Night After Night... by Kristin Gabriel

Author:Kristin Gabriel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

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SOME MEN MIGHT BE put off by a little competition, but Nate Cafferty wasn’t one of them. Prowling the Elvis suite that night, he was ready to convince Carleen that she didn’t want Ian Brock or Tobias Hamilton.

That the only man she wanted was him.

Because he sure as hell wanted her. That fact had hit him like a brick the moment he’d seen Ian Brock with her tonight. Jealousy had risen up inside of him, threatening to boil over. His first instinct had been to put his fist through the guy’s smart mouth.

Instead, he reined in those emotions, using them to focus on the prize, just like he’d been taught by his old boxing coach. As a teenager, the prize had been a championship belt or cold, hard cash.

Now the prize was Carleen.

He knew going into this assignment that she was no ordinary woman. It’s true that his pride had taken a serious blow when she’d chosen Ian over him tonight, but once he’d let his temper cool he’d remembered his earlier suspicions that the man was blackmailing her.

The more he thought about it, the more sense it made. She certainly hadn’t seemed happy to see him tonight. In fact, she’d practically pushed Nate out the door in a panic to get rid of him. The only reasonable explanation for her behavior was that Ian Brock might say something that she didn’t want Nate to hear.

Which brought him full circle to his original problem. She still didn’t trust him, even after experiencing the greatest form of intimacy two people could share. But he wasn’t about to give up yet.

She might have dined with Ian this evening, but tonight and every night for the next seventeen days, she’d be sleeping with Nate.

Carleen arrived in the Elvis suite even earlier than expected, though Nate was already in bed. Even after their marathon lovemaking session this afternoon, his body tensed at the sight of her, kicking his libido into high gear.

Her eyes widened in surprise at the sight of him. “I didn’t think you’d be here yet.”

“Looks like we’re both early tonight. What happened to your dinner date?”

“It wasn’t a date,” she clarified. “I didn’t even know Ian was coming over.”

Yet, she’d shown Nate the door the moment her old boyfriend had arrived. Jealousy flared again, but he tamped it down, sucking in a deep breath. “I’m just glad you’re here.”

“I have a busy day tomorrow,” she replied, heading toward the bathroom, duffel bag in hand. “I wanted to get a good night’s sleep.”

“Not tonight, Carleen,” he murmured under his breath, as she disappeared into Graceland. “Not tonight.”

When she emerged several minutes later, Nate closed his eyes and feigned sleep. The mattress dipped with her weight as she climbed into bed beside him.

Her warmth seeped over to his side of the bed and his body hardened at the thought of how easy it would be to reach over and touch her. To run his fingers over the curve of her hip and along the supple line of her buttocks.

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