For the Love of Sin by Leanne Banks

Author:Leanne Banks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1996-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Troy walked back into her room. “Sin,” he began, then stopped when he saw that she was asleep.

A dry chuckle rumbled from his throat. The woman clearly didn’t like to be told what to do. She was beneath the covers, her face as innocent as an angel’s, as trusting as a child’s. Her body, however, would tempt Saint Peter. And Troy was certain her body was presently nude, because the rose-colored scrap of silk lay on top of the covers.

He sighed and took a sip of the water, then placed it on the bedside stand. He looked at Sin and felt a tugging sensation. Asleep, with her guard down and her sharp weaponry of wit put away, she was more accessible. Her defenses weren’t fifteen feet high. He wondered how long the walls stayed down when she woke up. He wondered what it would be like to be with Sin when all her walls were down. He wondered what it would take for her to let a man near her without her defenses firmly in place.

He wondered how he was going to walk away now that he knew some of her secrets.

Shaking his head, he scooped up her rose-colored lingerie and carried it with him as he strolled toward her bedroom window. She was technically fine, he told himself. Most men would consider their duty done. He should be able to go.

No way in hell, he thought. Especially after he’d watched her deal with both her father and the insulin reaction. Her skin had turned so pale, and she’d been so close to passing out, she’d nearly scared the spit out of him.

Rustling the silky nightgown between his fingers, he decided he would leave as soon as she woke in the morning. Her perfume taunted his nostrils, and he looked at the feminine garment in his hand. He wondered when she’d last worn it. He wondered who had taken it off.

Swearing, he looked at the moon for answers and knew he’d find none. But it was deep in the night, and Troy would stay and do what he should. He’d done it before, just never with a woman who turned him on his ear. He’d done it for his sister, Carly, for his brothers and his new sisters-in-law, even once for his nephew, Luke, when the little boy was sick with an earache and Troy’s brother was out of town.

He leaned against the window, knowing he would change positions many times before dawn. Troy settled in for a night watch. This time, he watched Sin as she slept.

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