Penthouse Suite by Sandra Chastain

Author:Sandra Chastain [Chastain, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: urn|ean|9780345542014
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group - Loveswept
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Kate leaned against the door of her room and cringed. She couldn’t believe what had happened. It was bad enough that she’d come on to Max like some kind of sex kitten. She’d gone even further than that. She’d lost all control and practically attacked the man.

If Dorothea Jarrett hadn’t opened the elevator door and discovered Max and her kissing passionately, they’d have been making love right there in the foyer in another minute. Her heart was still pounding, and her pulse was playing hopscotch.

Kate, unable to face the embarrassment of what had happened, had pulled up her coveralls, fled through the fire escape door, and descended all ten flights to the lobby on foot. Breathlessly, she’d passed a startled Helen Stevens in the lobby and had hurried down the walkway to her room.

Both bouquets of flowers from Max were still on Joe’s dressing table, a reminder of the man from whom she’d just run.

She was tearing off her clothes when the phone rang. Her inclination to ignore it was short-lived. If she didn’t answer it, he’d only be outside her door pounding to get in.

“Hello.”

“Kate, I’m sorry. I know how embarrassed you must be. You must think I’m some kind of maniac. I lost control, and that’s something I never do. I think we ought to talk.”

“Talk? We don’t seem to be able to talk unless we make love. And I don’t know how to handle that. I never intended to let myself get involved with anybody, Max. I don’t seem to be able to stay out of your arms now that we’ve …”

He groaned. “I know. We have to work it out. Will you have dinner with me? I promise that I won’t try to force you into anything. Just dinner in the hotel restaurant, a neutral zone.”

“Why?”

“To set some terms for our relationship.” Max kept his voice light and unemotional.

“You mean to work this out like a business negotiation?”

“Dammit, Kate. Why do you keep doing this to me? How do I know what I mean? How do I talk to you? As a businessman or a lover? I’ve never been in love before. I never wanted to be. I don’t know the rules.”

“Love? Oh, no! You can’t be falling in love with me, Max. I won’t allow it. This—whatever this is—is temporary. Temporary, you understand. I’ll finish up the job, and I’ll be gone. If you want to have any kind of relationship with me, those are my terms.”

“Fine. But I ought to warn you, I think Dorothea is going for her shotgun.”

“Shotgun?”

“She has some kind of crazy idea that you’ve compromised her nephew’s virtue,” he said with all the seriousness of a deputy sheriff reading Kate her rights. “She says that she expects me to marry you.”

“If this is an attempt at humor, I don’t think it’s very funny,” Kate said, close to tears of pure frustration.

“You’re right. It isn’t funny. Oh, Kate, this is all my fault. I blew it.” His voice was hoarse. “All I know is that I want you.

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