Seductive Moments by Altonya Washington

Author:Altonya Washington
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-08-13T19:01:02+00:00

Chapter 9

They’d been driving in silence for just over fifteen minutes when Ray spoke. The silence hadn’t been strained in spite of the budding drama before they left the party. Ray supposed they were both just too exhausted for conversation. She hadn’t exactly realized how wiped she was until she’d settled onto the heated suede seats of Barker’s Jeep. The warmth was soothing, as was the added comfort of fine jazz that wafted through the state-of-the-art sound system. It all lulled her into a sense of complete and pampered serenity.

It had taken just over fifteen minutes to realize they’d missed the exit she had expected Barker to take to get her back home. Given the way the night had turned out, she wondered if he was simply taking a longer route to let off steam through the drive.

“Are we going to another party?” she asked when he took another exit altogether.

“Going to my place,” he said.

Ray had no reply, not that she could’ve given one that’d be worth anything with her heart in her throat the way it was. With a mental jolt, she reminded herself unnecessarily that this wasn’t the first trip she’d made back to a man’s place following a party.

Girls like me are used to such things—the phrase had her cringing more for summoning it than over the fact that Barker’s uncle had used it less than an hour earlier. She supposed that was the motivation behind the impromptu visit. Barker wanted to question her further about the run-in.

Before leaving the Grant mansion, Ray had overheard Monika Grant forbidding her son to follow up the night with any questions about what Dale Grant had said. Ray could tell by Barker’s half-hearted agreement that he wasn’t all that interested in honoring his part of the deal. She guessed they’d do well to go on and get the conversation started on the way to his place, but the plan was waylaid as they arrived at their destination.

Like the side of town where Dale Grant’s deluxe spread was located, Ray had visited the Old City area Barker drove through now enough to know that it was another of the upscale locales. The spot was a huge draw for young professionals and those earning high six-figure salaries. The small borough just off the exit held a quaint old-world feel. Snow and festive twinkling lights cluttered in the corners of shop windows and around stately iron lampposts that spilled additional golden light to the ground. It added a heightened holiday air to the environment.

Barker stopped the Jeep beneath one of the towering posts, and like that, Ray’s mind was back on the night’s less-than-enjoyable moments. Barker left the car without a word and came around to open the passenger door.

“Can you make it up the steps in those, or should I carry you?” He sent a skeptical look toward the alluring heels she had selected for the evening.

The amused tinge to the question eased a layer of the tension Ray had been laboring under for much of the night.

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