Just Imagine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harper Collins

Cain knew he was behaving badly, but he didn’t care. For weeks he’d been keeping himself away from her. As far as he could tell, he was the only single man in the community who wasn’t jumping to her tune. Now it was time they had a reckoning. He was just sorry Veronica had to be subjected to Kit’s rudeness.

And to his own.

But he wouldn’t dwell on that. “Open this door.”

Even as he rapped the panels with his knuckles, he knew he was making a mistake by coming up here after her. But if he let her defy him now, he’d lose any chance he had of keeping her under control.

He told himself this was for her own good. She was willful and stubborn, a danger to herself. Whether he liked it or not, he was her guardian, which meant he had a responsibility to guide her.

But he didn’t feel like a guardian. He felt like a man who was losing a struggle with himself.

“Go away!”

He twisted the knob and let himself in.

She stood by the window, the last of the sunlight casting her exquisite face into shadow. She was a wild, beautiful creature, and she tempted him beyond bearing.

As she turned, he froze in place. She’d been unbuttoning her dress, and the sleeves had fallen down on her shoulders so he could see the soft rounds of her breasts visible above her chemise. His mouth went dry.

She didn’t try to clutch the bodice together as a modest young woman should. Instead, she gave him glare for glare. “Get out of my room. You have no right to come charging in here.”

He remembered Hamilton Woodward’s letter accusing her of seducing his business partner. When Cain had received it, he had no reason not to believe it, but now he knew better. Kit’s claim that she’d punched the bastard was undoubtedly true. If only he were as certain that she was turning aside Parsell’s advances.

He tore his eyes away. “I’m not going to be disobeyed.”

“Then you’d better bark out your orders to someone else.”

“Watch it, Kit. I tanned that rump of yours once before, and it won’t bother me to do it again.”

Instead of backing away, she had the gall to take a step toward him. His hand itched, and he found himself imagining exactly how that backside would feel, bare beneath his palm. Then he imagined sliding his hand around that sweet curve—not to hurt, but to please.

“If you want to see what a knife feels like in your belly, just go ahead and try it, Yankee.”

He almost laughed. He outweighed her by nearly a hundred pounds, but the little wildcat still thought she could challenge him.

“You’ve forgotten something,” he said. “You’re my ward. I make the decisions and you do as I say. Is that understood?”

“Oh, it’s understood, all right, Yankee. It’s understood that you’re an arrogant ass! Now get out of my room.”

As she jabbed her finger toward the door, the strap of her chemise fell over her opposite shoulder.

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