Having Her Boss's Baby

Author:Maureen Child
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

By the time they left the restaurant after dinner, it was later than Aine might have guessed. Shops were closed, traffic on the street was light and they had the sidewalk to themselves. The air was cool, the breeze brisk, but not as cold as at home. The lightweight dark green sweater she wore over her simple shirt and slacks was enough to keep her warm even as Brady steered her toward his car, parked at the curb.

“Tired?” he asked.

“Not a bit,” Aine said. The man nodded but didn’t speak. But then he hadn’t spoken much during dinner, either. It was the tension, she told herself. As taut as a wire, it hummed between them whenever they were together and only got tighter with every passing day.

“All through dinner you barely spoke,” she said as he opened the car door for her. “Is there something wrong?”

“Nothing more than usual,” he grumbled, then waved her into the low-slung sports car.

Sighing, Aine slid inside, then buckled her seat belt as she waited for him to join her in the car. The street was nearly empty, which suited her fine. She couldn’t quite get used to riding on the wrong side of the street. She was forever flinching or stepping on an imaginary brake.

He climbed in, settled behind the wheel and she asked, “Is it something to do with work?”

“No,” he said, jamming the key into the ignition and giving it a twist.

“Is it me, then?” She reached out one hand, laid it on his forearm.

He paused, looked down at her hand, then slowly lifted his gaze to hers. What she saw flaring in his eyes had Aine’s heart catching in her chest. Mouth dry, she drew a short, sharp breath and stared into his eyes. She couldn’t have looked away if her life had depended on it. For days and days, it had felt as if her blood was at a slow simmer just beneath her skin, and now it began to boil. Slowly, she drew her hand back, and still the raw connection between them remained.

“Yeah,” he finally ground out through gritted teeth. “It’s you, Aine.”

“I don’t know what to say.”

“Don’t say anything,” he advised. “Safer that way.” He shifted his gaze from her to the street, put the car in gear and it nearly leaped away from the curb. “I promised myself after that kiss that we’d stay away from each other.”

“Aye, I remember,” she said wryly.

“It’s not an easy promise to keep.”

Swirls of heat ribboned through her. She liked knowing he was having a difficult time keeping his hands off her. She wished fervently he would stop trying.

Streetlights were a blur as they passed. A light rain left droplets across the windshield that shone like diamonds. The roar of the engine was the only sound and seemed to reverberate through the car. Her fingers curled around the armrest and held on as Brady drove through the night, headed for the hotel.

Minutes later, he was parking his car and holding the door for her.

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