When the Sun Goes Down... by Crystal Green

Author:Crystal Green [Green, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Category
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-05-02T23:00:00+00:00

JULIANA FAINTLY HEARD Caroline launching into another Top Gun song in the background, but it was all white noise.

The only thing she could really process was Tristan, the way he was watching her, as if…As if he was looking into her.

She glanced away from him, leaning forward to grab her wineglass so he couldn’t see anything in her eyes—not the delight she’d felt when he’d joked about her singing. Not the moment of personal connection that had threatened to turn this sexual romp into something that couldn’t go beyond that.

As she sipped from her glass—maybe this was what was making her so fuzzy, all the plum wine—she reminded herself of tomorrow’s meeting at the ryokan for Dream Rising, then of having to go back home all too soon.

If only they were different people, she thought.

But…they weren’t.

Besides, what if Tristan were some guy her family would adore? Would she even bring him home?

Or would she keep him to herself just because it would be a show of hidden rebellion that would make her feel powerful in some petty way in the face of her family’s control?

All she knew was that Tristan made her weak—her limbs, her veins, her willpower.

And she didn’t want to be the weaker part of anything, like a mistress who had to answer to a man, or a subordinate who kowtowed to a boss or—

Or Emelie, she thought.

The realization rang through her as she leaned back against the chair, bringing her eye-to-eye with Tristan.

Not that he was going to ask her to keep seeing him in Parisville, but if he did, she wouldn’t be his version of Emelie—the woman who was desperately in love with a man, only to be cast off like a paintbrush that’d gotten too old to be used anymore.

What would she do from this point forward?

Should she keep seeing other men who weren’t Tristan? Men who bored her and didn’t have a prayer of living up to him?

Would she trade in the love from her family to be with him beyond this trip?

She wished Emelie and Terrence were around to give her advice, to tell her if they regretted not fighting for each other.

What had really gone on between the two of them, even beyond all the family legends? She only had a superficial account of Emelie’s side of the story.

Maybe there was a way for Juliana to find out….

“Know what might be interesting?” she asked Tristan, peering into his gray eyes. They were enough to talk her into just about anything.

Almost.

“What?” he said softly.

She could barely hear him, thanks to the music, but she could somehow feel his intimate tone feather through her.

“If you told me about what was in Terrence’s journals,” she said. “And I told you about Emelie’s letters.”

He sat up a little.

Of course. She’d almost forgotten that Tristan had let her go years ago, that he hadn’t seemed all that invested in having her stay because he didn’t want to make waves with his family, either.

He’d be loyal to them, just as she should be staying loyal to her own clan.

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