Honeymoon Baby by Susan Napier

Author:Susan Napier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-06-07T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

MUFFLED up in the old pink towelling bathrobe that she never used, Jennifer crept past the sunken lump in the bed. Rafe had turned off the overhead lights and only the lamp beside the bed shone, throwing a rich glow over the golden head on the pillow. He was lying on his stomach, face half buried to one side in the pillow, one smooth-muscled naked arm thrown up around his head as if to shield himself from the intrusive light.

Jennifer glided across the cool floorboards, the shivery thrills goosing over her skin having nothing to do with the temperature. In fact the room, well-insulated in walls and ceiling, was quite toasty warm, thanks to the thermostatically controlled convection heater in the corner.

The hush of the night was disturbed by the muffled crump of faraway explosion, and she was irresistibly drawn to the balcony doors for another look at the fireworks display. After nearly two hours the powerful forces were showing no sign of diminishing, and now lightning bolts were crackling around the summit, threading zig-zag patterns of brilliant white through the black ash-clouds roaring into the night sky.

‘You’re blocking the view.’

She turned quickly, almost tripping over the drooping hem of her robe. The first thing she saw was Rafe propped up on his elbow, the cream duvet sliding away from his bare chest to settle at his waist.

The second was that her meagre bed on the floor had vanished. And this time there were no scattered bedclothes or assaulted pillow.

‘I thought you were asleep.’

He made a negative movement with his head, abrading his whiskers against the knuckles that were propping up his jaw as he contemplated her deep dismay.

‘Did you really think I was going to make it that easy for you?’ he said, with menacingly softness.

Easy?

Jennifer had no illusions on that score. But she had hoped to put off another devastating confrontation until she had had time to repair the weaknesses in her buckled defences, particularly in view of this wretched new complication. She just hoped to God that Rafe wasn’t involved in the editorial side of Velvet Books!

She ignored his taunting reply and flung open the glory box. It was empty. With a furious glance at Rafe’s innocent expression her gaze hunted around the room for the missing blankets.

‘This is just childish!’ she burst out.

‘I agree, so stop behaving like a sulky schoolgirl. Come to bed and we’ll talk about it like mature adults. You know what they say—a husband and wife should never let the sun go down on their anger...’

She let the lid of the box fall with a sharp crack that echoed her snapping nerves.

‘We are not married and I’m not getting into bed with you!’

‘Claiming the moral high ground? That’s pretty shaky territory for a compulsive liar...’

‘You can talk about morality?’ she scorned fiercely. ‘You’ve had more women than you’ve had hot dinners!’

His mouth took on a cynical slant. ‘I presume you got that spicy tidbit from my father. Well, maybe that’s what

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