Nikki and the Lone Wolf by Marion Lennox

Author:Marion Lennox
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

When tree-huggers chained themselves to trees they didn’t expect their trees to get up and walk. Or get up and sail out of the harbour.

Uh-oh. Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.

There was a twenty-yard gap between wharf and boat. Should she jump off and swim for it?

Dragging Horse behind her?

Horse was still doing his merman impersonation at the bow. His nose was pointing into the wind, every sense quivering.

Yesterday he’d looked half dead. Now…he almost looked beautiful. If you looked past the mangy coat.

Coat.

She was wearing a light pullover. Cotton. She glanced at Gabe, who was intent behind the wheel, ignoring her. He was in his weatherproofs, dressed for work.

Her pullover was pale pink. Her jeans were a soft blue.

She was wearing her Gucci loafers.

Hardly fishing gear.

‘There’s a jetty at the harbour mouth,’ Gabe growled, seemingly intent on keeping the wheel steady. ‘I’ll put you off there.’

‘You’ve done this to frighten me.’

‘I’ve done this because I have work to do,’ he snapped. ‘You’re in the way.’

‘I’m not in the way,’ she muttered. ‘It’s a big boat.’

‘You don’t seriously want to come to sea with me?’

Deep breath. Resolution. ‘If you’re stupid enough to want to take the boat out by yourself, then yes, I do,’ she said. ‘It was me who hit you. I feel responsible. If someone else hit you, you’d be welcome to be as stupid as you want. I wouldn’t care.’

‘You don’t have to care.’

‘I told you. I hit you, I don’t have a choice.’

‘Get off at the jetty.’

‘No.’ Back to tree-hugging. She was not, however, sounding as sure as she might have been.

‘You’ll get seasick.’

There was a thought. Hmm.

She’d been on a couple of cruises with her parents. One with Jon. ‘I don’t get seasick.’ Or sometimes, just a little.

‘We’re going around reefs, checking pots in rough water. Have you ever been on a small boat in rough water?’

‘I don’t care,’ she burst out. ‘It’s you who’s being stubborn and ridiculous and a totally dumb, masochistic male. Your call. If you go out, you take me with you, seasick or not.’

‘Fine,’ he said and shifted the wheel so instead of pointing to the jetty at the harbour mouth they were pointing to the open sea.

Um…what had she done?

She kept her arms crossed and felt stupid.

The sea breeze wasn’t all that warm.

They hit cross waves at the harbour entrance and she had to uncross her arms to hold on. Whoa, cruise liners never rocked like this.

‘Nikki?’

‘What?’ She was glowering. Trying to stay righteous and purposeful.

‘Put these on.’ They were clear of the harbour mouth and he’d left the wheel for a moment. He took the couple of steps to where she stood and handed her a coat even more disgusting than his.

‘I’m not sure…’

‘Put it on,’ he growled. ‘And the life jacket with it. There’s a packet of seasick pills on the bench below. Take one. Then tie a safety line to Horse. Then you can watch for signs of concussion all you want, as long as you stay out of my way.

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