Fugitive Bride by Miranda Lee

Author:Miranda Lee [Lee, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780373122127
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Amazon: 0373122128
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Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1998-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Leah only had one dress in her limited wardrobe. A sundress which could double as a party dress—if you added high heels and jewellery and did your hair nicely.

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bodice—thankfully lined—narrow shoulder straps and a short flaring skirt that showed off her long tanned legs. The material was a deep orange colour with a multicoloured floral border around the hem which flounced and swirled when she walked.

Leah had bought the dress at the markets again, along with the simple amber-stone pendant which nestled in the deep V of the neckline. The pendant and its matching drop earrings had cost less than some of the cocktails Gerard had used to buy her before dinner at one of his fancy restaurants. The price of the sundress wouldn't have paid for an entrée of oysters.

Despite the designerless quality of her gear, Leah knew she looked rather fetching, so she stayed in her bedroom till Gareth knocked on the door, reluctant to have to put up with her housemates' comments and questions.

Lisa, Cheryl and Dee were so stunned, both by the sight of Leah's handsome date and then by Leah herself, that she sailed past their open-mouthed faces and out through the door before the girls could draw breath.

'As I said,' Gareth murmured when he took her arm. 'You'd look gorgeous in anything.'

He looked pretty gorgeous himself, she thought. Dazzling, actually, dressed in navy trousers and a white open-necked shirt which had tan stitching and tan buttons. A narrow tan leather belt encircled his trim waist, and tan slip-ons covered his feet. The white shirt highlighted his tanned face and arms, as well as his bright blue eyes and glossy black hair.

Gerard had been wearing all white that first day atHiddenBay, when he'd so impressed her. Leah wondered if his twin knew how well the colour suited him, choosing his clothes deliberately to be at his most attractive for her.

If he had, he'd succeeded. She had to make an effort to drag her eyes away from him as they walked down the path together. He made no such effort, his hungry gaze travelling openly over her from top and toe when he opened the passenger door for her.

'I like your hair done like that,' he complimented her once his eyes returned to her face.

She'd caught it up at the sides, so as to show the earrings, the rest falling down her back in a straight curtain. She hadn't had it cut since leaving Gerard, and her once shoulder-length hair now reached her shoulderblades.

'Thank you,' she said, refusing to look back up at him as she climbed in and clicked the seat-belt in place.

But when he climbed in behind the wheel and closed the door, her reluctant attention was grabbed, and her head snapped round so she could stare at him.

'Oh!' she exclaimed. 'You… you're not wearing it. 'The cologne,' she added, when he looked blank.

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