Married for Real (Harlequin Presents) by Armstrong Lindsay

Author:Armstrong, Lindsay [Armstrong, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Presents 90s
Published: 2011-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

She woke to a total feeling of disorientation. Then it started to come back to her and she groped across the bed but she was alone, so she pulled a pillow into her arms then realized a shaft of light was coming from the bathroom, and a dark shadow was standing in the doorway.

She blinked several times, adjusting to the gloom, and saw that it was Declan with a towel tied around his waist, his shoulders propped against the door-frame as he watched her. Then he straightened, turned on an overhead light and came over to sit on the bed.

They said nothing for a long moment, just stared at each other, and Arizona drank in the way his wet hair fell over his forehead, the still damp skin of his shoulders and chest, and remembered the feel of his body on hers, the strength of it and the way he’d held her and made love to her until she’d felt as if she was spinning off the planet like a singing top as she experienced the first climax of her life. Remembered how stunned she’d been afterwards, lost for words, incredulous—and helpless. For that matter how she felt now, only a couple of hours later, but all the same as if she might never leave this bed, but not only because she was tired—because she really felt like luxuriating between the sheets and feeling as if he was still there with her.

Then she thought she should say something, so she murmured huskily, ‘You’re dynamite, Declan.’ But her eyes were completely serious as she added very quietly, ‘Thanks.’

He smiled faintly and cupped her cheek. ‘Don’t thank me, Arizona. You had the same effect on me.’ He paused and narrowed his eyes as he added, ‘It didn’t seem to me as if it had ever happened for you quite like that before.’

‘No,’ she said after the slightest hesitation.

‘How do you feel about it?’

‘Like...Alice? In wonderland?’ she suggested after a moment. ‘I seem to remember reacting a bit like that.’

‘You reacted wonderfully, you were exquisite. It’s just a pity I have to leave you,’ he said slowly and took her hand.

She tightened her fingers around his and said with a frown, ‘Why?’

‘I have an urgent meeting this evening—I know, it seems a strange time for business but it affects what goes into tomorrow’s paper. There’s a political crisis looming about which we have to be very careful what we say. Besides, it’s supposed to be unlucky for prospective brides and grooms to spend the night before their wedding together, or something like that.’

Arizona grimaced. ‘So they say—will we still be doing it tomorrow?’

His eyes locked with hers. ‘Oh, yes. Did you doubt it after what’s just happened?’

‘No...’

The door chimes rang.

She tensed and her eyes widened.

‘Stay there,’ he murmured. ‘I ordered some food, I’ll get it.’ He disappeared into the bathroom, came out wearing a towelling robe and walked into the lounge. A few minutes later he reappeared pushing a trolley with the most visible things on it being a silver bucket with a bottle of champagne—and a bouquet of red roses.

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