Harlequin Desire December 2019--Box Set 2 of 2 by Maureen Child

Author:Maureen Child
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Not sure if she’d stayed or left, he was almost reluctant to get out of bed. But he had never been the sort of man who hid from anything, so he did. He used the bathroom and then heard piano music downstairs. The living room of his apartment had a baby grand piano because Bianca had said it would photograph well when Urban Living magazine did a spread on him. He pulled on his Moretti Motors sweatpants and a T-shirt and went downstairs more quickly than he normally did, skipping his set of morning reps.

There she was, standing over the piano, her fingers nimbly picking out the melody of a classical piece that he struggled to identify. He was pretty sure it was Debussy, but his musical leanings were more toward rap.

“Morning,” he said.

She turned and smiled at him, backlit by the lights in the hallway that led to the kitchen. Her long silvery-blond hair was loose and hung over her shoulders. She wore one of his shirts, her long legs bare. His gut clenched. He’d meant for last night to be the last time they were together. Both of them were on the same page as far as that was concerned. But this morning there was none of the awkwardness that had dominated their other morning after.

The music stopped, and she glanced over at him. Her eyes were sleepy, but she flashed him a smile. “I hope I didn’t wake you.”

“You didn’t,” he admitted. “I have a testing session I need to get to. I wasn’t sure you’d still be here.”

“I was going to leave but didn’t want to slink out. We didn’t say goodbye last time. And this time…well, I thought we needed that. To make sure it’s officially ended,” she said.

“Definitely,” he agreed. “Do you need some clothes?”

“My assistant is bringing some stuff over for me,” she said. “I don’t think I’d look as good in your sweats as you do.”

He smiled at the way she said it. She was keeping things light, and he would do the same. “Bianca keeps some clothes here.”

“I don’t want to wear your sister’s clothes.”

“Of course not.” Clearly, he needed coffee. That had been…the wrong thing to say.

“Coffee?” he asked her.

“Do you have green tea?”

“I think I might have some. I’ll go and check,” he said, moving farther into the living room, walking past her into the kitchen. As soon as he was in the kitchen, he let out a breath he hadn’t realized he was holding.

He still wanted her.

How was that possible?

Last night should have cured him of the desire for her. But to be fair, what guy could resist Marielle wearing his T-shirt and playing the piano? It was so sexy and sensual, and it literally took everything in him to keep from walking back in there and seducing her on the piano bench.

He went to the big espresso machine he’d been gifted last year when he’d done an ad for the company and flicked on the button to start the warm-up process.

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