Riccardo's Secret Child: Expecting! by Cathy Williams

Author:Cathy Williams [Williams, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Millionaires, Man-Woman Relationships, Birthfathers, Guardian and Ward, Contemporary, General, Romance, Pregnancy, Fiction, Love Stories
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2002-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

JULIA could feel the sting of tears at the backs of her eyes as she sat, stony-faced, in the car, her jaw clenched, staring straight ahead. Tears of mortification and hurt.

Riccardo slammed the driver’s door behind him but instead of starting the engine he turned to her, leaning against the door.

‘Look at me.’

‘Take me home, please. Or I shall have to get out of the car and order a taxi.’

‘Don’t be ridiculous. You would have to wait hours if you ordered a taxi. They’re not exactly lining the streets outside.’

‘I am not being ridiculous! I just want to go home.’ Ridiculous, though, was how she felt. Ridiculous in her prim grey outfit, dusted down especially for the occasion, sad and ridiculous.

Riccardo’s jaw clenched and he took a few deep breaths. ‘I’m sorry about what happened in there. I had no idea Helen would be there or else, naturally, we would have gone somewhere else.’

‘Oh, yes, I’m sure you’re sorry,’ Julia’s head snapped round and she glared angrily at him. They had parked at a fair distance from the front of the nightclub, but there was still enough light to throw his handsome face into angled relief. How she could ever have believed, even in the remotest corner of her heart, that this dark, breathtakingly sexy man could ever have touched her body with desire made her shudder with humiliation. ‘Sorry because I exposed you for what you are! A man who feels that he can dominate everything and everyone in his life, do exactly what he pleases without thought for anyone else. No wonder Caroline cringed from you!’

‘Don’t you dare bring my ex-wife into this equation! You’ve jumped to conclusions and arrived at your own twisted explanations because of your own insecurities.’ He was guiltily aware that there was an element of truth in her accusations, but instead of calming him down that only served to stoke his anger further. The minute he had touched her he had been consumed by a need far greater than anything he had experienced before and now…now he realised that his need had been controlling him all along. He had tagged on a few handy reasons to justify his burning desire to touch her, but the brutal truth was that he was attracted to this woman, deeply attracted to the woman who had purposefully wrought havoc with his life. The fact that it made no sense had pushed him into dealing with the unfamiliar sensation of being out of control in the only way he knew how. By trying to take over the reins, by trying to control his inexplicable feelings.

‘Don’t you dare talk to me about my insecurities,’ Julia bit out harshly. ‘You don’t know a damn thing about me or my insecurities! You pigeonholed me into the enemy from day one and you never bothered to try and understand me or what motivates me! You think you know me because you think you know everything!’

The car was alive with tension; it crackled around them and crawled along her skin and into her bones.

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