Her Billionaire Santa by Allen Jewel

Author:Allen, Jewel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

KATY

What was wrong with her?

Did she have to keep running scared? Marcus James was just a man—granted, a gorgeous man—but it wasn’’t like he was crass or a lech or arrogant. For a billionaire, he was actually a nice guy. A nice guy with broad shoulders, a well-built chest, and hazel eyes she could get lost in. That velvet voice, she could listen to him recite eye colors all day.

Hazel.

When he stood behind her, holding her robe, she was tempted to lean back against his warmth. Fortunately, she had the presence of mind to run away.

Which begged the question, what about him, in particular, was she scared of?

Well, for one, she’d only known him for a week. For another, he could have anyone he wanted, surely. Why was he flirting with her?

He isn’t flirting with you. He’s just being nice.

Yes, that’s it.

Plus, he was a billionaire.

Still, she took extra care getting ready for dinner. They hadn’t talked about it, but most likely they would run into each other. There were places in Flores they could go to, or Las Lagunas had its own restaurant.

She went through her clothes and settled on her dressiest outfit. It was a slimming, long-sleeved black shirt dress that could easily give off a dressy vibe in ballet flats or casual if paired with sneakers. She put on her flats and looked this way and that in the mirror. From her luggage, she fished out a thin belt. There. That finished the outfit. Her hair, washed and blown dry, gleamed.

She felt pretty and nervous.

Someone knocked on her door. She opened it, to find Marcus looking gorgeous in a polo shirt folded at the sleeves and dark slacks.

“Hello, Katy.” That voice. So deep and gruff.

And those eyes.

“Hello,” she managed to say.

If she thought things would lighten between them after the tension she felt at the Jacuzzi, she was wrong. She was afraid to reveal herself and resisted the urge to retreat behind her door.

“Would you like to have dinner with me?” he asked.

“No, I want separate tables,” she teased, and they laughed.

“Is here all right?” he asked. “I walked around the grounds. They seem to have a decent restaurant.”

“For the price, they should,” she said. “Let me grab my purse.”

When she stepped out of her room, purse in hand, he gazed at her intently. “You look very pretty, by the way.”

“Thank you.” Warmth crept onto her cheeks.

She pulled her door shut and followed him down the hall. They walked side by side through the building where a couple checked in. Other couples walked past. No doubt Las Lagunas was a popular honeymoon destination, which made her feel even more awkward about keeping company with Marcus.

Until she glimpsed the sunset outside.

Katy sucked in her breath and hurried to the opening into the garden patio that overlooked the Quexil Lagoon. The sun itself wasn’t visible because they must have been facing the opposite way, but it tinged the edge of the water a deep orange. It made Katy think of a flame burning bright when something is lit.

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