Banished by Tamara Gill

Author:Tamara Gill [Gill, Tamara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Amazon: B00AH3R26A
Publisher: Tamara Gill
Published: 2012-12-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Chloe stepped over a fallen tree log and all but melted into a puddle of desire when Cian clasped her arm. She thanked him and walked on. The dense trees obscured the sunlight at times. A nearby stream trickled and the odd bird call was the only interruption in the quiet forest. Other than her ragged breaths at having such a specimen of a man so close to her.

Her phone rang and, recognizing Eddy’s number, she quickly answered. She spoke to him about him moving out and what he’d left at her apartment in London. Chloe turned away from Cian’s penetrating stare, his intense attention toward her making her uneasy.

“Are you all right, Chloe?” he asked when she hung up.

Chloe nodded. “It was Eddy. He’s moved out of our home. He was just telling me where he left the keys and some other stuff.” She pushed away thoughts of guilt. Eddy sounded happy. Happier than he’d sounded in a long time. Their break up was a good thing.

“He’s back in London.”

Chloe pushed away a low lying fern and continued on. “Yes.”

He stopped. “So, you’re here alone and single?”

“I’m here. Alone, yes. And single is how I’d like to stay,” she said.

“You’re not making this very easy on me are you lass?”

Chloe heard the frustration in his tone and dismissed it. She didn’t want to start another relationship, be it a one night stand or a lasting one. She turned at the sound of crunching leaves only to find Cian not a foot away from her.

“Answer me, Chloe?”

She strode on not bothering to look and see if he followed. “I’ve answered you already. That you choose not to believe me is your problem.”

She cast her eyes down over the littered walkway. The last thing she needed was to fall over and have the laird pick her up. The thought of his hands on her body unnerved her and not in a bad way. She wasn’t herself when around him and that point scared her most of all.

Cian pulled her to a stop. “What does that mean?” His eyes swept her face and Chloe felt a prickling under her scalp. She instinctively cleared her thoughts.

“It means I don’t need another man in my life. Not right now and maybe not for a long time. I broke up with Eddy only two days ago for crying out loud. He is right at this moment shutting my apartment door and slipping the key under it.” Chloe pulled her arm free from his clasp. “Is there anything else you wanted to know, Laird? My cycles, my bank balance? Or perhaps, my childhood, half of which was spent travelling around with English hippy parents with no fixed address.”

His eyes clouded in sympathy before he took a step back. “Forgive me, Chloe. I didn’t mean to upset you.”

Chloe huffed out a disbelieving breath. “Could’ve fooled me.”

“I’m interested in you, that’s all. I want to get to know you a little better.”

Chloe sighed. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be sharp.

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