Summer Brides by Susan Mallery

Author:Susan Mallery
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460399729
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2016-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Karyn was charmed by the small hotel, which had once been an old Victorian house. The staff was welcoming, greeting Brad by name when they went inside. He and Karyn climbed the steep, curving staircase to his room, her heart pounding harder with each step. She knew exertion wasn’t responsible for her breathlessness. The fluttery feeling in the pit of her stomach warned her that she was entering dangerous territory. Her resolution was wavering. Like shifting sand, the arguments pro and con slid in and out of her mind. Desire and sensation were easily winning over caution.

Brad opened the door to his room. She stepped inside, holding her breath as the door shut quietly behind her. The click of the lock jangled her nerves and she shot an anxious look at Brad before looking hurriedly away and studying the intimate, unique surroundings.

Old-fashioned lamps cast a romantic glow in the dusky light. Soft music played from an old radio. The setting was perfect for seduction. A window was open to the damp breeze and the air practically throbbed with their mutual hunger. She realized at once that there was no question of talking first, of resolving differences. There was only this white-hot flame that melted the very core of her. She began one last, halfhearted protest and then she was in his arms.

The minute he held her, Karyn knew this was the right choice. No matter what happened between them after this week, she wanted the magic of the vacation to be completed. Brad’s touches had been so tender up until now, his kisses as alluring as springtime. She wanted to know the power of his caresses in passion, the wild intoxication of his deep, hot kisses at the height of loving. She would never forgive herself if he left and she never knew.

Brad backed a step away, stood facing her and waited.

“There’s still time to change your mind,” he said, his voice gentle, though his eyes blazed with desire.

Karyn shook her head. The decision had been made before the door to the room had closed behind them. “Not a chance.”

The defiant lift of her chin seemed to amuse him. “Are you absolutely sure you’re here because you want to be?” he said. “Only a little while ago, you were so sure this wasn’t what you wanted, that this was the last place you wanted to come with me.”

She met his gaze evenly. “I have to know,” she said helplessly.

“Know what?”

“What it’s like to make love with you. I realized driving here that I didn’t want to go through life not knowing.”

“How will your family feel about this?”

The question irritated her all the more because it was fair. She had put her family between them. “My family has nothing to do with it,” she snapped, then sighed. “I’m not trying to defy them, if that’s what you’re afraid of. This is just between you and me. I swear it, Brad.” She heard his breath catch, saw the tension begin to ease.

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