Lessons in Seduction by Sandra Hyatt

Author:Sandra Hyatt
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

Seven

Danni woke to a soft tapping on the door. She had no idea what time it was other than early. So she rolled over and ignored it. The tapping grew louder. “I’m fine. I don’t need anything.” Except maybe a glass of water but she could get that for herself.

Blake had knocked just like that last night as she was about to get into bed because he’d forgotten to check that her bathroom had everything it ought to. And although those few minutes of Blake’s garrulous company after the strained torture of dinner with Adam had been a blessing, she didn’t want to see him, or anybody, right now.

Adam had been polite during their meal. Too polite. And charming. Too charming. There had been nothing real or honest about their conversation. The manners and the charm masked a remoteness that seemed impossible to bridge.

She’d all but told him that she wanted him. And he’d turned her down. Supposedly hell had no fury like a woman scorned, but she wasn’t feeling scorn so much as mortification.

A chasm had opened up between them and it was of her making. She’d kissed him and he’d let her walk away. He hadn’t mentioned the kiss during dinner. Not once.

She’d hoped that his gentle but undeniable rebuff would quell the insane one-sided lust that had sprung from nothing and nowhere in the space of a few days. But apparently insane lust didn’t work that way. And she was still hankering, twisted up on the inside with wanting him.

She’d had wine with dinner in her desperation to forget. Not much, but usually she drank nothing. The wine had given no consolation and no reprieve from her embarrassment.

He was Adam Marconi. Heir to the throne of San Philippe. She was the daughter of one of the palace drivers. He’d known her since she was five. He didn’t even think of her as a woman. If only there was a way to get through this day without seeing him.

“Danni?”

Her breath caught in her chest and every muscle tensed. It wasn’t Blake at the door. It was Adam. And the tapping hadn’t been at the main door to her room but at the adjoining door.

“Danni? I’m coming in.”

Danni burrowed farther beneath the covers. “What do you want?” She knew there was no way of completely avoiding seeing him today but surely it didn’t have to start now.

He opened the door enough that he could look into the room, his gaze somewhere on the wall above her head. He didn’t so much as put a toe past the threshold. “We’re going skiing. Did you bring gear?”

“Yes. I’m always prepared for anything, and I wasn’t going to twiddle my thumbs while you were off skiing. But I thought we were going back to the palace today?”

He opened the door a little wider. “We’re going skiing first. It snowed heavily overnight again and although it’s stopped now, it’ll be several hours before the roads have all been cleared. So we’re stuck here for a while.

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