Harlequin Desire November 2014 - Box Set 1 of 2: Sheltered by the Millionaire\A Beaumont Christmas Wedding\Her Desert Knight by Catherine Mann

Author:Catherine Mann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Ten

She checked her watch. Three to eleven. She’d gotten up at her regular time and gone out with Jo to look at the young mare she was working with. Jo hadn’t pressed her about Matthew, except to say, “You and Matthew...” there’d been a rather long pause, but Whitney hadn’t jumped into the breach “...do all right yesterday?” Jo had finally finished.

“Yeah. I think you were right about him—he seems like a good guy who’s wound a bit too tight.”

Which had to be the explanation as to why he’d tied her to the bed with a necktie.

Which did nothing to explain why she’d let him do it and explained even less why she’d enjoyed it.

And now? Now she was going to spend the afternoon with him again. Which was great—because it’d been so long since she’d had sex with another person and Matthew wasn’t just up to the task—he was easily the best lover she’d ever had.

But it was also nerve-racking. After all, he’d tied her to the bed and made her climax several times. How was she supposed to look him in the eye after that? Yes, she’d slept around a lot when she’d been an out-of-control teenager trying to prove she was an adult. Yes, she’d had some crazy sex. The gossips never let her forget that.

But she’d never had that kind of sex clean and sober. She’d never had any kind of sex sober. She’d never looked a lover in the eye without some sort of chemical aid to cover up her anxiety at what she’d done, what she might still do.

And now, as she adjusted her hat and sunglasses, she was going to have to do just that. She had no idea what to do next. At least she had Betty—the small donkey’s ears were soft, and rubbing them helped Whitney keep some sort of hold on her anxiety. It would be fine, she kept telling herself as she petted Betty. It will be fine.

At exactly eleven, Matthew walked through the door at Phillip and Jo’s house, cupped her face in his hands and made her forget everything except the way she’d felt beneath his hands, his body. Beautiful. Sexy.

Alive.

“Hi,” he breathed as he rested his forehead against hers.

Maybe this wouldn’t be complicated. It hadn’t seemed complicated when he’d pinned her to the wall yesterday. Maybe it would be...easy. She grinned, slipping her arms around his waist. “Hi.” Then she looked at him. “You’re wearing a tie?”

Color touched his cheeks, but he didn’t look embarrassed. If anything, he looked the way he had yesterday—hungry for more. Hungry for her.

“I usually wear ties.” Heat flushed down her back and pooled low. But instead of pulling that tie off, he added, “Are you ready?”

She nodded, unable to push back against the anxiety. This time, at least, it didn’t have anything to do with him. “We have to go, right?”

He leaned back and adjusted her hat, making sure her hair was fully tucked under it. “We’ll just look at the places.

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