Beyond All Reason by Cathy Williams

Author:Cathy Williams [Williams, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Adult
ISBN: 9781459276550
Google: 2z26nYv6WeQC
Amazon: B0056HC9G0
Barnesnoble: B0056HC9G0
Goodreads: 12258657
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1996-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

THEY stared at each other for a long time in the dimly lit room, then he stood up, looking at her with derision as she flinched back.

He hadn’t got undressed. Only the front of his shirt was undone and she made very sure that she didn’t look at the sliver of brown chest exposed. She had just about given up on relying on her brain to have any input into what her body wanted to do.

He began doing up the buttons of his shirt, then he slipped the black jumper over his head and stuck his hands in his pockets. They were still looking at each other like two warring animals. He was the first to break the silence.

‘I can’t stand women who play games,’ he said derisively.

‘What are you talking about?’

‘You know damn well what I’m talking about.’ There was hostile aggression underneath the cold voice. ‘Does it give you a kick to lead a man up the garden path and then, once he gets to the top, inform him that the front door is locked and bolted? Was that the score between you and your boyfriend? I thought that you had seen him for what he was, but maybe I was wrong.’ He took a step towards her and her nervous system went into overdrive. ‘Maybe,’ he said silkily, unsmiling, ‘he saw you for what you really were. Is that closer to the mark? Did he get fed up with kisses on the cheek and promises of better things to come?’

‘I said I was sorry…’

He took another step towards her and she tried to edge a little further away without actually running. Cool and controlled was good, running like a frightened rabbit was not.

Very easily, Abigail realised with rising panic, this could degenerate into something more than simply unpleasant. Ross Anderson was a tough man who went for the kill and he was accustomed to having his way with women much more sophisticated than she was. There was no point in flinging counter-accusations at him, or even in holding her hands up in horror at what had happened. And there certainly was no point in apologising further. He looked as though if she uttered another sorry he would throttle her.

She would have to be composed and she would have to try and defuse the situation. Later, alone, would be the time for angry debate with herself.

‘Look,’ she said quietly, ignoring the curl of his lips, ‘I’m very sorry things got out of hand.’

‘So you keep informing me.’

‘Do you have to loom?’ she snapped. ‘You’re making me very nervous!’ Stay calm, she told herself, and took a few deep breaths. ‘There’s no point in discussing this. I’m sorry…’

‘If you say that once more,’ Ross warned her, enunciating every syllable very carefully, ‘I will personally see to it that you have something to be sorry about.’

‘Am I supposed to be quaking with fear at that?’ she flung at him angrily, throwing composure to the four winds. ‘Because if that’s what you’re aiming at, then you’re way off course.

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