charlotte lamb by Lamb Charlotte

Author:Lamb, Charlotte [Lamb, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

and being forced to believe part of what he had said. She should have

used her brain before. She should have looked more closely at the life

around her. Now that she was looking she was finding disturbing hints of a

truth she had bitterly ignored until now.

Chris had hidden too many things from her. She had seen the

unveiled nature to which she had been blind for so long and, seeing him

in that light, had felt the pattern of her vision shift into a new perspective.

Next morning, Luc was on the beach when she arrived. He turned

and the first ray of sunlight struck across his broad, smooth shoulders and

gave his skin a liquid, golden sheen that took her breath away.

'All right?' he asked tersely, moving to meet her, and she sensed

anxiety in him.

She nodded, softened by the intent look of the blue eyes. 'Luc, I told

Chris last night that you were on the beach with someone,' she said

hurriedly.

'I know,' he nodded. 'I was listening.'

Lissa stared in disbelief. 'Listening? You didn't go?'

'I wasn't leaving you alone with him. I hung around in- the palms

and caught most of what was said.'

Lissa felt a pink colour creeping up her face. Luc had waited in the

palm trees to make sure she was safe.

As soon as I was sure Brandon wouldn't harm you, I shot off to see

Joanne,' he said.

'Joanne?' Lissa stiffened, her glance shooting to his face.

His eyes mocked. 'The lady in the red dress, remember?'

'Oh,' Lissa said coldly.

He grinned. 'I suspected Brandon would check on your story, and I

was right.'

Lissa felt a shock of alarm. 'What?'

'The charming and murderous Max knocked on Joanne's door with

a cock-and-bull story about a phone call for her husband. Lucas was in

the gaming rooms. He rarely leaves them when they're open. Max knew

that. Joanne viciously told him where he could find her husband and Max

left.'

She should have suspected that Chris would go to some lengths to

find out if she was telling the truth, but she wasn't yet accustomed to

telling lies. She felt very sick. Chris wasn't the man she had thought she

knew— all night she had been facing that and feeling like someone who

has woken up to find themselves in a beautiful, but treacherous jungle.

The air was heavy with sweet scents, but death lurked in every shadow.

Luc's veiled eyes were slipping down her slender body. The tiny

white bikini seemed suddenly even more inadequate, and she had pulses

beating at neck and wrist.

She thought of last night again and wondered what had happened

between him and that woman. Lissa's feminine instincts did not need

evidence to pick up the tingle of attraction which had been passing

between them in the club last night. How long had Luc stayed in her

room? And what had gone on?

She turned to walk down to the water and Luc followed, his feet

sinking into the sharp gritty sand. They swam out into the blue water with

the sun burning down on their heads. Halting to drift on her back, she

heard the splash of his movement nearby and glanced sidelong at him.

'You ought to go back,' she said.

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