Christmas Babies Box Set by Carol Marinelli

Author:Carol Marinelli
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459291812
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

SHE was intoxicated before she entered the restaurant, intoxicated before she had even one sip of the glass of fine champagne Phil Rogerson pressed into her hands, already giddy with one heated car ride with a man named Maverick.

A meal was ordered and consumed, and somehow she managed to eat enough to convince everyone she was fine before her plate disappeared. A band played softly in the background but the music made no sense in her head. Conversation went on around her, fast paced and celebratory, and at times she even participated—how, she didn’t know. Because her mind was fully focused on only one man here tonight, her body one hundred per cent focused on what his loaded gaze was doing to her libido.

It was like someone had turned a switch inside her that said it was okay to feel these things, it was okay to feel this way. It was okay to want him.

Then the meal was over and Phil Rogerson and others from his team had drifted away, back to families and their homes. When Maverick simply said, ‘Dance with me,’ she knew in her heart it was the point of no return.

One last night, she thought, not wanting it to end just yet, one last opportunity…

She took his hand and stood, and looked into dark eyes that were asking much, much more of her.

‘Yes,’ she simply told him, and let him lead her to the dance floor. The music was soft and romantic and made for lovers, and it was no chore to pretend, no chore to melt into his warm embrace and feel herself become part of the music, part of him.

Her head rested against his shoulder, his solid heartbeat beating out a rhythm that beckoned to her, his arms surrounding her and holding her to him like a prize.

Yes, she thought as her body moved with his in a sensual play of flesh against fabric against flesh, a delicious friction that curled deep down inside and pooled heavy and insistent between her thighs.

Yes, her mind screamed when he dipped his head and breathed hot desire into her ear, and made all things possible.

One night would work. Just one night. It happened all the time, after all, especially when there was champagne involved. And Maverick would be satisfied—once would be enough to end this crazy pursuit, and he’d no doubt be happy to forget the whole sordid affair by then. Which would take the heat off Morgan when she returned to work.

It could work. She’d make it work.

The number had finished, but Maverick seemed as reluctant as she was to let go.

‘Would you like to keep dancing?’ he whispered.

She prised her head from his chest then, and stared into his dark, aching eyes. ‘The dancing is nice,’ she admitted, her heart banging loud in her chest. ‘But I’d rather make love with you.’

A moment. A slow blink. She saw the kick in his throat when he swallowed as her words registered, she felt the thud

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