The Ruthless Marriage Proposal by Miranda Lee

Author:Miranda Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

No woman had ever looked at Sebastian the way Emily was looking at him at this moment.

His bed-partners of choice in recent years had invariably been beautiful and provocative creatures, confident in their bodies and their sexual know-how. He’d never been attracted to shrinking violets, or blushing virgins.

Not that Emily was either of these things. He’d discovered for himself last night, and again today, that his seemingly reserved housekeeper could be as bold as the best of them.

She was, however, extremely vulnerable at this time in her life; it shone through in her worried, wide-eyed gaze.

He supposed it could not be easy to go to bed with a man after a break of four years. Or to strip off in front of him the way Lana would have done.

Sebastian decided that a change of tack was called for.

‘There’s a couple of complimentary robes in the bathroom,’ he said straight away. ‘Why don’t you get undressed in there and put one on?’

Her relief was touchingly transparent as she swept up her handbag and hurried into the bathroom.

She was sweet, yet so damned sexy.

Sebastian hummed as he swiftly opened the magnum of champagne, poured two glasses and carried them over to the bedside table. After that, he returned to the living room, where he extracted some condoms from his overnight bag. Back in the bedroom, he put the foil packets into a bedside drawer.

Better to be safe than sorry but, with a bit of luck, by morning, Emily might be swayed into accepting his proposal and the use of protection could be dispensed with.

Of course, he’d have to impress her tonight if that was to happen.

Sebastian had no doubt he could deliver, sexually. He had every confidence in his bedroom know-how. The problem would lie with Emily’s emotions. She was far more complex than he’d imagined. Far less pragmatic. And far more sensitive.

Sebastian didn’t have any personal experience with soft, sensitive women.

The bathroom door opened quietly, Emily emerging wrapped from neck to ankle in a voluminous white towelling robe. Her face looked almost as white as she walked slowly back to the bed.

‘Oh,’ she said, her pale skin brightening once she sighted the glasses by the bed. ‘You opened the champagne.’

Good move, Sebastian.

‘It seemed mean not to,’ he replied smoothly. ‘And not very romantic. Now, why don’t you slip out of that robe and pop into bed, beautiful?’

When she hesitated, he reached to undo the sash at her waist, watching her eyes whilst he parted the robe and pushed it back off her shoulders.

Sebastian thought he knew what to expect from her body. He’d seen her naked in the pool, hadn’t he? He already knew she was full-breasted and much slimmer than her loose-fitting clothes had indicated.

He almost didn’t glance downwards as the robe fell from her shoulders, not wanting to embarrass her at this stage.

But when her eyes dropped away from his, he automatically looked down.

Sebastian was a connoisseur of female beauty, nothing attracting him more than a woman who looked like a woman.

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