Tangled in Sin by Lavinia Kent

Author:Lavinia Kent
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2017-04-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

If only that were possible, Cynthia thought. She might feel many things when she was with James, but she wasn’t sure that safe was one of them. Ever since they’d left the cottage she’d been wishing to be alone with James again, and not just so she could force him to answer her questions. It was difficult having Aunt Prudence always following her about or requesting her company. Missing James was very quickly becoming a fact of life and that was even though he was about several hours of the day—they just weren’t alone. And she had to be careful thinking about being alone with him or she’d start to flush. It felt sometimes like her body positively craved the man. She leaned closer, letting her gaze rest on his broad shoulders. “I am not sure how I feel being here.”

He lowered his chin slightly, almost brushing her cheek. “You once regarded it almost a second home. Can you not feel that way again?”

“I don’t know. That seems very long ago.” Her eyes moved away from his, resisting his pull.

“What do you need to feel that way again?” He sounded so serious.

“Why do you care?”

“Because I do care.” He said it so simply, so flatly.

Her gaze returned to his, trying to see behind the bland mask he wore. “That is easy to say.”

“I will not deny that words are easy, Sin. But I do mean them. I want you to feel at home here. I want…” His voice trailed off.

Her heart beat faster. “I know what you want; you have made that very apparent.”

A wry smile played about his lips. She had to fight the urge to reach out and stroke them.

“How can you know what I want when I do not know myself?” he said.

And how did she reply to that? “I think you have made it very clear what you want.”

“If you mean I want you to marry me, then yes, that is clear. If you mean I want your body, then that I cannot deny. But what if I want more?”

They were so close it was hard to believe he did not feel her heart beating. “And what is more?”

His eyes clouded. “That is what I do not know. I know I want you to smile at me like you used to. I know I do not like seeing the worry that lies between your brows.” His hand lifted and hovered at that tight spot between her eyes, but did not touch. “I know I want to see you run down the halls as fast as you can, laughter ringing out.”

“I think that is unlikely to happen.”

“But I can still want it. I want to look up and see your feet dangling from the high branch of a tree.”

“I think you just want to look up my skirts.” She stepped back giving a little twirl so that they spun about her.

His smile grew. “I would not deny that, but mostly I just want to see you happy, Sin.

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