Her Sicilian Baby Revelation (Mills & Boon Modern) by Michelle Smart

Author:Michelle Smart [Smart, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2020-01-23T14:14:03+00:00

As they left the cosy warmth of the Bally House Hotel restaurant, the breezy chill in the air outside came as something of a shock, especially as Orla had neglected to bring a jacket with her. She looked up at the sky and was disappointed to find all the stars hidden under thick cloud. Summer was practically over, she thought wistfully.

Yawning as the long day finally caught up with her, she rubbed her arms for warmth. Eagle-eyed Tonino noticed and removed his charcoal suit jacket and placed it on her shoulders.

‘You don’t have to do that,’ she protested.

‘I’m not cold,’ he answered smugly.

And now, neither was she. Tonino’s jacket was so big and contained so much warmth that it enveloped her body like a giant hug.

Its warmth came from his body heat.

The driver noticed their approach and opened the back door for her.

She climbed inside and was about to reluctantly give Tonino his jacket back when he slid in beside her.

‘You don’t need to escort me back,’ she chided, smothering another yawn.

‘I want to see you home safely.’

The driver pulled away.

‘Don’t be silly.’ She smothered yet another yawn. She was utterly exhausted and yet…

Alone with Tonino in the confines of the back seat of his car, the partition between them and the driver raised…

Suddenly she was aware of the beats of her heart and the thickening of her blood.

Suddenly she was aware of Tonino’s cologne dancing through her airwaves. The urge to rub her cheek into his jacket still draped over her shoulders became almost irresistible.

And suddenly she was aware of his thigh pressed against hers.

She should move away from him. Edge herself to the door. Create a distance.

She knew what she should do. Her body had other thoughts and was refusing to take orders from her brain. She cleared her throat. ‘You’ve only got to come all the way back and it’s not like you’ll see Finn—he’ll be asleep.’ The car’s interior darkened as they drove through the thick woodland. ‘You should get some sleep too before all that travelling you’ve got to do…’

His hand closed over hers, stifling her words. It felt very different from the way he’d covered her hand in the restaurant. That had been for reassurance during what had proved to be a difficult yet ultimately necessary conversation. Since then, they’d spoken only of light, forgettable things and yet, instinctively, she knew she would remember every word exchanged.

If only she could remember those last missing pieces. What had happened with her father was becoming clearer. She’d waited on his doorstep for his housekeeper to find him. She didn’t need the actual memory to know the housekeeper had returned with the message that he didn’t want to see her. Orla knew it in her heart.

The memory she most wanted back was the accident. Where had she been going? She’d been two hours from home on the main road to Dublin…

Her desperate thoughts, barriers to help her pretend that the electricity bouncing over skin wasn’t really happening, dissolved.

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