The Blackmail Baby (HQR Presents) by Natalie Rivers

Author:Natalie Rivers [Rivers, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Married Couple, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Action & Adventure, Multicultural & International, Foreign Country, Italian Nationality & Heritage, Guardian Responsibility, Family & Domestic Life, Young Child-Infant, Marriage Annulment, Marriage Reconciliation
Publisher: Harlequin Presents; Original Edition
Published: 2010-03-24T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

‘DO YOU want me to take you outside to try and look through the windows?’ Lorenzo asked, some time later. ‘Just to prove how private it is in here?’

‘No, that’s all right. I believe you.’ Chloe looked at him, feeling a flush of warmth on her cheeks.

‘You don’t sound entirely convinced,’ Lorenzo said. ‘Are you worried you might not like what you find?’

‘No,’ she said. ‘I like it in here, that’s all. I’m comfortable where I am.’

She was telling the truth, but in her heart she knew there was more to it than that. They’d just spent a surprisingly relaxed hour or so together, eating the delicious food Mrs Guest had provided and chatting about inconsequential topics. It had felt safe and thoroughly normal—things that had been completely lacking in her life recently. She was half-afraid if she left the pool house the spell would be broken.

‘In that case, how about taking a swim?’ Lorenzo asked. ‘No need to worry that you haven’t got your costume.’

‘I like it in my robe,’ she said, ignoring the fluttering that started inside her at the thought of swimming naked in front of Lorenzo. ‘I told you I was nice and comfy.’

She looked at him, letting her gaze run over his powerful body, and couldn’t help smiling. He had put back on the same shirt and trousers that he’d been wearing when he found her beside the pond, but they were uncommonly crumpled for a man who usually seemed to look perfect without any effort.

‘What are you smiling at?’ he asked. ‘I saw you giving me the once-over. Did you find something amusing?’

‘You look a mess.’ She laughed—then covered her mouth abruptly with her hand. It felt good to laugh, and she couldn’t remember the last time she had done it.

‘Hey!’ Lorenzo surged off his seat and bore down on her with an indignant expression on his face, which rapidly turned blatantly sexual as he leant over her. ‘At least I’m wearing my own clothes—perhaps I shouldn’t have let you have that robe. I think I want it back.’

Chloe drew in a shaky breath and stared up at him with her stomach doing somersaults of anticipation. He reached for the edges of the robe, and started to pull it open. In a moment he would reveal her bare, defenceless body.

Suddenly a rush of bold, wanton confidence flooded through her.

‘You can have it back,’ she said, ducking beneath his arms and jumping to her feet. ‘I’m going for a swim after all.’

She walked quickly to the edge of the pool, glanced over her shoulder at his startled face and smiled mischievously. Then she tossed the robe away from her.

Lorenzo stared at her, his eyes gleaming with desire as his gaze ran up and down her naked back. But then his eyes narrowed with intent and he started moving towards her.

She laughed, enjoying the freedom of the sound as it echoed off the glass walls, and dived into the clear blue pool.

The water was deliciously cool against her naked body and she glided under the surface feeling as free as a dolphin.

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