theo said calmly. “I had been told you were sick, but when I came up to see how you were feeling, I found your room empty. And this door, which I had left open, was closed.”

He paused. Megan cast about wildly for something she could say to explain herself, but her mind was a blank. What could possibly excuse her being in his room, snooping into his things?

When she said nothing, he smiled faintly. “Cat got your tongue?”

Theo strolled into the room, closing the door behind him. “This is indeed an unusual moment. I can only assume that, feeling ill, you must have been searching for a headache powder. I am sorry to disappoint you, but I fear that I have no such remedies. I rarely get headaches.”

“Theo—I mean, Mr. Mor—Lord Raine—” Megan stumbled over the words.

His smile broadened into a grin. “You are quite alluring when you’re flustered, Miss Henderson—or shall I call you Megan? I think we could dispense with the formalities, don’t you, seeing as how we are standing in my bedchamber?”

“I—I can explain….”

“Can you?” His eyes danced. “I would truly enjoying hearing it.”

Megan’s eyes flashed. “All right. I cannot explain it. You know I cannot.”

“Well, a mystery is better than a lie,” Theo mused.

He strolled over and stood looking down at her. He was too close, but Megan stubbornly refused to back away from him. It would seem too much like cowardice. Instead, she tilted her head back and looked up at him, defiance in every line of her face and posture.

“I am left to wonder…” he said as he reached out to trace the line of Megan’s jaw with his thumb. “What reason would there be for a woman to enter a man’s bedroom?”

Megan could feel his touch all through her as he moved his thumb along her jaw and up onto her cheek. She could not hold back a quiver of response.

“There are doubtless prosaic sorts who would assume that you had come in here to steal something from me. In that case, I suppose I should search you.” His eyes swept down her body, lingering on her breasts. “You might have something concealed about your person.”

He stroked his thumb across Megan’s full lower lip. Her eyes fluttered closed as a damp heat blossomed between her legs. Theo, watching her, sucked in his breath sharply at the obvious stamp of desire on her face. His hands came up to cup her face.

“I prefer to think ’tis something else that brought you here,” he went on in a husky voice, his breath sharper and faster now. He bent and pressed his lips against hers, softly tasting, nibbling, teasing at her lush mouth.

Megan shuddered and let out a quiet, involuntary noise, her hands coming up to clutch at the lapels of his coat. His

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