The Blackmailed Bride by Kim Lawrence

Author:Kim Lawrence [Lawrence, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Literature & Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Series, Harlequin Presents
Amazon: B003AV6FZK
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2001-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

JAVIER was sitting tapping his index finger impatiently against the steering wheel when the fair-headed figure finally appeared around the corner. As he watched she gave a quick furtive glance over one shoulder, then the other.

He half expected her to daub her face with camouflage paint and slither across the courtyard on her belly, commando-style, but as he watched she lifted her rounded little chin and took a deep breath; then, shoulders back walked purposefully towards the car as fast as the pair of ridiculously high-heeled strappy sandals she wore would allow. Clearly she was too proud to allow him to see her apprehension, Javier concluded with grudging admiration.

As Kate approached the long shiny car, the tinted window on the driver’s side lowered. A supremely confident Javier, his lean body clad in a dark formal suit, was revealed at the wheel. Sometimes the drivers of classy cars were a bit of a let-down, but not in this case!

Kate stopped dead in her tracks as he slowly lowered the stylish dark shades he wore and looked at her over the top. She felt every muscle in her body grow tense and rigid as she endured his laser like scrutiny.

Elbow resting on the open window, his long fingers drummed against the shiny paintwork as he waited expectantly. ‘Don’t just stand there, get in!’

Kate flushed at the peremptory tone. ‘I was just trying to decide whether what I’m doing could be termed elopement,’ she replied, in an attempt to divert attention from the embarrassing fact she’d been staring at him with all the subtlety of a star-struck adolescent!

‘Or if it’s only elopement when star-crossed lovers are involved?’ she finished, panting slightly as she took her place beside him in the passenger seat.

The mild exertion Javier noted had brought a very attractive flush to the smooth contours of her cheeks; he couldn’t place the perfume but she also smelt rather good.

‘You are late!’ he rapped.

Kate, who had been about to apologise for her tardiness, closed her mouth with a snap. The sudden eye movement as she dealt him a cold look made her conscious of the irritating presence of the contact lenses she rarely wore—damned things.

‘I had a visit from Susie; I had to wait until she’d gone, or would you prefer I’d brought her along…?’

She pushed a hank of fair hair from her face with her forearm and wondered if perhaps it might not have been better to put it up after all. Until Susie’s comment about the length of her neck—there was too much of it, apparently—she had thought the loose chignon was not only cool but quite attractive.

Kate had been rather touched by Susie’s unexpected visit to her sick bed until she realised that her sister had come to make sure that she had managed to retrieve the negatives before she’d been taken ill. Susie had been extremely relieved when Kate had handed over the envelope.

Once her own problems were solved, an elated Susie had moved on to the next

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