Hightower Affairs 2: Bedding the Secret Heiress by Emilie Rose

Author:Emilie Rose [Rose, Emilie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Silhouette Desire
Published: 2009-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

Six

W hat were you thinking?

Lauren mentally kicked her own behind as she hurried toward the dining room, running from the mistake she’d almost made. She might be adventurous professionally, but she’d always been cautious in her personal life, her sex life in particular. How had Gage made her forget that?

Surprise stopped her in the dining room entrance when she spotted two other couples already seated at the round table. Gage bumped into her, searing his full body length against her back for one brief pulse-skipping moment. He grasped her waist to steady her, and her breasts and lips tingled, asking—no, begging—for more of what she’d sampled upstairs.

The man could kiss. Not even with Whit, the man she’d thought herself in love with and hoped to marry, had she ever felt anything as potent or exciting as the passion Gage had stirred in her.

Desire for Gage still gnawed at her, but that was one hunger she had every intention of denying. She shook off his hands and wished she could blame her loss of control on alcohol, but she’d consumed less than half of her mojito. The guilt rested squarely on her thirteen-months-and-counting celibate shoulders.

“Hi,” she greeted the group and then stifled a wince at her overly loud, overly cheerful voice.

Esmé bustled in from the kitchen. “There you are. I was about to send Leon looking for you.”

Lauren’s cheeks burned like a hot lightbulb, and so did a certain spot below her navel. She hoped the others couldn’t read on her face what she and Gage had been doing upstairs before coming down.

“Meet our other guests. Sue and Rob are from Utah.” Esmé pointed first at the thirtysomething couple whose arms were entwined like mating snakes then at the fresh-faced couple who looked younger than Lauren. They seemed busy—under the table—if their overly innocent expressions and flushed cheeks were any indicator. “Tracy and Jack are from outside of Austin. Folks, meet Lauren and Gage.”

Lauren would have guessed the couples were newlyweds even if Esmé hadn’t told her about the B and B’s other guests during the tour. The couples’ devotion showed in every lingering glance and touch. It was as if the partners couldn’t bear to be physically disconnected even though they sat only inches apart.

The only chairs left at the table were side by side. Gage pulled one out for Lauren then took the other spot. Their arms and shoulders brushed as they unfolded cloth napkins, making Lauren’s already-agitated synapses crackle like a lightning storm. Another leaf in the table would have given them more room.

The couple across from her kissed, rubbed noses and shared an intimate smile. Their lovey-dovey, touchy-feely antics drove home to Lauren what she could be doing right now if she didn’t care about her job, and if she could ignore the fact that she’d disliked the man beside her until sometime today.

She tried to remember at what point she’d realized she no longer hated Gage. It wasn’t on the drive to the plant this morning when he’d informed her in a superior tone how he operated and what he expected of her.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.