Wildcat Wife by Lindsay Armstrong

Author:Lindsay Armstrong [Armstrong, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Contemporary, General, Romance, Adult, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373825820
Google: gmeBJkb39pgC
Amazon: 0263155595
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1997-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Saffron whirled around and all but fell over.

Fraser strolled up to her and steadied her but with that clear, mocking little question repeated in his eyes as they drifted down her figure in its featherlight coating of green satin—the decollete neckline, the way the sash of the robe accentuated her tiny waist, the way one shoulder of the robe was slipping down, revealing the shoestring strap beneath, a pearly shoulder and the swell of her breast.

'Where have you been?' she demanded, going hot with embarrassment and plucking her robe closed to her throat.

'For a walk. Checking up on me, Saffron?'

She coloured vividly this time. 'No! Of course I'm not! That is...'

'I'm afraid the way you're blushing tells its own tale,' he drawled, and touched her hot cheek. 'You weren't—' he paused and frowned '—hoping to catch me in Cathy's arms, by any chance?'

'No, I was not! That is...how dare you?' she said in a low, angry voice.

'Then what the hell are you doing out here in your sensual and rather revealing nightwear?' he countered in a suddenly hard voice. 'And what the hell are you looking so guilty about?'

It shot through Saffron's mind that she was in an impossible situation, and placed there by her own hand, more or less. It also occurred to her that she hated him for drawing the conclusions he had, for all the wrong reasons, but couldn't deny at the same time that he'd also caused her to feel extremely guilty.

She drew a quivering breath and said tonelessly, 'I did wonder if you were with Cathy. Sorry, but—'

'So you decided to catch us in the act?'

'No! Look—'

'Saffron—'

'Fraser Ross, if you don't shut up,' Saffron said dangerously, 'I'll do it for you! I am not a voyeur; I was not seeking you out because I'd changed my mind but because—' She hesitated suddenly and sighed. 'I'm sorry, but your father's...been taken ill. Delia was trying to get you and, when she couldn't, asked for me. I'm very sorry,' she finished quietly.

Fraser put the phone down and rubbed his face. He was sitting on the bed and he was pale and drawn- looking.

'Here,' Saffron said gently, and put a glass of neat brandy in his hand. She'd changed back into her shorts and T-shirt while he'd been on the phone.

He looked at it, sniffed it, then downed the tot in one swallow. 'Thanks. By the way, I owe you an apology

'Don't worry about it. How is he?'

'Comfortable. I can't believe it.' He closed his eyes briefly. 'We nearly lost him a few years ago, but he pulled through that illness. Now this.'

Saffron hesitated then sat down on the bed beside him. 'He obviously means a lot to you.'

He said, after a while, 'Yes. My mother died when I was two and Diana was four. He...bore the burden of both of us, including our disinclination to share him with anyone.'

'That's why he didn't remarry?'

'Well—' he grimaced '—one of the reasons, I suspect. And that's why I was rather happy to see him so taken with Delia.

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