Queen of Hearts by Castle Jayne & Krentz Jayne Ann

Author:Castle, Jayne & Krentz, Jayne Ann [Castle, Jayne & Krentz, Jayne Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780897721738
Amazon: 089772173X
Goodreads: 1979370
Published: 1979-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

The Continental hummed steadily into the night, the engine noise providing a lulling backdrop for Janna's tension-filled thoughts, plans and schemes, all of which led down dead-end roads. During the first hour after receiving the news of Adam's intentions, she said nothing after her first protests, trying to think her way out of the situation. But in the end, the only response she could finally put into words sounded trite and useless.

"You can't do this, Adam," she told him quietly, almost listlessly. Stupid thing to say. He could and was doing it. And she had only herself to blame, Janna thought gloomily. If she hadn't been so determined to demonstrate her independence...

"Decided to talk, have you?" he inquired pleasantly. He had been driving easily and steadily for the past hour without bothering to force the conversation. "I'm willing, but let's discuss something else besides the obvious."

"The 'obvious', as you call it, is the only thing on my mind at the moment!" she muttered, not looking at him. "I can't believe you'd go so far as to abduct a woman who's only crime was dating another man!"

"After this visit to my place on the coast, you'll never commit that particular crime again!" he told her coldly.

"How do you plan to face your brother and Lucy when they find out what you've done? Lucy, at least, will be horrified! Doesn't that bother you?"

"Lucy knows you belong to me. So does Nat. So does everyone, except possibly yourself! That was plain tonight when no one made a serious move to stop me from leaving that party with you," he noted coolly, making Janna seethe in impotent, frustrated disgust. "Even the Bearded Delight didn't come to your rescue. Why was that, Janna? I expected I might have to flatten him, at least." Adam sounded genuinely curious and the glance he flicked across the seat at her demanded an answer.

"If you had behaved like a civilized man tonight and decided to wait until tomorrow to ask me how the evening had gone, you would have found out how the evening went. I would have told you, It was a disaster. I'm never going to see The Bearded...Scott Barrett again!" Janna could have sworn out loud for having almost used Adam's mocking words to describe Scott.

"Well, I know that, naturally," he smiled. "This evening, in fact, was the last opportunity you'll ever have for straying..."

"Until you grow tired of me!" she reminded him brutally, hurting only herself and bitter at the knowledge.

"Er, yes," he agreed. "But I know something had happened between you and the Delight before I arrived to take matters in hand. You weren't at his side when I found you and he wasn't about to fight for you..."

"Thank God! Do you have any concept of how humiliating that would have been for me? It was bad enough to be hauled away over your shoulder. It's going to be awful having to face people at work when I return. But if there had been a.

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