Fire And Ice by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer [Palmer, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488742354
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Australia Pty Ltd
Published: 2014-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Seven

She couldn’t even answer him. Since she’d arrived in Panama City, the book had been the furthest thing from her mind. It seemed in some strange way to belong to another life, not the one she was involved in with Cannon Van Dyne.

“Uh, in the morning?” she stammered.

“Feeling okay, love?” He laughed. “Remember who you are? Silver McPherson, author of Blazing Passion, that number one bestseller of the past four weeks…?”

“Sure, I remember,” she agreed numbly. “Ten o’clock in the morning. Well, if I can get a flight out at seven…I’ll do my best. If I can’t make it, I’ll call you, okay?”

“Okay. And congratulations! This one looks like a winner. See you!”

She stared at the receiver in her hand, aware of Victorine’s brief, puzzled gaze. New York in the morning. She’d almost surely have to stay overnight, and just the thought of being away from Cannon that long was torture. What was the matter with her? Once, a movie contract would have been the biggest thing in the world to her, but now it was only a barrier between herself and Cannon—another brick in the wall her deception was building between them. Someday he was going to find out about her notorious profession, and what would he think? He’d be furious that she hadn’t told him the truth, that was certain. And how would her nom de plume affect his very conservative image? She felt a wave of pain so sweeping it brought a mist of tears to her eyes.

“Are you all right, my dear?” Victorine asked gently.

Margie started, glancing at her. “Oh, yes,” she said numbly. “It, uh, it was just some business I have to see about tomorrow. Something to do with dividends…” she concluded vaguely, leaving Victorine to draw her own conclusions.

“Thank goodness I have Cannon to keep up with my finances,” the older woman replied. “And there’s no need to worry about a commercial flight. Cannon will fly you up.”

“I couldn’t ask him…” Margie began nervously.

“Of course you can. Now come and watch television with me and don’t worry, dear. Everything will work itself out,” she promised.

Margie sat back down, but her eyes were troubled. What would she do if Cannon decided to go with her? How would she keep him from finding out why she was going?

She hardly slept at all, brooding over it. She and Cannon had become so close—so quickly—that she hadn’t had time to come to grips with the problems. Now they were staring her in the face. She no longer had any logical reason for keeping the truth from him. Not one that he’d accept, anyway.

It didn’t help when Jan came bouncing into her room beaming as she perched herself on the edge of Margie’s bed.

“Cannon’s flying you to New York this morning,” she burst out. “What is it, something to do with the book?”

Margie turned over, her eyes smarting from the early morning sun, her head hurting. “Yes,” she mumbled. “A movie contract.”

“A movie!” Jan burst out. “What kind?”

“For television,” she managed, dragging herself up.

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