Moondrift by Anne Mather

Author:Anne Mather [Mather, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472097248
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

RHYS had not intended to get involved with Jordan Lucas.

He had bought the house on Eleutha because he had wanted somewhere of his own, where he could escape from the pressures his public life was putting upon him. The idea of having a home in such an idyllic spot had appealed to the artistic side of his nature, and in a more practical sense the house at Planter’s Point could provide him with a place to work far away from commercial influences.

His plans for building a sound studio on the island had never been realised, primarily because of his involvement with Jordan. And after the affair was all over, he had decided it had been an impractical suggestion at best. But that had been while he was still feeling raw in the aftermath of their break-up, and the prospect of returning to Eleutha for any purpose had seemed totally unacceptable. Now, however, with the objectivity of distance, he could regret that emotive decision, even if the reasons for its making were still as relevant as ever.

But, ten years ago, his arrival on the island had given him no forewarning of what was to come. The house was beautiful—but he had known that in advance. The agent he had hired to handle the sale for him had assured him of its suitability, and he had provided dozens of photographs for Rhys to study in the evenings after another of his exhausting schedule of concerts. Rhys had instantly felt able to relax there, and if his meeting with Robert Lucas had not been entirely harmonious, the island was big enough for them to avoid one another quite satisfactorily.

However, Rhys had not bargained for his own immediate, and quite insensible, attraction for Robert Lucas’s elder daughter. From the first moment he saw her, flushed and grubby, and evidently hot with embarrassment, he had felt an unfamiliar desire to protect her, and when his housekeeper had walked out on him he had jumped at the excuse to see Jordan again.

Of course, she was too young. He had told himself that a hundred times. And it would be madness to get involved with one of the local girls, when he had bought a house here and intended to stay. He knew that, too. But circumstances, and his own recklessness, had served to undermine his determination, and when he saw her again, slim and golden in her skimpy shorts, he had not been able to resist temptation.

Even so, he had succeeded in controlling their relationship for the first few weeks. They spent a lot of time together, it was true, but apart from in play, he had not laid a hand on her. It had not been easy, and there had been times, he knew, when the situation between them became somewhat strained, due to the unwelcome awareness of his own sexuality. But he might have restrained his baser impulses if Jordan herself had not precipitated their release.

Once Robert Lucas had found out about his

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