What Happens in Charleston... by Rachel Bailey

Author:Rachel Bailey [Bailey, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

Later that night, Susannah opened her bedroom door to a light knock, to find Matt lounging in the doorway, one arm behind his back and a sexy grin on his face. His closely cropped hair was damp. Seemed he’d showered then pulled on a polo shirt and loose trousers afterward. Her entire body tingled with anticipation. How would she ever leave this man when the time came?

“Evening,” he said, then drew her against him with one arm, capturing her mouth with the ease of a predator assured of his prey. She fell into the kiss with no regard for anything but tasting his essence, of dissolving into him. His lips were so warm, exerting just the right pressure. She gripped the front of his shirt as her knees wobbled. Reality ceased to exist—she was in a blissful place outside time and space that she only found with Matthew.

After an eternity, he slowly drew back, chest heaving, pupils large in his luminescent green eyes. He held up a bottle of wine and two sparkling glasses. “Fancy a nightcap?”

Still gripping his shirt, she attempted to reorient herself to her surroundings. To breathing. She released him then opened the door wider to let him through. “Let’s start with that.”

He poured a glass each then sprawled on her bed. Propped on one elbow, he looked far too comfortable and desirable. She took a memory picture to keep with her after she left Charleston that could sustain her in what she suspected would be long, lonely nights without him.

“My mother guessed there’s something between us,” he said with a rueful smile.

Her hand flew to her mouth. She’d thought they’d been careful. “Oh, I’m sorry, Matthew.”

“She won’t tell anyone.” He held out a hand and when she took it, he dragged her down to sit on the bed with him. “And she still thinks you’re just one of Grace’s friends.”

Grace. Her stomach lurched. In this family, with this man, everything always came back to Grace. It always would, which—she straightened her back—was just how it should be. Her sensitivity to being sidelined shouldn’t affect how Matthew and his family operated. She was temporary—soon, she’d be returning to the life waiting for her in Georgia, her mother, her friends and a senior position at the bank.

“She left two tickets for a fundraiser on Sunday,” Matthew said, pulling one of her feet onto his lap. “I need to go for work—I’m targeting a new account. Do you want to come?”

The magic his fingers were producing on the soles of her feet momentarily distracted her, which was dangerous. If she wasn’t on her guard, she might actually agree to go.

“Where is it?” she asked, stalling for time.

He reached for her other foot and began to give it the same attention as the first. “At the Barclays’ mansion on one of the islands of the Outer Banks.”

She wrapped one arm around herself and sipped her wine. When

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