Family on the Run by Watson Margaret

Author:Watson, Margaret [Watson, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-11-20T21:50:34+00:00

Chapter 9

Andi awoke slowly, struggling to surface from the deep pool of sleep. For a moment she thought she was in her bed in Chipultipe, then she heard the jungle sounds around her and she remembered.

Quickly she sat up, only to become entangled in mosquito netting. Chase had covered her with it, she realized. Her heart warmed at his thoughtfulness as she peeled it away.

Chase himself was nowhere to be seen, and neither was Paolo. Stifling the fear that washed over her, she told herself that nothing had happened. Chase had merely taken Paolo with him wherever it was he’d gone.

They couldn’t have gone far. They would both return in a moment. She sank back onto the ground to wait, then noticed her clothes. They were stiff and caked with mud from the water and the trip down the slope. She could change them while Chase was gone.

She had stripped down to her underwear when she heard a faint rustle in the undergrowth. She grabbed her gun and spun around just as Chase stepped into the clearing, carrying Paolo in his sling.

Chase stopped so suddenly that the baby bounced against him. His eyes devoured her, turning hot and dark, glittering green in the dim mottled light.

“If this is your way of saying ‘Welcome back,’ I like it.”

His voice was low and harsh with need. Instead of embarrassment, Andi felt a hot flush of desire wash over her. She ached to move toward Chase, to touch him and taste him, to feel his hands on her. She swallowed once and watched his eyes follow the ripple of muscle in her throat.

“I thought I’d change out of my dirty clothes while you were gone.”

“Go ahead,” he said, never taking his gaze off her.

Blood thundered in her ears and heat rushed through her veins. If he was a gentleman, she told herself, he would turn around. And if she had any sense at all, she would do the same thing.

But she didn’t move and neither did he. She wanted nothing more than to walk toward him, to touch him and taste him and let him see the need that thundered through her, but she couldn’t do it. She had never surrendered control of herself that way. Even the few times she’d made love, she’d always felt in control.

And she wouldn’t be in control with Chase. She wanted him too much. Need for him burned too intensely in her. The next time he touched her, the next time he kissed her, the fire in her would blaze out of control.

“Put your clothes on.” Chase closed his eyes, but not before she saw the flare of dangerous passion in them. “Please, Andi.”

She turned away quickly and fumbled in her backpack for clean clothes. As she pulled them on, she heard Chase behind her, setting Paolo on the ground. She tensed, wondering if he would touch her, but he moved farther away.

Her heart still thundered in her chest, and she felt like she was gasping for breath.

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