The Drum_The Twelfth Day by E.E. Burke

Author:E.E. Burke [Burke, E.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-12T06:00:00+00:00

After breakfast, Penny helped clear the plates and cleaned up the dishes at the sink, using water Charlie had heated on the stove. After she had confronted him with her delightful discovery, he hadn’t said more than a few words. She was half-sorry she’d brought up the tender subject, because it had ended their playful banter. Though it might be just as well. Learning more about his soft spots wasn’t making it any easier to resist him.

She reached to place a dried plate on the shelf just as he turned. She bumped into him and the plate fell from her hand, but Charlie caught it before shattered on the floor. “Oh goodness! You really ought to keep me away from anything that might break.”

He waggled the plate. “Nonsense, we make a good team. You throw it and I catch it.”

His good-natured teasing eased what could’ve been another awkward moment, and she found she could laugh about it because he didn’t act annoyed. Or worse, scared.

“You have good reflexes,” she pointed out. “Maybe you should take up juggling.”

His lake-blue eyes sparkled with amusement as he picked up the second clean plate and tossed it upwards. Catching it, he sent the other plate airborne and snagged that one, too.

“Shall I try?” She reached for one of the plates.

He pulled it back before putting both plates on the shelf. “Mm, I only have two. Maybe there’s something else we can do together that doesn’t involve breakables.”

“Such as?”

“How about this?” He circled his hands around her waist and drew her to him.

Kissing him seemed the most natural response in the world. The touch of his lips reignited the fire he’d started the night before, and Penny wrapped her arms around his neck. Oh yes!

This was something they did very well together, and it didn’t involve anything that could be broken.

Except for her heart.

Instantly, the fire fizzled, and Penny put her hands on his chest and pulled away. Charlie’s actions could be excused; men always took sexual liberties when a woman made it so easy for them. But why was she allowing it, and not even feeling a bit ashamed?

She shook her head sadly. “What are we doing, Charlie?”

His lips curled into a wicked smile and he tightened his hold around her waist. “If you have to ask, I must not be doing it right. Here, let’s try again.”

She kept her hands planted against his chest to keep him at bay. Charming rogue. He knew just how to tempt her, with his teasing smile and sizzling sensuality. “This is what I feared might happen. I should go back to town.”

His smile faded. “You promised me one day.”

So she had. But how would she hold out against his determined seduction when she possessed so little restraint? “You said you would show me the mine,” she prodded, knowing that was as good an excuse as any to avoid another toe-curling kiss.

Charlie heaved a sigh—reluctance if she ever heard it—and finally released her. “I did say that, didn’t I? We’ll need light.

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