Sweet Deception by Susan Kearney

Author:Susan Kearney
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Romance, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373224289
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1997-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Firelight flickered over Denise’s silky-soft, supple skin. Her flesh had danced beneath Ford’s hands, making him yearn to learn every inch of her by touch. She’d been designed for pleasing a man. For pleasing him.

As she quivered beneath his fingers, he sucked in his breath. She had wonderfully voluptuous breasts, broad shoulders and hips and a tiny, sexy waist. Her wild, willful hair was thick and curly enough for a man to lose himself in. And her legs were gorgeous, lean and toned, and long enough to wrap around him and give as much as she got.

Desire, hot and hard, filled his loins until his jeans grew tight. He’d never thought a woman’s body could be so beautiful. He’d never known a woman so courageous. To find both attributes in one woman made his heart pound with a savage yearning.

He could no longer touch her to give comfort, to ease the stiffness from her muscles. He wanted to touch her the way a man touches a woman. But did she want him?

When he’d spoken her name, a quiver had twitched down her back and had him biting back a groan of satisfaction that she’d responded to just the sound of his VOice. When his hands had stroked her, he’d felt the wildness of her pulse, but was it desire? Or fear?

He’d been thankful at first that she didn’t know she was turning. him on. When she’d turned and looked at him, he’d thought about shifting his position so she could see the effect she was having on him. But as he’d worked out the stiffness in her muscles and assessed the physical battering she’d taken, he’d realized she wasn’t up to making love. She needed to heal.

Restraining himself from sweet seduction, he bent and pulled the blanket over her. She turned to her good side, her eyes, full of questions, boldly locking gazes with his. The prolonged eye contact gave him his answer—not the one he wanted.

She would refuse him.

“I’m not about to make love with you.” Her voice was raspy with regret, yet threaded with fierce pride. “Are you huing?”

“The charley horse is gone. I’m much better, thanks. But I won’t—”

“Why?” That her refusal had nothing to do with her bruises aroused his curiosity, stunned and disheartened him. He knew she wanted him. She’d reacted to his lightest touch. Deep in his heart, he suspected she was not only rejecting him for tonight but was about to reject him forever. Torn between smashing his fist into a wall and shaking an explanation out of her, he fought to understand. Even now her pupils were dilated with arousal. So why was she refusing him?

“Because you’re Rhonda’s husband.”

Ford rocked back on his heels, flabbergasted. Her, normally logical thinking had gone haywire. “Rhonda’s gone.”

“It doesn’t seem right to take advantage of her death.”

Ford bit back his temper. “Rhonda was good and ‘kind and wanted the best for everyone she knew. She would want us to go on with our lives.”

“I know you’re right.

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