Love on Trial by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer [Palmer, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781426843686
Google: yhVpKng3z7YC
Amazon: 0373512074
Barnesnoble: 0373512074
Goodreads: 3103646
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 1979-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Six

He turned, as if he sensed her puzzlement, and she could feel his eyes touching her. His cigarette glowed orange in the fading light. “Isn’t that clear enough?” he asked harshly. “Get out of my sight, you little hypocrite! Whatever the game is, I’m damned well not playing!”

Her hand went to her cheek, feeling as if he’d slapped her. She turned and started back toward the beach house alone.

With her heart pounding in her ears, she joined the others, trying not to let the turmoil of her emotions show. Her amber eyes had an unnatural brightness, and her hair was damp in back from the surf and dishevelled from Hawke’s rough fingers. But she managed to keep her voice calm, her hands steady.

“Where is Hawke?” Angel asked with venomous curiosity. “He followed you out.”

“I don’t know,” Siri replied innocently. “He passed me on the beach and kept right on walking.”

“I’ll bet that did a lot for your ego,” Kitty teased lightly.

Siri smiled. “It’s not like that at all. Hawke’s years too old for me. Goodness, he used to drive me to cheerleading practice when I was barely in my teens.” She laughed, and saw some of the suspicion and tension drain out of Angel’s delicately boned face.

“We will wait for him,” the little Latin woman said. “In the meantime, let us have another drink.”

Siri welcomed the rum punch as never before. Perhaps she could recover before…

Even as the thought formed in her mind, Hawke came in the door, looking as imperturbable as ever and just a little dangerous. His eyes darted toward Siri for just an instant before he joined Angel at the bar and after a while, the din of conversation dispelled some of Siri’s tension. Not that the meal had much taste when they sat down to eat it. It might have been cardboard for all she knew. She kept her eyes on her plate and carried bites of food automatically to her mouth, pausing only to murmur appropriate responses to Kitty’s bubbly remarks. The evening passed agonizingly slowly, a mingling of soft music and conversation that seemed to go forever.

Finally, Randy announced that he and Kitty had to get back to their hotel. Siri was right behind them, hoping that Hawke might decide to remain with Angel. But he didn’t. Parrying aside her invitation to spend the day with her tomorrow, he explained that he’d be leaving town in the morning, adding that he’d look her up the next time he was passing through.

Siri followed the Hallers outside, while Angel took her sweet time saying goodbye to Hawke. Oh, why couldn’t he have stayed? She didn’t want to have to go back to that lonely suite with him, to be taunted anymore, to be shamed anymore. She just wanted to go back to Atlanta, and her father, and the newspaper. This was like being left in an unescapable cage with a lion.

Driving back to Panama City was the most uncomfortable thing in Siri’s recent memory. She sat

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