A Loving Man by Cait London

Author:Cait London [Cait London]
Format: epub
Tags: Romance: Modern, Contemporary, General, Romance, Romance - Contemporary, Fiction, Fiction - Romance, Historical, Non-Classifiable, Romance - General, Adult
ISBN: 9780373763825
Publisher: Silhouette Books
Published: 2001-08-01T22:02:28.187000+00:00

The road to desire started with her toes and insoles, Rose decided twenty minutes later as she lay on the couch—and the path wound upward. With soft music playing, Stefan’s big, warm hands on her feet, and the good meal filling her, she was ready for more dessert than the rest of the cookies. Sitting on the couch, Stefan had that appealing, male-at-home look, his shirt opened to show that fascinating wedge of hair on his chest. She studied his expression, that infinite concentration as his hands moved carefully over her, massaging her feet in his lap. She’d seen him in action, laying out the foundation for acquiring a new company, curtly itemizing the changes that needed to be made, the contract clauses that needed defining. He’d methodically ripped through a mountain of decisions, slashing his signature on paperwork at the same time. Rose had listened to his voice very carefully; not once did his voice lower and that seductive accent appear.

Yet she had known that every moment, he was aware of her. Those darkened eyes had periodically pinned her. His smile was brief and pleased, before he cruised into the business meeting like a warlord moving through battle. The intensity of that knowledge had shocked her. Once, while he was pacing, wrapped in the business takeover and staff changes, he had stopped those curt, one-two-three sentences and touched her hair. He had lifted it to the light and smiled tenderly at her. “Catch any pigs lately?” he’d asked huskily as his accent curled intimately around her.

Everyone in the room had studied her critically, the woman who had Stefan Donatien’s attention. “One or two,” she’d answered, because she’d been in charge of the children’s greased pig contest at the town fair.

He’d run a fingertip across her cheeks and the bridge of her nose, and smiled softly at the other businesspeople in the room. “She has freckles. I think they are kisses from faeries. Isn’t Rose beautiful?” he’d noted softly, in the slight accent that said his emotions were touched. Then he had stroked her hair once and turned back to business as if it were never interrupted…as if she weren’t blushing and everyone in the room smiling knowingly at her. They had been good, warm, honest smiles, as if they were pleased that Stefan was pleased.

She frowned now, listening to Stefan’s low, rumbling voice. “I will apologize. I will apologize. I will be sweet.”

“I do appreciate you trying,” she said, smiling at him and realizing how difficult the apology would be for him. It seemed very natural to sit up and tug his head closer to kiss his cheek. “I forgive you for not answering my telephone call, and you’ll take the wages, of course. I know they are only a pittance compared to what you earn, but my pride is important to me.”

Stefan nodded, and watched her in that dark, smoldering way. “I have not entertained another woman in this apartment,” he stated quietly. “In many ways, you are the first for me.

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