High-Stakes Honeymoon by RaeAnne Thayne

Author:RaeAnne Thayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The silence stretched between them, so taut the air seemed to quiver with it.

Suddenly she was back in the rain forest with him, once more in his arms as his mouth explored hers with heartbreaking tenderness, his body hard and possessive against hers.

Her breathing quickened and heat flickered through her. She wanted to be there again, wanted it with a fierce ache, though she would willingly forgo the mud of the trail for nice clean carpet.

While the rain sizzled and crackled outside, their gazes held. She thought for a moment he would reach for her but instead he looked away, shifting his attention to the rain outside and the darkening sky.

“Uh, bad news,” he said, his voice gruff. “Solera isn’t available until morning. According to the desk sergeant, he’s on a case. Yours, I would guess. All the rural police on the peninsula are probably working your kidnapping case, too bad for us.”

She drew in a breath, ordering her unruly hormones to settle. With his glum tone, he couldn’t have made it more clear that he was anxious to be rid of her, despite the heat between them.

“What do we do now?” she finally asked.

“Wait here until morning when he’s back in the office, I guess. I don’t know what else to do. Manny is the only one I know and trust on the police force. I would hate to talk to the wrong person and end up with you back in Rafferty’s hands.”

At least he wasn’t so eager to be rid of her that he would turn her over to just anyone.

“I’m sorry,” he went on. “I know you’re anxious to be on your way, but I’m afraid you’re stuck here for another day.”

She wasn’t sorry. She was in no hurry to return to Fort Worth and her father and the recriminations she knew she would face for placing herself in harm’s way and putting others to all the bother and fuss of having to look for her.

She cringed just thinking about it, then caught herself. Okay, maybe she shouldn’t have come on her honeymoon alone. She had been running away, escaping the social and emotional upheaval from breaking her engagement. It had been selfish and cowardly to leave.

But none of the rest of this was her fault.

Bradley Swidell was to blame, and she would be damned if she would let her father make her feel guilty.

“I don’t mind,” she finally answered Ren. “It will be lovely to sleep in a real bed tonight.”

He cleared his throat, that glittery look in his eyes again. “Uh, right.”

She had a vivid mental picture of sharing that bed with him, bodies entwined and mouths tangled under the mosquito netting. Hunger and need washed through her like that hard tropical rain outside, and she could feel heat soaking her cheeks.

“How was your shower?” he asked after a long, charged moment, then immediately looked as if he hadn’t said anything.

“Heavenly,” she answered. “I’m afraid I used up all the hot water washing my hair.

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