To Save His Child by Watson Margaret

Author:Watson, Margaret [Watson, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-11-12T04:20:15+00:00

Chapter 10

“No, thank you,” she said tartly, holding on to the shirt more tightly. “I’ve seen all I care to see.”

He shrugged. “Suit yourself.” He began to lower his light cotton pants and she hastily turned away from him.

“Your back is still wet, Lexie,” he said from behind her, and she could hear the mocking grin in his voice. “Want me to dry it for you?”

Scrambling to pull the shirt around her, she noticed that her hands were trembling again. Would Caine always have this effect on her? she wondered with a stab of pain. For eleven months she’d tried to convince herself that she’d gotten over him, but in a couple of days he’d managed to knock down all her defenses. He didn’t even have to touch her before she started shaking. Just the sound of his voice was enough.

Tugging the edges of the shirt together with a jerk, she searched blindly for the buttons through the haze of tears in her eyes. Caring about Caine was the surest way she knew to heartbreak, but she couldn’t seem to stop herself. Inside his tough, hard shell was a man who desperately needed to be loved.

The question was whether or not he wanted to be loved. Her hands dropped to her sides and she turned toward the river. He lay floating on the water, completely unconcerned about whether or not she was watching. He made no secret of the fact that he wanted her, but that wasn’t the same thing at all. She’d found that out the hard way.

He flipped over in the water and the shadow of his narrow hips and taut buttocks flashed in the mottled sunlight. Heat gathered, heavy and throbbing, in her abdomen. She watched him for a moment, unable to tear her gaze away, then she forced herself to lower her eyes. She’d spent the last eleven months struggling to gain control over her life and her emotions, and she wasn’t about to relinquish that control now, especially to Caine O’Roarke.

She wasn’t a teenager anymore, to be controlled by lust and impulse, and she had living, breathing proof of what happened when you allowed your hormones to rule your brain. She looked over at Ana, sleeping peacefully under the bush, and a spring of fierce maternal love and protectiveness welled up inside her. Watching the face of her child, she vowed that she would never lose control of herself like that again. She couldn’t afford to.

She picked up the sleeping baby and headed toward the clearing when she heard Caine getting out of the water. Keeping her back turned, she bent and kissed Ana’s head as she hurried away from him.

Caine said from behind her, “What’s the matter, Lexie? Afraid to look?” The teasing tone made her begin to ache all over again, and she struggled to keep herself from giving in to it.

She stopped but didn’t turn around. “Is it so inconceivable to you that I’m not interested in looking?”

“Yes, it’s inconceivable, Lexie.” His voice was very soft behind her, and incredibly seductive.

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