Harlequin Desire April 2016, Box Set 1 of 2 by Maisey Yates

Author:Maisey Yates
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460396797
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Tuck still wanted Amber. He wanted her very badly, and his desire was growing by the minute.

She was radiant in front of him, curled up in a padded rattan chair in the Scottsdale hotel courtyard. The gas fireplace flickering between them gave her face a gorgeous glow. Floodlights decorated the palm trees and rock garden behind her, while stars winked above them in the blackened sky.

“Do you have any ideas?” she asked.

There were any number of great ideas pinging around inside his head. But he doubted Amber was anywhere near his wavelength.

She was a picture of openness in a midnight blue knee-length dress and a cropped cardigan sweater with the sleeves pushed up. Her spiky sandals were dropped carelessly on the concrete patio in front of her. After her second glass of wine, she’d tugged her hair loose, and it flowed over her shoulders.

“I’m his brother,” said Tuck, knowing she’d understand he was talking about their earlier conversation at Highland Luminance. “There must be someone who can authorize a release of information to me.”

“The receptionist didn’t seem encouraging.” Amber referred to the woman who had asked them to leave the wellness resort.

“I can’t imagine his yoga participation requires the same confidentiality rules as, say, an STD diagnosis.”

“She did tell us the date he left.”

“More than five weeks ago.”

Amber took another sip of her wine, dark against her lush lips. Her face and shoulders were creamy and smooth. He remembered her taste, her scent and the feel of her lithe body enclosed in his arms.

“We should brainstorm about Dixon,” she said.

Tuck shook himself out of a fantasy that had him kissing a shadow next to her collarbone. “What do you mean?”

“What do you know about him? Any unfulfilled dreams, secret desires?”

“He doesn’t tell me his secret desires.” Nor did Tuck confide in Dixon. And he was especially keeping quiet about his feelings for Amber.

“Toss out anything,” she said. “What about when you were young, while you were growing up?”

“My desires have changed since I was young. I imagine his have, too.”

“Play along,” said Amber. “What else have we got to do?”

Tuck didn’t dare voice his ideas.

The slight breeze rustled her hair and she brushed it back from her cheek. “Funny thing, I was reminded earlier today that childhood events can impact our entire lives.”

He forced the sexy images from his mind. “You think Dixon is reacting to his childhood?”

“I think he’s reacting to exhaustion and a cheating wife. But how he reacts could be influenced by his core self-perception.”

“Core self-perception. Is that from the Highland Luminance brochure?”

“No.” Her tone turned defensive. “It’s from a documentary. But it’s valid. It just means who you think you are.”

“Who do you think you are, Amber? What’s your core self-perception?” He was more interested in her than in Dixon.

“That’s easy. I’m organized, a caretaker. I can’t leave people to their own mistakes.”

Tuck couldn’t help but smile at the answer. “You left me to my own mistakes.”

“Only after you fired me. Up until then, and against my own better judgment, I was helping you.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.