One Hot Escape (Hot Brits Book 4) by Anna Durand

Author:Anna Durand [Durand, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic comedy, contemporary romance, British, vacation romance
ISBN: 9781949406405
Publisher: Jacobsville Books
Published: 2020-10-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Richard

Madeleine Solberg got plastered tonight. I wonder if she's never done that before since she seemed rather…surprised by the feeling. She's always wonderful to be with, but seeing her like this, I can't help being charmed by her drunken antics. She's lying on the bed, on top of the covers, still drowned in layers of Victorian clothing. I can't leave her like that, can I? This house does seem to have air conditioning, but still, she might get overheated with all that fabric suffocating her.

Yes, that's the reason I decide to undress her. For her health.

I behave like a perfect gentleman and do not stare at her naked body.

Well, not for more than ten seconds.

Once I've got her settled, I undress and join her in the large four-poster bed. The sheets feel so silky that I wonder if they are silk. Dexter clearly has money, lots of it, based on this enormous house and the fact he owns the entire island. The man did win the Nobel Prize for Literature, though that happened decades ago. His novels continue to sell, so I have no doubts he earned most, if not all, of his obvious wealth. Did he inherit more? Invest brilliantly? I have no idea, but it doesn't matter.

For an hour, I slog through Dexter's new novel. When my eyes get so dry that they start to burn, I give up and crawl under the covers with Maddie. I fall asleep while thinking about her, what we're doing together, how I might feel when it all ends. Does it need to end? I hardly know her, but I already want to spend more than two weeks with the clever, enchanting woman in the blue bikini.

When I wake up in the morning, Maddie is still sleeping, lying on her side facing me. Her mouth has fallen open. Saliva dribbles from the corner of it while she snores like a snorting pig. Even that enchants me. She's so…lovable, in every way.

Never in my life have I become enamored of a woman I've known for a few days, but I love the way it feels to let go of my inhibitions, forget about work, and do whatever the bloody hell I want. It's reckless and selfish, but I don't care.

Today, I plan to have fun with Maddie. Nothing else. Just fun.

Lying on my side, I watch her sleep. She stops snoring, though her mouth still gapes open. I'd love to kiss her, but I won't disturb her after the night she had. Did she get drunk as a ploy to convince Dexter to tell me about his book? I wondered about that last night. She'd been a touch tipsy before then, but when Dex got cagey about the book, Maddie volunteered to pour cognac down her throat. I suspect she doesn't drink much as a rule, but last night, she made an exception.

Why? Part of me wants to believe she did it for my sake.

Maddie sighs and closes her mouth. Her body moves under the covers like she's trying to stretch but hasn't woken up enough to do that.

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