Lisa Kleypas - Vallerands 02 by Only & Your Love

Author:Only & Your Love [Only & Love, Your]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-11-25T23:56:39+00:00

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Celia leaned over Justin worriedly. He was white underneath his tan, and there were dots of sweat on his forehead. The furrows between his thick eyebrows betrayed his pain. She blotted his forehead with the handkerchief. “Another headache?” she asked.

“No, it’s all right, I can go on,” he said. “I just need—”

“You need to rest.” She slipped her palm over his shirt-covered torso, letting her hand linger on the bandage wrapped around his middle. “You shouldn’t have come downstairs,” she said, while Max and Benedict conferred behind her in quiet tones.

“I had to get out of that blasted room,” Justin murmured.

“There was no need for you to put on clothes. You could have worn a robe.” He gave her a brief grin that was too mischievous to belong to Philippe. “In certain situations a man feels at a disadvantage without his clothes.”

“Philippe,” Lieutenant Benedict said, walking to the sofa, “I suppose this will have to do for now. But there is much more I would like to know—when you have recovered more of your strength, that is.”

“Certainly,” Justin returned, and struggled up with the use of his cane, ignoring Celia’s protests. He draped an arm over her narrow shoulders to steady himself. “I hope your wife is in good health.”

“Yes, she is,” Benedict replied, looking at him speculatively. “When may I tell her you will be resuming your practice?”

Celia answered for Justin, slipping her arm around his waist. “I will insist that Philippe recover completely before contemplating a return to his work.” She smiled at the lieutenant. “I’ve only just had my husband returned to me…New Orleans will have to forgive me for wanting him all to myself for a little while.”

After bidding them farewell, Benedict left with a bemused expression. Justin let out a long sigh, his body aching from the exertions of the morning. Max gave him an oddly preoccupied glance. “It went well, I think,” he said shortly. “I’m going to talk with Lysette now. She will want to hear about it.” Celia kept her steadying arm around Justin’s waist as they made their way to the stairs. “Do you think the lieutenant was convinced?” she asked.

“Not entirely,” Justin replied with a brooding frown. “But he could have made it much more difficult.” He swore under his breath as he lifted his leg awkwardly on the first step. “Maybe that will come later.”

“You were very…different in there,” she said, bracing him with her slim body. “So friendly and nice.”

“Like Philippe.”

“A little,” she conceded. “Philippe was open, trusting, in a way that you are not. He liked people, wanted to help them. They could see it in his face. That was why he—”

“Aye, I’m aware of all that,” Justin said tersely.

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