Her Forbidden Bridegroom by Susan Fox

Author:Susan Fox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

THERE was no early phone call from Mitch. Lorna realized then that she shouldn’t have expected one. Mitch was dogged on the subject of her visit to his ranch, and it was entirely possible that Doris hadn’t passed on her message.

Mellie’s words kept coming back to her. You don’t think Doris is curious about you? The question thumped at her heart and got her out of bed by 6:00 a.m.

Grimly she dressed for the day and struggled with Mellie’s question. She’d given up on Doris years ago, and it upset her to realize there was even a whisper of hope left. Doris couldn’t possibly be curious about her now, not in any good way. The only curiosity she might have at this late date would be a curiosity about any weaknesses or flaws Lorna might have. Ones that could be used against her.

By seven, Lorna decided to take Melanie’s suggestion to leave her apartment for the day. She’d just got her few essentials transferred from her beaded handbag into the one she normally carried when she heard the knock at her door.

She knew instantly from the brisk, masculine sound that it was Mitch. Somehow he’d gotten into her building without using the call box outside the front lobby.

Just the thought of seeing him again sent a shaft of anxiety through her. And excitement. Quick, sweeping and intense, it shot her heart into a wild rhythm. She couldn’t possibly spend the day with Mitch and yet the only thing she wanted suddenly was one more day with him.

Oh God, she was such a fool. She was crazy about a man she had no business even speaking to. The crushing knowledge—that she couldn’t bear to refuse any opportunity to see Mitch or be with him again—gave her heart another wild jolt. She had to fight this.

Lorna shakily set her handbag on the small table in the entryway and stood staring at her apartment door holding her breath. The knock came a second time and she made herself turn away.

I doubt a man like him needs anyone’s permission to either choose the woman he wants to date…or to marry her…

Whether Melanie’s estimation of Mitch’s forceful personality was accurate or not, it was excruciatingly unhelpful to remember it now when he was standing outside her door waiting for her to let him in.

Even forcing herself to remember her friend’s other words, Then don’t go near him again, was enough to squelch her craving, particularly since this time she’d have a whole day. A long day at his ranch that she already knew would fly by like a span of minutes just because she was with him.

Lorna gripped her hands together in silent agony as she counted the seconds. The silence outside her door weighed heavily on her heart. Would he give up? She strained to hear the sound of his retreating boot steps, but there was nothing.

Until she heard a soft papery scrape and glanced over her shoulder in time to see the edge of a business card peep out from under her door.

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