A Tangled Engagement by Tessa Radley

Author:Tessa Radley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-04-10T18:50:31+00:00

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Through an open door, Georgia spotted what had to be Jay’s bedroom.

The enormous windows on the opposite wall framed the brightly lit city skyline.

Wow!

Fascination drove her into the room. It was decorated in shades of navy and dull gold brightened with an ivory knit throw draped across the bed. Over the headboard hung an abstract canvas full of stormy movement, dominated by midnight blues and inky grays, a narrow shaft of light piercing the dark turmoil.

Then she spotted the open steamer bag beside the bed. The sight drove all other thoughts out of her head.

She heard footsteps behind her.

Without taking her eyes off the bag, she asked, “When exactly do you leave?”

“First thing in the morning.”

Georgia wished she could escape like Jay. Fly away. Go home to a family where everything was simple and uncomplicated. Before she could stop herself, she found herself saying, “Can I come with you?”

“What?”

Trying not to feel foolish, she considered pretending she’d been joking—as Jay had been when he’d invited her to marry him. But the impulsive idea wouldn’t go away...

In a rush, she said, “I could check online and see if there are still seats available...” Her voice trailed away when she got no response. Maybe it was a stupid idea. “We don’t even need to sit together.”

“Why?”

At last, she turned to him.

He stood a couple of feet behind her. The dark intensity in his eyes unsettled her.

“Why don’t we need to sit together?” By deliberately misunderstanding his question, she tried to inject some humor into an exchange that had grown astonishingly awkward.

For the first time, she became aware that it was well past midnight...that she was standing in his bedroom...that several buttons of his rumpled shirt were undone, revealing the chest she’d buried her head against. And his feet were bare. It was intimate. They were asking for trouble.

Yet, she wasn’t the least bit afraid.

This was Jay...

Although she had to admit, after the auction earlier tonight, she was seeing him in a different light. He was a very attractive man. It would be all too easy to fall for him.

But Jay had never had any interest in her. She simply wasn’t his type.

Jay still hadn’t smiled. “Why would you want to come with me?”

“I need a break.”

God, she hoped she didn’t sound like she was begging, but she was at the end of her tether.

“You want to avoid your father,” he said slowly.

“No,” she denied too fiercely. She looked down, away from that penetrating gaze. “I just need to leave.” Escape. Her father was going to kill her when he found out she’d turned Adam down.

The air vibrated with her desperation.

Jay blew out a breath in an explosive gust that sounded loud to her ears. “Georgia, you have to tell your father that you’re not going to marry Adam.”

“I know. I know. I will.” Someday. “Just not yet.”

Jay went silent again. From under her eyelashes, Georgia watched him, trying to read his thoughts. He must be thinking she was the biggest coward on earth.

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