Harlequin Desire February 2016, Box Set 2 of 2 by Michelle Celmer

Author:Michelle Celmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459296015
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Patrick had decided to bring in one of the standby pilots the Kavanaghs sometimes used instead of flying himself. For one thing, the deep cut in his leg was still sore as hell. And for another, he liked the idea of sitting in the back of the jet with Libby. She was no stranger to luxury travel...so it wasn’t that he wanted to see her reaction when he dazzled her with sophistication and pampering.

It was far simpler than that. He wanted to spend time with her.

He arrived at the airstrip thirty minutes early. The past two nights, he hadn’t slept worth a damn. He kept reliving the moment the landslide happened. The instant Libby faced one of her worst fears. Because of him. Residual guilt tied his gut in a knot.

Not that she had suffered any lasting harm. Nevertheless, the experience in the mine was unpleasant to say the least. He never should have let her go down there.

He was already on the jet when the taxi pulled up. Peeking through the small window of the plane, he saw Libby get out. The day was drizzly and cold. She was wearing a black wool coat and carried a red-and-black umbrella, her face hidden. All he could see was long legs and sexy shoes.

The pilot was already in the cockpit preparing for takeoff. Patrick went to the open cabin door and stood, ready to lend a hand if Libby needed help on the wet stairs. She hovered on the tarmac as the cabdriver handed a suitcase and matching carry-on to Patrick. Then she came up the steps.

Patrick moved back. “Hand me your umbrella.” He’d been wrong about the coat. It wasn’t wool at all, but instead, a fashionable all-weather trench-style, presumably heavily lined to deal with the cold weather in New York. A hood, edged in faux fur, framed her face.

For some reason, he couldn’t look her in the eyes...not yet. “Make yourself comfortable,” he said over his shoulder. After shaking the worst of the water from the umbrella, he closed it and stored it in a small closet. Then he retracted the jet’s folding steps and turned the locking mechanisms on the cabin door.

“We’ll be taking off in about five minutes.”

At last, he turned around. Libby stood in the center of the cabin, her purse and coat on a seat beside her.

His heart punched once in his chest. Hard. His lungs forgot how to function. “Libby?” Incredulous, he stared at her. She was wearing a long-sleeve, scoop-necked black dress with a chunky silver necklace and matching earrings. The dress was completely plain. But the slubbed-knit fabric fit her body perfectly, emphasizing every sexy curve.

Even so, the dress wasn’t what made the greatest impact. Nor was it the extremely fashionable but wildly impractical high heels that made her legs seem a million miles long. The dramatic jolt wasn’t even a result of her darkly lashed green eyes or her soft crimson lips. It was her hair. God, her hair...

His mouth was probably hanging open, but he couldn’t help it.

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