The Playboy's Proposal by Amanda Browning

Author:Amanda Browning [Browning, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd
Published: 2011-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

‘KATHRYN?’

The soft sound of her name being gently repeated drew Kathryn from the depths of sleep. Rolling over, she stared blankly at the man who sat on the edge of the couch, one hand resting on the back cushion as he bent over her.

‘Joel?’ she murmured groggily, rubbing at her eyes. ‘What time is it?’

He brushed a stray lock of hair away from her eyes, his gaze running over the lines of her face softened by sleep. ‘A little before three. Why aren’t you in bed?’

Memory returned with a rush. The emergency call. Her hours of anxious waiting. ‘I wanted to wait up for you. How did it go?’ Lord, she was so relieved to see him alive and well. Her eyes ate him up, noting the faint signs of weariness about his eyes. She wanted to throw her arms around him and hold him close, but was afraid of how much that would give away. All she could do was lie there and pretend she hadn’t been worried to death.

‘It went well. Lucky, our dog, found them without too much trouble, thank God.’

If Lucky were here, she would give her the hug she couldn’t give Joel. ‘And the walkers?’

‘One has a broken leg, the other cracked ribs, but apart from the effects of exposure they’re OK. They should consider themselves damned lucky.’

‘I’m sure they do. Did you read them the Riot Act?’

Joel dragged a weary hand through his hair, ‘Pat, our team leader, did that. Not that it will do much good. Some people never learn. We’ll probably be out rescuing the same group next year. I don’t know why I do it. It’s a mug’s game.’

This time Kathryn went with her instincts and sat up, slipping her arms around him in an all too brief hug. ‘You do it because you’d never forgive yourself if they could have been saved and you’d done nothing.’

He eased her away, looking at her quizzically. ‘Is that so?’ he queried, running an exploring hand up and down her spine, setting her nerve-endings tingling.

She nodded. ‘You’re a good man, Joel Kendrick. You’ll never get me to believe otherwise.’

‘How can you be so sure? You barely know me,’ he argued, and she sighed, using her fingers to comb back hair that fell forward over his forehead.

She couldn’t tell him it was because her heart knew him. It wasn’t what he wanted to hear. All she could do was shrug carelessly. ‘I just know. Call it woman’s intuition.’ He smiled at that, and her eyes dropped to his lips. Before she could think better of it, she pressed her own lips to his in a swift kiss.

Their eyes locked, and all at once the temperature in the room rose by several degrees.

‘What was that for?’ Joel asked huskily, and she licked her lips, aware that by her action she had instigated a course of events that had only one ending.

‘I just felt like it,’ she returned, equally huskily.

‘Hmm. Is there anything else you feel like doing?’ The question was little more than a tantalising growl.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.