Elusive Lover by Carole Mortimer

Author:Carole Mortimer [Mortimer, Carole]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781488031847
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1982-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

FOR the first time in days Erin felt genuinely hungry—and she knew she daren’t even take the time to get herself a slice of toast. Josh had been pretty emphatic, and she knew he meant every word.

She hurriedly towelled herself dry, donning a light blue cotton sun-top and matching shorts. The sun was already quite hot, and would probably be even more so up in the studio, where the roof seemed to consist mainly of windows, providing plenty of natural light for Josh to work by.

He had a fresh canvas set up on the easel when she entered the room, and a sheet of royal-blue velvet was draped across a sofa a few feet in front of him.

Erin stood nervously just inside the door, waiting for him to notice her, his attention seemingly inwards.

Suddenly he turned, his gaze impersonal as it flickered over her. ‘I’m ready for you now,’ he said curtly.

She licked her lips. ‘I—Where shall I undress?’

He shrugged. ‘It doesn’t really matter. Anywhere.’

‘I—er—Don’t you have a screen or something?’

‘Nope. I’ve never needed one before. My first nude, remember,’ he said dryly.

‘Yes.’ She looked down at her hands. ‘I—I’ll get undressed over here, shall I?’ She moved behind a chair that stood at the back of him.

‘Anywhere,’ he said tersely. ‘Just hurry up and do it.’

‘There’s no need to be nasty,’ she choked, slipping out of the cotton shorts, leaving her black lacy briefs on for the moment. ‘It may be your first nude,’ she muttered, pulling off the sun-top to reveal the black bra that matched the briefs, ‘but this is the first time I’ve posed in the nude too!’

‘Just get on with it, Erin,’ he sighed.

She hesitated about removing any more clothing. ‘Could I keep my bra and briefs on?’ she pleaded.

He turned to look at her, impatience etched into his hard features. ‘Get them off, Erin. And quickly, before I come over there and do it for you.’

‘All right,’ she snapped. ‘But I think I hate you.’

‘Is that supposed to bother me?’ He pulled up a chair, putting it next to the easel before sitting on it, a sketch-pad in his hands.

She flung her bra down on the chair with the rest of her clothing, sure that she was blushing all over her body. ‘I don’t just think I hate you, I know I do.’ God, she had never felt so—so naked before!

‘Over to the couch, Erin,’ Josh instructed curtly. ‘Today I’ll just be deciding on a pose and doing some sketches. We’ll get down to some actual painting tomorrow.’

‘Posing’ turned out to be the most humiliating experience of her life. Josh moved her into every conceivable position, touching each part of her body as if she were no more than an inanimate piece of clay.

And maybe to him she was! But she had never been touched like this, not even when he had been making love to her. And his criticism of her was even harder to bear.

‘Don’t droop your shoulders like that,’ he instructed once.

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