Her Red-Carpet Romance by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2015-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Would you like me to come back for you later, Mr. Spader?” the limousine driver asked as Lukkas stepped out of the vehicle and then took Yohanna’s hand to help her get out.

Lukkas didn’t want to communicate the wrong idea to either his driver or to Yohanna.

“No, Henry. Stay right here. This won’t take long,” he promised.

Lukkas saw the way his driver eyed him and then slanted a glance toward Yohanna. It was obvious what was going through the man’s mind. His driver just assumed that he would be capping off the evening with a dalliance. There was no denying that the woman with him was gorgeous, not to mention approachably tempting.

He knew Henry meant well, but the driver was also wrong. Nothing was about to happen other than his walking Hanna to her door.

Yohanna smiled to herself. “I think your driver expects me to invite you in,” she said to Lukkas as he brought her to her door.

He wasn’t about to explore that possibility. “I learned a long time ago not to concern myself with what others expect of me. I only need to live up to what I expect of me,” he told her. They were at her door already. It was time to wrap this up and gracefully take his leave. “Thank you for a very nice evening.”

“I should be the one thanking you,” Yohanna pointed out. She’d had a really wonderful time.

Yohanna suddenly remembered that she was still in possession of the card he’d given her to buy her outfit. “By the way, here’s your credit card back,” she said, taking it out of her purse and giving it to him. “I just want you to know that I intend to pay you back for the gown and everything else. Just not all at once,” she qualified. The bill had come to a figure that represented six months of regular expenses on her budget.

Lukkas shook his head, dismissing her promise. “You wouldn’t have had to buy ‘the gown and everything’ if I hadn’t asked you to accompany me to the premiere, so don’t worry about it.” He flashed an easy smile at her. “I consider it an investment.”

Yohanna caught her lower lip between her teeth, chewing on it as she looked down at her gown. She couldn’t have him paying for her clothes. “I don’t feel right about this,” she told him.

“You might not feel right, but you certainly look right,” he heard himself saying, giving voice to the way her appearance was affecting him. “And I appreciate you doing this for me.”

He made it sound like a sacrifice on her part when it was anything but. She couldn’t help the smile that rose to her lips. All evening she’d felt like a fairy-tale princess. “All my assignments should be so hard.”

Initially, he was just going to bring her to her door and watch her go inside. But he found himself wanting to linger, to stay with her a little longer.

Perhaps even go inside.

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