The Plus-One Agreement by Charlotte Phillips

Author:Charlotte Phillips [Phillips, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-02-11T16:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

Dan turned over for the fiftieth time on the sofa, knees bunched up because the damn thing was too short for him. Unfortunately that wasn’t the only reason why sleep was totally elusive. The way Emma had felt in his arms had been far too delicious, far too enticing, for him to simply brush it out of his mind. Add in to that the way she’d put an end to it without having time to give a proper explanation and every nerve in his body was on full-scale alert, his arousal refusing to stand down even in her absence.

And, as interruptions went, needy family crises just about ticked his worst possible box. His stomach lurched between desire for her and the more rational desire to run a mile. It was bad enough to be in the middle of a huge family event when the last thing you wanted to be reminded of was the fact that you couldn’t actually do family. He’d thought he was holding his own on that front pretty well, but now family complications were seeping in at every turn and he couldn’t think of anything worse...

Somewhere in the small hours, after he’d finally given up on her returning to the room—not that it had made any change to his sleepless state—there was a soft click as the door opened. The benefit of his eyes being used to the velvet darkness meant he could watch the silhouette of her every move, while she had to feel her stumbling way from one piece of furniture to the next. Had he ever been more wide awake?

She muffled a yelp as she tripped over a chair and he took pity on her and reached to turn on the table lamp. She blinked at him in the muted golden light. She wore a sweater over her sleep shorts and vest that wasn’t long enough to hide her gorgeous legs. His pulse immediately picked up where it had left off a couple of hours ago.

He heard her sigh as she clocked that he was still awake. He watched her run a hand through her already dishevelled hair as she sat down hard on the bed. Her face was a pale oval and there were dark shadows of tiredness beneath her eyes.

‘You’re still up,’ she said.

He sat up on the sofa, the sheet bunched around his waist.

‘I wasn’t sure you were coming back tonight,’ he said.

‘Neither was I,’ she said. ‘I think Adam’s drained the hotel’s supply of black coffee.’

‘He’s sobered up, then?’

She nodded.

‘He’s sobered up. I thought that stuff about calling off the wedding was just cold feet—the usual night-before thing, down to him having drunk too much champagne. But there’s more to it than that.’

She held his gaze for a moment.

‘He’s in financial trouble, Dan,’ she said.

Worry etched her face and tugged at his heart.

‘He’s going under unless he can come up with a plan pretty damn quick.’

‘For Pete’s sake, what’s he gone and done now? Spent a huge wad on a purple Bentley?’

She didn’t smile.

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