Harlequin Special Edition March 2020--Box Set 1 of 2 by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

He hadn’t planned on kissing her again. He wasn’t even sure why he’d followed her out of the bank. Finn didn’t consider himself either intuitive or a guy who was sensitive to other people’s moods.

He was a dealmaker. He managed facts, figures and, most important, profit margins. Rarely did emotion play into his work, and he definitely hadn’t become the youngest person to be named a regional director by acting on his emotions. Starlight was messing with him, with who he was on a cellular level. As if the fresh air and slower pace of life had seeped into him, recalibrating everything he knew to be true about himself.

Or maybe it was Kaitlin and the strange, visceral connection he felt with her.

He shouldn’t have kissed her but could resist her about as much as he could stop himself from breathing.

The urge was almost involuntary.

Except he was choosing this. Choosing her.

As he slanted his mouth over hers, he heard her sigh. Resignation or desire—he couldn’t tell which.

Then she threaded her fingers through his hair, her nails gently grazing his scalp. Lightning sparks of desire skipped along his neck and shoulders. As he was coming to expect with Kaitlin, his tension eased.

Another sort of agitation escalated through him as her tongue licked across the seam of his lips. He opened for her, beyond grateful that she deepened the kiss. There were no words for how much he wanted this.

Luckily, he didn’t need words to tell her how he felt. He put all of his desire into kissing her, hoping she understood. Based on her reaction, she felt as much as he did.

Until suddenly she pulled away and stood, straightening her pale pink sweater with a sharp tug.

“I should get back.” Her voice was shaky, breathless. “No need to give Liz and Cassie another reason to talk about me.”

“I didn’t mean for that to happen,” he felt compelled to tell her.

“I know,” she whispered and then hurried away.

What the hell was wrong with him? He rebuttoned his shirt and straightened his tie. Damn Daniel for dying and bringing him back here, he thought, then immediately regretted it. What kind of a selfish jerk had he turned into that he thought the changes in his life could hold a candle to what Brynn’s family must be dealing with now?

In truth, Finn had been given a gift. He had a do-over with his father, a way to clean the slate so he could move forward in his own life without guilt.

This morning had been more difficult than he’d imagined. He was used to managing money. His division employed plenty of people, but he felt so much more of a personal responsibility to the people at First Trust, even though they weren’t technically his employees. Chances were good that if his father was forced to sell the bank to a national institution, most employees would retain their positions. But there was no guarantee and, even so, it wouldn’t be the same.

He retraced his steps down the path, pausing to watch the children playing on the park’s jungle gym.

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