The Only One by Penny Jordan

Author:Penny Jordan [Jordan, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-01-24T23:43:27+00:00

'You didn't need to look after me yourself,' she blurted out, angry with herself when her skin coloured up under his sharp look. 'I mean ... I know how busy you are ... You could have hired a nurse....'

'Could you have afforded it?' he mocked unkindly. 'No, it was something I had to do Brooke. Call it a penance if you like....' Outside the bedroom door a 'phone rang, and Adam swore impatiently, 'I'd better go and answer that.

You stay right where you are.'

When he had gone Brooke forced herself to try and relax. Without Adam's presence she was acutely aware of how weak she felt and she closed her eyes, snatches of memory filtering back. She remembered waking up shivering and being soothed back to sleep by a touch she had thought was her father's, but which she knew now must have been Adam's. Beneath the bedclothes she suddenly realised that she wasn't wearing anything, and her body flamed hotly. She was just trying to come to terms with the implication of this discovery when Adam re-appeared, walking quickly to her side to rest cool fingers on her forehead.

'You look flushed,' he told her, frowning. 'I hope your temperature isn't up again.'

'No ... no, I'm fine.' Agitatedly Brooke pushed him away. 'I'd like to go to the bathroom. If. . .. Adam what are you doing,' she protested, quivering with shock as he thrust back the bedclothes and picked her up.

'You said you wanted to go to the bathroom,' he told her mildly, 'I'm taking you there. . . .'

'No ... please....' How could she explain to him that her request had stemmed from an urgent need to escape from him? 'I can walk there ... please put me down.'

He did as she asked, but before she could give vent to the sigh of relief trembling on her lips, he sat down on the bed beside her; an extremely large bed Brooke now realised, like the room it was in, which was surely no mere guest room. Her heartbeat seemed to accelerate tenfold in the few seconds it took Adam to start talking; she felt sure he must be able to see it thumping beneath the cotton sheet he had wrapped her in.

'Now let's get one thing straight,' he said calmly. 'You're shrinking away from me as though you're expecting me to pounce on you and commit instant rape. If that was what I wanted I could have had my evil way with you any time during these last five days....'

'It's not that....' Hastily Brooke avoided his eyes. Adam would never need to stoop to rape— far from it.

'Then what is it?' A smile suddenly tugged at the corners of his mouth as she clutched the sheet even closer to her body. 'Ah so that's it,' he murmured softly. 'Well, it's far too late for embarrassment now Brooke, I know your body almost as intimately as I know my own.

He saw the rich colour storming up under her skin, and frowned, dropping his bantering manner.

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