Justin by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Australia Pty Ltd
Published: 2014-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Justin could hardly believe what he saw when he woke up the next morning. He was so used to the dreams of Shelby ending at dawn. But here she was, with her long, dark hair on his pillow, her soft, elfin features relaxed in sleep, her mouth full and sweet and tempting.

He lay there, just watching her, for a long time. He’d been lonely without her. More lonely than he’d realized until they were speaking again. When they were dating, he’d dreamed of having Shelby in his bed, relaxed in sleep, and doing just this—watching her sleep. She couldn’t know how precious she was to him, or that last night had been a revelation, a culmination of every longing he’d ever had, even though he hadn’t been able to finish what he’d started. Just finding her virginal was a shock of pure delight.

He didn’t even start to think about why she’d deceived him. He was too enraptured by the sight of her lovely face in sleep, by her dark head lying so trustingly on his pillow.

When she didn’t stir, he smiled gently and bent to brush her lips with his.

He saw her long black eyelashes flutter and then lift. She sighed, saw him and smiled, a new softness in her pale green eyes.

“Good morning,” she whispered.

“Good morning.” He kissed her again. “Did you sleep well?”

“I’ve never slept so well in all my life. And you?”

“I could say the same.” He pulled the sheet back over her, tucking it in. “You don’t have to get up yet.”

“Are you going to work this early?” she murmured with a sleepy glance at the clock.

“I have to fly up to Dallas, honey,” he said, rising. “A new customer. I’ll be home by dark.”

“I don’t have to be at work until nine,” she said with a smug smile.

“I wish you’d give up that job,” he said, frowning down at her.

“Justin, I like it,” she protested, but not vehemently.

“I don’t like having you so handy to Barry Holman,” he murmured.

She stared at him. “Maybe he is a womanizer, but not with me,” she told him. “He’s a very nice man and he’s good to me.”

Justin turned away. It wouldn’t do to have her know how jealous he was of her handsome boss. “I’ve got to get a shower.”

She watched him rummage in his drawer for underwear and head toward the bathroom, her eyes hungry on his bare torso. It seemed so unreal, the intimacy that they’d shared the night before. She blushed just remembering it, but he was gone before he saw the scarlet flush on her cheeks.

She wondered if she should have told him about Tammy Lester and the way Mr. Holman seemed so interested in her. She might do that later.

But she dozed off while he was in the shower, and when she woke up again, he was dressed in a pale gray suit that clung lovingly to the powerful lines of his tall body, and he was straightening his red-and-gray-striped tie in the mirror.

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