Beyond Eden by Catherine Coulter

Author:Catherine Coulter [Coulter, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Suspense
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2000-06-09T04:00:00+00:00

Taylor dutifully went to Valerie’s apartment on Thursday. When she opened the door, he realized that each time he saw her he’d forgotten how absolutely beautiful she was. She was wearing pale blue-ice silk lounging pajamas tonight and her hair was long and thick to her shoulders, pulled back on one side, held with a gold clip.

She looked as rich as his ex-wife, Diane.

“Hello,” he said.

“Hello, Taylor. Goodness, you look good enough to eat. Do come in. Our dinner will arrive in an hour or so. Would you like a drink?”

Taylor followed her, wondering what he was going to say and how she would react. He was relieved that she hadn’t immediately started on the attack. It sounded like she wanted his pants off, soon, and that would be even more embarrassing. The thing about it was that there was another woman and he was perfectly capable of feeling like a guilty jerk because she’d been right. But not at first, no, not at first.

Valerie didn’t attack, seduce, nothing but sparkling conversation until after they’d eaten their way through the lobster thermidor, tossed earth salad with a light vinaigrette dressing, potatoes sliced thin and broiled, and a chocolate mousse for desert that was to die for. The Château le Duc-Dupress ’89 was exquisite, dry and crisp. It tasted like hemlock to Taylor.

Taylor just wanted to get it over with. He hadn’t eaten all that much because he didn’t want to be here and he didn’t want to feel guilty.

“So,” she said, sitting back, a brandy snifter in her hand, “tell me about this job of yours.”

“The one I no longer have?”

“Yes.”

“I was protecting a woman from a threat made against her employer. It turns out another employee was attacked instead. It’s over now.”

“I see.” She rose slowly, giving him a smile that would have made him hard as a stone just the week before. She untied the silk sash at her waist.

He raised his hand, his eyes on that damned sash. “Wait, Valerie, don’t. Please don’t.”

She paused, her eyebrow going up.

“I want to talk to you.”

“We’ve been talking, Taylor.” She looked down at her Cartier watch. “For nearly an hour and a half now we’ve been talking. So, lover, just relax now and let me—” She broke off, smiled at him, and put her fingers on her lips. “No, Taylor, enough. Actually, I’m the one who wants to do the talking. Your turn will come. I wanted to speak to you about this all through dinner, but you were enjoying it so much, I didn’t want to ruin it for you. I’m so sorry, baby, I don’t want to hurt you, but I’ve found a man who’s divine and he’s got everything you don’t have and he’s aced you right out of the race. I just thought a good-bye fuck would be nice. Assuage my guilt. And you are quite good in bed, nearly as good as he is.”

Taylor felt such relief he nearly fell off his chair.

“Come on, pretty boy, one last time and then you’re gone.

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