The Thorn in His Side by Kim Lawrence

Author:Kim Lawrence [Lawrence, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General
ISBN: 9781408925935
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2010-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

LIBBY hung the boxed pleat skirt she had not previously worn because her mum, when asked for her opinion, had called it ‘middle-aged’—she was right—on the hanger and placed it next to the boxy Chanel-style jacket with big silver buttons she had finally teamed it with.

The outfit was not horrendous, it just had a sexy quotient of minus ten—the result was exactly what Libby had been aiming for.

These clothes were not the sort of items someone who intended to sleep with their boss wore, especially when the boss in question looked like Rafael Alejandro, a man who had gorgeous women in short skirts waiting for him to click his fingers before jumping to the desired height, or into his bed.

He could have any woman he wanted—she recalled the raw hunger in his eyes—and he wants me.

Every time the thought popped into her head—too often—Libby experienced a shameful spill of liquid heat low in her stomach. The jumbled mixture of confusing emotions that came with this shameful heat deepened her growing sense of dread.

Or was that excitement?

Working on the principle that actions, or in this case clothes, spoke louder than words, Libby was hoping that her selection of outfit would save her the trouble of delivering the speech she had been practicing—the one that included a section on the law that was there to specifically protect employees from the lecherous attentions of the men who employed them.

Having a positive plan in place made her feel more secure until the voice in her head made another unwelcome contribution.

And what’s going to protect you from your own hormones, Libby?

And then the whole cycle of panic and doubt with a mingling of guilt began again.

The entire weekend had in fact been a total nightmare! Her mum was struggling to put a brave face on things but even a brave smile and make-up could not hide tear stains.

Her dad had spent most of the time locked in his study. He hadn’t washed or dressed and when he did emerge from behind the locked door he hardly said a word.

Ed might have been able to get through to him, if he’d been there Libby might have been tempted to offload her own problems on her level-headed brother, but Ed had spent most of the weekend at the hospital so she had been left to work things out for herself.

Some people reached for a bottle when they had a problem; Libby headed for the kitchen. She found being elbow deep in flour and the smell of baking therapeutic and soothing, but not this time. She had produced enough cookies and brownies to feed an army and still felt no more certain about what she was doing.

Was the offer genuine …?

Did she want it to be?

Could she do it, bearing in mind that she would have to see the man, be polite to him, pretend that he hadn’t propositioned her in the most brazen way imaginable?

Pretend that she hadn’t considered it, not in a serious way, but

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