Wed to the Texan by Sara Orwig - Platinum Grooms 02 - Wed to the Texan

Author:Sara Orwig - Platinum Grooms 02 - Wed to the Texan [Orwig, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Category, Fiction, Platinum Grooms, General
ISBN: 9780373768875
Google: uQ9cPwAACAAJ
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2007-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

On the long winding drive to Jake’s palatial Dallas home, her anger with him returned. Jake had deceived her for money he didn’t need. The three-story mansion was stunning. The first level had a billiards room, game room, exercise room and theater. There was both a banquet room and a smaller dining room, and a paneled bar and wine cellar. Growing familiar with the mansion had included getting to know his staff. It had taken her weeks to meet and get to know everyone, particularly those she seldom saw. She was constantly reminded that he didn’t need to inherit more money.She had spent the morning on her cell phone, consulting an accountant, talking to her father and others who ran the organizations where she intended her money to go. Monday, she wanted to start getting it moved so it would be out of Jake’s reach.

She thought about going to visit her parents, getting away from Jake. But Saturday night was a busy time for her father, so she decided she’d get through tonight at the mansion and see her parents tomorrow night.

She showered and changed into a red silk lounging outfit, deciding to skip dinner and avoid Jake tonight as much as possible. She had one of the staff carry her suitcases to a guest bedroom at the far end of the hall from the master bedroom. She’d ruled out the third-floor bedrooms as too inconvenient and decided the opposite wing on the second floor would be far enough from Jake.

She was still gathering clothes, packing more to move to her own bedroom when she heard Jake coming down the hall. She glanced at her watch and saw that Jake was an hour earlier than she’d expected. He charged into the room and she was jolted by his stormy gaze.

“Jake! What happened?”

“Dammit, Emily! If I didn’t work out, they would’ve killed me,” Jake said, crossing the room in long angry strides. He had a dark smudge of dirt on his cheek, his sleeve was torn and his T-shirt had grass stains. Otherwise, he looked fine and far from injured.

He held her shoulders, leaning close with his eyes blazing. “You knew they’d do that! They didn’t want this any more than I did!”

“Maybe they didn’t,” she said, stiffening and glaring back at him. “But you’ll win them over. I know you can if you want to. If money was at stake here, you’d go after it like a starving man after food.”

“I don’t want to do this!”

“You have a choice,” she came back at him. In spite of the anger flying between them, Jake’s wavy black hair fell over his forehead and he looked as desirable as ever. “Take your hands off me, Jake!” she snapped, her pulse drumming. “You’ll survive.”

His gaze lowered and he thrust her away from him, looking at her slowly from her head to her toes. His hot gaze was as tangible as a caress and she could see the change in his expression. A muscle worked in his jaw, but now desire blazed where anger had been.

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