Caress Part Three (Arcadia Book 3) by Litton Josie

Author:Litton, Josie [Litton, Josie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Josie Litton Books
Published: 2015-10-14T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Emma

“Where have you been?” Lucas demanded. He was standing in the center of the living room. His suit jacket hung open, exposing the hard expanse of his chest beneath the crisp white business shirt and a tie that must have been tugged on multiple times. His dark, thick hair was mussed, as though he’d been running his hands through it.

But it was the look in his eyes that made my breath catch. The scorching mix of fury and fear radiating from him shocked me. Before its impact, I felt stripped bare. How could I possibly hope to hide anything from him?

Somehow, I had to find away. If I didn’t, he would walk into deadly danger. Hell, being Lucas, he’d run.

Turning to shut the doors behind me, I tried to compose myself. When I looked back at him, he had calmed somewhat but his gaze was still intense.

Deliberately keeping my voice low, I said, “I had lunch with Caroline and Imogene, remember?”

“You should have been back here long before now,” he snapped. “Why weren’t you?”

My back stiffened. I’d understood virtually from the moment we met that Lucas was a true alpha male. While I didn’t doubt for a moment that he genuinely respected women as fully competent, equal human beings, he was unapologetically driven to command and protect. To my great surprise, a part of me responded to that. Powerfully.

And another part didn’t. Firmly, I said, “What could possibly make you think that I should account to you for every moment of my time?”

I held my ground as he advanced toward me from across the room, but only barely. The quiver that started low down in my belly spread quickly. I could feel my nipples hardening even as my breath became shallower and more urgent.

Close enough to touch me, he stopped. His hands rested on his lean hips, pushing the suit jacket further apart. Glancing down, I couldn’t help seeing that, like me, he was becoming aroused.

“Something spooked you yesterday,” he said. His tone was unrelenting. He wasn’t giving an inch. On the contrary, by all evidence, he intended for us to have it out there and then.

“You wouldn’t tell me what it was,” he continued, “and now you disappear for several hours. I couldn’t even reach you. How do you think that makes me feel?”

For a moment, I was at a loss for words. The flip side of being so unused to anyone caring about me was that I had no practice in being responsible to another person. But I couldn’t pretend not to see his point of view.

“I’m sorry you were worried,” I said sincerely. “I turned my phone off before lunch. I’ll have to remember to keep it on.”

My regret was real but the rest wasn’t. If my father was serious about my going with him, I didn’t imagine for a moment that I’d be allowed to keep my cell phone. Later, once I’d gained his trust and learned where he’d moved the money that he’d come back for, I’d find a way to get in touch with the authorities.

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