The Spaniard's Revenge by Susan Stephens

Author:Susan Stephens
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2004-04-20T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

ON A scale of one to ten, Sophie’s stress levels over the next few days went off the chart. Everything that had happened had encouraged her to believe that Xavier’s special brand of therapy would continue…that they might grow closer. But when he kept his distance she was forced to remind herself yet again that he was just a great doctor—and they both had a job to do.

On the morning he made a general announcement at breakfast to say that he was returning to Lima on business, her feelings came to a boil. She had to say something. If he was leaving, then she had a right to know what her job entailed. And if it bounced him into some sort of action on the personal front…

‘It won’t disrupt the rota,’ Xavier said, sweeping the room with his dark glance—a glance that simply included Sophie in with the rest of his colleagues.

Sophie reddened, knowing she had made a huge miscalculation. She wanted Xavier in every way; he wanted her services as a doctor—there was a world of difference between the two.

Determined not to dwell on it, she attacked the filing. So what if Xavier hadn’t mentioned the trip to her beforehand? She wasn’t about to trail after him everywhere he went, was she? She had her own job to do, and she—

‘Filing?’

Sophie looked up, her eyes flashing warnings, her lips still pressed in a tight, angry line.

‘Why?’ Xavier demanded in a voice full of perfectly targeted challenge.

Slamming the drawer shut, Sophie straightened up to confront him. ‘Because it needed doing.’

‘Lola can handle it.’

‘And so can I.’

Closing himself off to her had proved a waste of energy. So he’d throw this idea up in the air and wait to see where it landed, Xavier mused, riding over her testiness in a meltingly dark voice full of reason. ‘But I saw you have a free morning and thought you might like to go for a swim.’

‘Swim?’

‘You seemed to enjoy yourself the last time we went swimming, and you look like you could do with cooling off,’ he observed dryly.

‘Can’t you see I’m busy?’ She saw the look of triumph on his face as Lola walked in. As Sophie smiled a welcome at her she knew she was trespassing on Lola’s domain…knew when she was beaten too.

‘Swim?’ Xavier suggested with a touch more irony.

‘A swim would be great,’ Sophie agreed dryly.

‘You take that man up to the lake and have some fun,’ Lola advised, appearing to miss the undercurrents between them.

‘Why don’t I join you?’

They all wheeled round at the same time.

‘Yes, why don’t you?’ Sophie effused, seeing Anna. ‘That would be great, wouldn’t it, Xavier?’ At least she had the small satisfaction of seeing the glow of victory in his eyes stall.

‘Can we just go?’ he demanded impatiently.

‘I’ll get my things,’ Sophie said obligingly. It just couldn’t get any better, could it? But at least someone was happy about the situation, she mused wryly, glancing at Anna.

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