Claiming His Wedding Night by Lee Wilkinson

Author:Lee Wilkinson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

Napa was an attractive little place, sunny and colourful, with its open-air cafés and shops. Pulling into a parking lot, Jared stopped beneath the shade of a tree and led the way to a small but high class boutique with designer dresses in the window.

‘You should get what you want here.’

It seemed dark inside after the brightness, and it took a moment or two for Perdita’s eyes to adjust to the gloom.

A carefully made-up woman with hair dyed an unlikely shade of red came forward and, having assessed and approved Jared’s look of affluence, enquired in a nasal drawl, ‘May I help you?’

‘We’d like to look at some swimwear.’

Apparently selling anything other than dresses was beneath her and the woman, clearly the manageress, signalled to a young assistant to serve them.

The girl, who hadn’t taken her eyes off Jared since they’d walked in, came over eagerly and smiled at him.

Once more he took the lead. ‘My wife would like to look at some swimwear.’

With a certain wry amusement, Perdita noted the flicker of disappointment and envy that the word wife had occasioned.

After asking her size, the girl produced a range of colourful, exotically patterned bikinis that were as brief as they were revealing.

Speaking to Perdita, but her eyes repeatedly straying to Jared, she said, ‘You’ve sure got a great figure, so any of these should look good on you.’

Perdita was looking askance at the minute scraps of material when, indicating a white one-piece costume that was on a display stand, Jared said, ‘Something more like this might fit the bill.’

‘It’s a Paul Gregor that’s new in,’ the girl told him, ‘and luckily it’s just the right size.’

Though apparently more modest, Perdita could see that the costume’s daring cut would show off almost as much bare flesh as the bikinis and, feeling uncomfortable, she began, ‘I really don’t think—’

Cutting smoothly across her attempt to argue, Jared said to the girl, ‘Then we’ll take it,’ and pulled out his wallet.

Unwilling to have him spend money on her, Perdita said sharply, ‘If you insist on taking it, I’ll buy it with my credit card. I don’t want you to have to pay for it.’

‘Darling…’ A glint in his eye, he tilted her chin and kissed her thoroughly, lingeringly. ‘You know quite well that I enjoy buying clothes for my wife.’

Shaken, her face flushed, Perdita stayed still and silent while the girl, who had been standing staring as though mesmerized came to life.

In a moment the swimsuit, which had an exorbitant price tag, had been paid for and the package handed to Jared.

‘Thank you.’ He returned the girl’s smile.

Watching her visibly melt and give him a look that held both longing and an invitation, Perdita experienced a sudden swift pang of something that felt remarkably like jealousy.

No, surely she couldn’t be jealous! She was annoyed with him, rocked by his kiss, but she couldn’t be jealous just because he’d smiled at a shop assistant.

Yet she was.

When they reached the car he helped her in

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