Nights with a Thief by Marilyn Pappano

Author:Marilyn Pappano [Pappano, Marilyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The trip to the airport was the most uncomfortable one of Lisette’s life. Sharing the cab’s backseat with her, Padma gazed out the window, a glum look reflected in the glass. Was it finally hitting home with her, all that had gone wrong today? She’d started out with such excitement about—

“Ooh, how did you do in the quadcopter games?”

Padma’s brows drew together, then a smile burst across her face. “We kicked their butts. The guys took the trophy and my copter home with them to do a little tune-up on it. It’s good to be team leader.” After a moment, she asked, “How was the rock climbing? I mean, besides falling.”

“It’s better climbing with someone who knew what he was doing, truly enjoyed it and had enough confidence for both of us.”

Padma raised her voice to carry. “Jack has enough confidence for twenty people. That’s one of the perks of being Prince Charming.”

He grinned at them over his shoulder but didn’t interrupt his conversation with the cabdriver. He had a few unconfident moments, Lisette had seen for herself, and she liked him more for them. They made him seem more...

She couldn’t say accessible. He was friendly, open, traveled by himself without the squads of bodyguards he could easily justify. He was nice. Interested in others. He didn’t give the sense that he was slumming, didn’t let on that his everyday life was so privileged and luxurious that she could imagine it only because of the glimpses she’d gotten on the job.

His moments made him less a rich man, more a man.

“Can you believe we’re going to Île des Deux Saints?” Padma whispered. Plan A hadn’t included her in the trip; she was supposed to stay home and provide long-distance support. Between Lisette’s faulty choices, Jack’s sense of right and David’s violence, there wasn’t going to be much that was usual about this job.

And there was no need now for sex. The whole point of the seduction was to get Jack to take her to the island. Once she set foot there, the hard part was over. All that remained was not to fall into bed with him, thwart their security and escape with Le Mystère.

It was for the best, after all. She’d been willing to sleep with Jack to get what she needed, and she would have felt bad about it. Sex with Jack deserved to be so much more than that.

So why did that relief feel so much like regret? Because she hadn’t had a date in months? Because she hadn’t had sex in even longer? Because she’d entertained fantasies about how handsome he was, and nice, and interesting, and sexy, and the body, damn, to make those fantasies steam? Because she liked him? Because once this time with him was over, there would never be another chance?

Her sigh was soft, but Padma understood, squeezing her hand again. “It’ll work out okay. You and I have a knack for that, you know. We’ve tempted fate a million times, and yet here we are.

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