The Reunion of a Lifetime by Fiona Lowe

Author:Fiona Lowe [Lowe, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-01-31T19:12:02+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

CHARLIE WATCHED IN stunned surprise as Lauren stomped down the hall before reappearing and holding a pair of bright orange SES coveralls. She promptly threw them at him and he thrust out an arm to catch them but not before a bright orange trouser leg slapped him in the face.

‘Get out of that robe.’

‘But I’m comf—’

‘Get. Out. Of. That. Robe,’ she ground out, before disappearing into the kitchen.

As he shoved his legs into the pants and carefully zipped them up over his bare skin, he heard the fridge door squeak, the clunk of glass on the bench and the crack of a seal.

‘Are you decent?’ she called out.

‘Yep.’

‘Good.’ She reappeared and set down two glasses of wine on the coffee table then scooped up the robe. Jerking open one of the French doors, she hurled the bathrobe into the garden. Lauren closed the door, picked up her glass of wine and took a large gulp.

He hated seeing her like this. He’d unwittingly played a role in the pinched expression that now pulled her lovely features into a grimace. The part of him that hoped to build on their shared fun in the garden and cosy up with Lauren on the couch berated him for asking the damn question about the owner of the robe. But the rest of him wanted to find out what had happened to dent the confidence of this previously self-possessed young woman. She should have been high-fiving him but instead he got the distinct impression she’d been carefully choosing her words and underplaying her achievement. He had a gut feeling that this Jeremy was somehow involved.

‘Feeling better?’ he asked carefully.

‘Not really.’ She took another drink and sat down hard. ‘But before you think I’ve completely lost my marbles, Jeremy is my very ex-husband. I thought I’d got rid of everything of his so seeing the robe again was...’

‘A surprise?’

‘More like a nightmare.’

‘I’m sorry.’

‘Don’t be sorry,’ she said tightly, her eyes suddenly flashing. ‘I don’t want sympathy for my own stupidity.’

He raised his hands in surrender but added, ‘You’re not stupid.’

She pressed the heels of her hands into her eyes for a moment and when she lowered them she gave him a sideways glance. The fire had gone out of her eyes, leaving behind a gaze as doleful as a chocolate Labrador’s. It took all his self-control not to close the space between them and hug her tight. But if he hugged her, he’d want to kiss her. If he kissed her he wouldn’t want to stop until they were both naked and sated. And then, high on endorphins, neither of them would want to talk about anything other than nonsense and her story would be lost to him.

Despite the lust that burned hot in his veins, he wanted to know exactly what she’d endured at the hands of a man he’d never met but already hated.

‘You want to know about Jeremy? Okay. Here goes.’ A long sigh rolled out of her and she took another sip of her wine.

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