Valdez's Bartered Bride by Rachael Thomas

Author:Rachael Thomas [Thomas, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2017-09-30T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

LYDIA’S HEART THUMPED and her body hummed with anticipation as Raul’s car stopped outside his apartment. There was no mistaking the intent in Raul’s eyes, just as she couldn’t deny the need within her. A need that had boiled up rapidly, blending together with the shock that she’d been so bold, creating an intoxicating cocktail that couldn’t be denied—by either of them. It was strong and powerful. The kind of attraction that, if she was honest, had sealed her fate the day they had first met.

His eyes said all that needed to be said as he got out of the car, took her hand and she stepped out into the crisp evening air. In one hungry sweep his gaze devoured her, ratcheting up the tension, the anticipation, smothering the nerves and apprehension over what she was about to do, making her want him, want this night more than ever.

He still held her hand, the heat of his touch scorching her, and without a word he led her into the building, calling the elevator. Was he still angry at what she’d told him about Max? Or was it her use of Spanish? Had he put everything but what they were about to do from his mind? Was he so focused on desire that he thought of nothing else? Could she really affect him like that?

‘Raul?’ His name slipped out as a question, her eyes searching his firmly set profile as the elevator took them up to his apartment. The tension in the confines of the mirrored walls all but exploded as his gaze met hers, the unconcealed desire in his eyes echoing around her from the reflective surfaces.

Hungry need met innocent desire, becoming something else, something she couldn’t deny even if she wanted to. There would be no turning back now. This strong, powerful man was what she needed, even if it was for one night only.

‘You have found Max so are no longer bound by our agreement.’ The sharpness of his words was in total contrast to the desire burning in his eyes, making the dark depths unreadable.

‘I’m not?’

‘You have done what you promised, Lydia. You are free to go back to London.’ There was a hint of warning in his voice, warning she had no intention of heeding.

‘And if I don’t want to?’ Her heart went into free fall at her boldness, the likes of which she’d never known before. How could one man change her so much? ‘Not yet anyway.’

She couldn’t believe how shameless she sounded and knew it came from something much deeper than just passion. All she wanted now was to stay, to discover more with this man even though she’d constantly fought him and the attraction that had leapt to life between them. But why, when such an action went against everything she believed in? When he’d been the man who’d humiliated her as a sixteen-year-old?

Because you’ve seen beneath the tough exterior, seen who he really is.

He stopped abruptly and looked at her, the

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