More Than a Mistress by Sandra Marton

Author:Sandra Marton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1999-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

What could Alex be thinking, to put that sudden crimson stain on her beautiful cheekbones?

Travis sneaked a quick look at her again, then looked back at the road.

The more he saw of her, the deeper an enigma she became. Her on-and-off sexuality had almost driven him crazy, but there was more than that about her that he just couldn’t figure out. From what he’d been able to gather, neither could her lawyers.

He’d been trying to figure a way to wangle a meeting with Alex, but things had fallen into place with surprising ease.

“Ms. Thorpe wishes to meet with you, Mr. Baron,” one of her attorneys had said.

“Does she know who I am?” Travis had asked, with quickened interest.

“Oh, no. She never even thought to ask your name. It’s probably her divorce that makes her think she wants to take some small role in her business affairs.”

“How long ago was the divorce?”

“Two years.” The attorney had sighed. “But I’m sure the stress lingers.”

“Was she in love with her husband?”

If the attorney thought the question rather personal, he was too well-trained to show it.

“Of course,” he’d replied.

Travis eased the car down to the speed limit as the road began its descent, and glanced at Alex again. Was that why she’d come on to him the way she had? Because she was heartbroken over the loss of her husband? It was possible; he could imagine a woman, in the depths of despair, trying to erase the memories of another man by going to bed with a stranger.

His jaw tightened.

Hell, he didn’t want to think he’d been a second-best substitute for some guy who’d been stupid enough to lose this woman.

“Your husband,” he said abruptly.

Alex swung her head toward him. “My ex-husband.”

“Yeah.” Travis’s hands tightened on the wheel. “Who divorced who?”

“I beg your pardon?”

“Did you leave him, or was it the opposite way around?”

Alex touched the tip of her tongue to her lips. “I don’t see what that has to do with Peregrine Vineyards.”

Travis wrenched the wheel, hard, to the right. The brakes protested as he swung onto the narrow gravel shoulder and let the car idle.

“I was married,” he said harshly. “I found my wife in bed with another man and realized I’d known for a long time, that I really didn’t love her and maybe I never had.” His green gaze caught hers and held it. “I wasn’t trying to get rid of ghosts when I made love to you.”

Alex’s eyes widened. “I never said—”

“Were you?”

She swallowed dryly. “Was I—was I thinking about Carl when we—when you and I—”

“When you cried out, in my arms,” Travis said, his eyes never leaving hers. “Were you thinking of him, wishing he was in your bed instead of me?”

She stared at him. It was a question he had no right to ask, one she had every right to refuse to answer. At the very least, she could lie, tell him yes, she’d been thinking about her ex when she’d been with him…

“Alex?”

Travis wasn’t touching her but she could almost feel the strength of his hands on her.

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