The Law of Attraction by Kristi Gold

Author:Kristi Gold
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2005-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

He’d managed to keep from joining her in the shower earlier. He’d managed to keep from capturing her in the small kitchen during after-dinner cleanup. But he was having a hard time managing his hands at the moment.

As they sat on a braided rug in front of the hearth, Alisha’s hair a near match to the fire, Daniel seriously wanted to touch her, beginning with the section of skin revealed right where the oversize shirt parted. He wanted to rake it with his tongue, but the promise to stay away from her neck kept coming back to bite him.

Unaware of his devious thoughts, Alisha swirled the wine around before taking the last sip and setting the glass on the coffee table.

He gestured toward the open bottle resting beside the now-empty glass. “Do you want some more?”

“No thanks. I don’t like to drink alone.”

The closest Daniel would get to having some wine would be to taste it on her tongue. The temptation to do just that was overwhelming, but he vowed to remain strong. If she wanted his affections, then she’d have to give him some sort of a sign. So far that wasn’t happening, and now that it was nearing midnight, he doubted it would.

Alisha stretched out on her belly and rested her chin on her folded arms. “I’m surprised you haven’t said anything.”

He’d been talking to her all evening, almost nonstop. “About what?”

“The real me. No makeup, wild hair, ratty clothes.”

She had no idea how great she looked at that moment. No idea that she didn’t need all the embellishments to keep him totally on sexual high alert. She didn’t understand her power, and he found that damn appealing—and unusual. “I didn’t say anything because I didn’t really notice until you pointed it out.”

She smiled a skeptic’s smile. “Oh, sure.”

“It’s true.” With the last fragment of his waning self-control, he resisted showing her exactly what he thought about her appearance. “You look great no matter what you’re wearing. You don’t need any makeup either.”

She touched her fingertip to her nose covered by a light shading of freckles. “I’d prefer these not show all the time. Makes me look like I’m twelve, not thirty-two.”

“No, they don’t. I like them.”

“Thanks.” She braced her cheek on her palm. “I heard the phone ring earlier. I don’t mean to be nosy, but I was worried it might be someone from your office.”

“No. No one from the office. That’s a private line. I only give it out to a few people. The office calls me on my cell phone.”

“Oh, I see.” Daniel noted a hint of distrust in her eyes and he figured she assumed some woman had contacted him.

“It was my brother, Vincent,” Daniel said, attempting to alleviate her fears. “He’s on his honeymoon and he was just checking in.”

Her eyes widened. “He was checking in with family on his honeymoon? That’s true devotion.”

Vincent had been devoted to the family, at least to his siblings. “He’s extended the trip and he wanted to see how things are going.

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