Oasis of the Heart by Jessica Hart

Author:Jessica Hart [Hart, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
ISBN: 9781459285453
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1993-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

TWISTING the enamel mug round in her hands, Cairo glanced at Max under her lashes. He was looking up at the stars, his eyes narrowed in thought, and as her gaze drifted over the planes of his face, over the angular cheekbones, along the stubborn line of his jaw, to rest inevitably on his mouth, she felt a slow trembling start deep inside.

It was just reaction, she told herself in panic. Anyone would feel strange after a sleepless night. She didn't really want to reach over and touch him, to make him turn and smile and kiss her and say that of course he wanted to see her again. Of course she didn't. She was simply suffering from a classic patient-nurse syndrome. She had been worrying about him so much over the last few hours that now she was obsessed with him, that was all.

Without warning, Max turned his head to find her watching him, and their eyes locked before she had a chance to look away. Cairo felt as if a hand was squeezing tight around her heart. She couldn't move, couldn't breathe. All she could do was look helplessly into Max's eyes, dark and indecipherable in the moonlight, and wonder if he could read the longing written in her own.

You're .not in love with him, she told herself as she lay next to him that night, trying not to think about how close he was. You've got nothing in common. He belongs in the desert, you belong in the city. He's cool and self-contained, you're frivolous and spoilt. He's simply not your type.

Falling for someone who despised you was just asking for trouble.

I can't be in love with him, she decided. I won't be.

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