Forbidden Hawaiian Nights by Cathy Williams

Author:Cathy Williams [Williams, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2020-12-03T18:13:53+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

THIS DIDN’T FEEL like work. Waiting nervously in her house, unable to relax but likewise unable to walk around because her bandaged foot was still hurting even though the sharp pain of the day before had eased, Mia had no idea how she had ended up agreeing to a four-day tour of the islands.

But, then again, how had she managed to end up confiding all sorts of personal details about her life to him? She rarely confided and she certainly never had heart-to-hearts with anyone about what had happened in her marriage. Had she been so distracted?

One minute, she had been solid in her determination to maintain a businesslike approach to their working relationship and, the next minute, he was carrying her into her house, dealing with a sprained ankle and somehow enticing confidences from her that should not have been revealed.

When she had closed her eyes the night before, she had been overwhelmed with an image of his dark head as he knelt at her feet and again she had felt that powerful urge to lace her fingers through his springy hair to see what it would feel like.

Now, waiting for him to show up at the time he’d said he would, her heart was leaping inside her and she had given up trying to project what this four-day sightseeing hop might look like.

When she started thinking about it, she had to ward off a panic attack, so she’d concluded that her best bet was to cross the bridge when she came to it.

He could have just given her time off work for her foot to heal, because wasn’t that what any normal, considerate boss would have done in the circumstances? But, as he had said, time was money, and he didn’t have a lot of time to play around with—not with England and his mega-high-powered life impatiently waiting for him. Plus, he was hardly the normal, considerate type, was he?

She just wished she could have felt more resentful, but as she waited for him to show up she couldn’t quite subdue a simmering sense of excitement.

She had packed workman-like clothes. If he wanted to explore where Izzy’s inspiration had come from, then he was going to be in for a shock, because he wouldn’t be on a sightseeing tour of the usual tourist destinations and he wouldn’t be taken to the sort of uber-luxurious hotels to which he was accustomed. Accordingly, she had packed a sturdy selection: two pairs of jeans and some cargo pants, tee shirts and hiking boots and thick hiking socks. She wasn’t sure whether she would be up to any hiking boots scenario, but just in case…

He hadn’t asked her what clothes to bring, so tough if he decided to pack stuff that was inappropriate.

When she thought about that, she couldn’t resist smirking, but the tension was back full steam when, at a little after two in the afternoon, she heard the deep roar of his car as his driver pulled up outside her house.

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