Hot Blooded by Donna Grant

Author:Donna Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781466866294
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

CHAPTER

TWENTY-THREE

Laith zeroed in on Iona as she paused just inside the pub while she looked around. As soon as she saw him, her amazing lips turned up in a smile that was as sexy as it was warm.

He was surprised to see her wearing something besides her solid-color tees and hiking pants. But he certainly enjoyed what he saw. The fluttery cream-colored shirt flowed around her gracefully and dipped low in the front so he saw the swell of her breasts, and the sleeves that trailed to her elbows were entirely of lace.

His gaze traveled lower to the khaki pants that hugged her legs and made them appear even longer down to the cream wedges. Laith leisurely let his eyes travel back up to her face where he spotted large gold hoops hanging from her ears.

He liked that she could appear feminine in hiking boots and jeans as well as decked out in heels and jewelry. No doubt she would be just as stunning without a stitch of clothes. How he wished he knew.

Laith started toward her, ignoring his name being called from the bar. After the day he’d had, he wanted something that could make him forget his troubles. That was Iona.

“Hi,” she said nervously when he reached her.

He couldn’t help but smile. “Hi.”

“I read the letter. If you aren’t busy, I was hoping we could talk.”

Laith only dimly remembered that they were in the pub and not alone. “No’ here though. Give me a second.”

He left her standing there as he told his staff to handle things until Sammi arrived in a few hours. Then Laith grabbed his keys and hurried back to Iona.

“You look amazing,” he said as he put his hand on her lower back and guided her out the door.

By the way she beamed, his praise had been just what she needed. “Thank you. I can’t take all the credit though. I needed to replenish my wardrobe, but I haven’t been shopping in years. I happened to ask Sammi, and things went from there.”

Now he understood how Shara knew Iona was on her way. Laith was curious to hear what Shara thought of Iona, and if he knew Sammi, Jane had also been there. That was someone else he would have to talk to as well.

“They might have helped, but they’re no’ the ones wearing the clothes.”

Her dark eyes slid to him. “I can’t remember the last time I felt so good in clothes.”

And he wanted to get her out of them. Laith walked her past her father’s green Range Rover to his Audi R8. “Any particular place you want to go?”

“You choose.”

Laith opened her door and waited for her to climb inside before he closed it and walked around to the driver’s side. Once he was behind the wheel, he smiled at her and started the engine.

The Audi purred as he started it. Laith backed up the car and pulled out of the parking lot onto the road as Iona leaned her head back in the seat and stared out the window to the darkness beyond.

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