Rescuing Diana by Linda Cajio

Author:Linda Cajio [Cajio, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-79916-6
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2011-08-09T16:00:00+00:00

Ten

Adam was smiling as he retrieved Diana’s clothing from his living room. It had been an incredible night, and he hated the thought of its ending.

As he walked back into the bedroom, he admitted that he hadn’t allowed Diana to decide consciously if she wanted to make love. Instead he’d seduced her into it, quite ruthlessly. But he’d been desperate. Witnessing her metamorphosis had driven him nearly insane. She was his. He knew it, and she had seemed to know it too. He’d understood that she’d only been testing her feminine appeal to other men, but he’d been afraid that she would like the experiment and decide to “expand her horizons.” He had no regrets about forcing their relationship onto a more intimate level, and he was damn grateful that Diana didn’t either. Although he firmly believed that time would make no difference to their feelings, he realized he couldn’t rush her into anything else. She had to be very sure of both herself and him before that.

He knocked on the bathroom door. “Diana?”

The door opened a few inches and a long-nailed hand reached out for the clothes. He grinned as he handed them over. The door closed.

“I still haven’t figured out how you grew those nails in two days,” he said through the door.

“I haven’t figured out how I’m going to type on a keyboard without the darn things hooking in between the keys,” she called back. “You’ll probably have to rescue me again.”

He chuckled.

“I think torture chambers are masquerading as beauty salons nowadays,” she continued. “I’ve been sculpted, creamed, masked, waxed, plucked, cut, washed, and dried by a real nasty named Raoul and his two very nice assistants.” She sighed loudly. “It was wonderful.”

At her obvious ecstasy, Adam burst into laughter. Diana was very much a woman, to endure such horrors and actually think of it as pampering. Still, he had to admit the results were devastating to a man. Lord, but she had looked gorgeous. And it was very evident she had done it for him.

There was no sense telling her he’d always found her sexy as hell, he thought. After all she’d gone through, he doubted she’d appreciate the compliment.

“If I didn’t have this damned hotel annex to work on, I wouldn’t be taking you home,” he said, hoping she understood why he couldn’t spend the day with her. Hell, he thought. Of all times.

“Don’t worry about it, Adam. I’ll see you tonight.” There was a pause. “Will I see you tonight?”

“Diana. I’ll torture myself today because of my obligations. But I will not torture myself beyond that. We’ll have the whole weekend together. And more.”

“Good.”

He relaxed against the door. They’d probably spend the weekend at her house, and he couldn’t think of a more perfect place to be. Hidden away in the Berkeley Hills, her computer on guard against intruders, it would be a refuge where they could make love and talk.

Realizing he’d end up spending the weekend trapped at the office if he didn’t get dressed and take Diana home, he straightened and banged on the door.

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