Seduced by Love, Claimed by Passion~Summer Box Set

Author:Helen Conrad & Marie Ferrarella & Tracy Court & Dakota Kahn [Conrad, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DoorKnock Publishing
Published: 2014-07-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

“Let me go,” She strained at his grasp on her arm reaching with her free hand to try to pry his strong fingers away.

He watched her efforts for a moment, smiling slightly. “You’re such a fighter, Summer,” he commented musingly. “I think that’s one of the things that appeals to me about you.”

“Appeals to you!” She lifted her gaze to his dark eyes in anger. She hadn’t been aware that anything about her appealed to him. In fact, it had seemed quite the opposite. “You can’t stand me any more than I can stand you. If you’ll just let go of my hand, I’ll run up and pack my bags and be out of your life in no time.”

He grimaced as though she had probed a wound. “Is that what you think I want?” he asked her softly.

She shook back her hair impatiently. This conversation promised to turn into a walk along the edge of a cliff, and her nerves weren’t steady enough to provide sure footing. “It’s what I want. What do I care what you want?” She gave her arm a tremendous jerk, but he didn’t budge. “I’m getting out of here,” she insisted stubbornly.

Suddenly he was standing beside her. “You’re quite right,” he purred. “We should go where we can be more comfortable.”

Still holding her, he led the way from the dining room into an adjoining library, pulling her along behind him.

“Just the place,” he commented with satisfaction as he pushed the door closed and turned to look about him. The room was lined with floor-to-celling bookcases and had two couches arranged opposite one another in the middle of the grass mat covered floor. “Come. Well have a nice little chat.” He forced her toward one of the couches, then sat down beside her.

She knew this was no good. She was in the lion’s den and he was guarding the door. Why was he doing this to her?

“Just what is it that you want?” she said, glaring at him. Her hair was tousled and she felt like a mess—and totally furious that he’d put her in this position.

In answer to her question, his heavy lidded eyes shimmered with amusement. “What is it that I want?” he repeated incredulously. “Surely that must be abundantly clear to you.”

Her heart was pounding so loudly it seemed to swell in her chest. “Well, it’s not,” she whispered, hoping against hope. “Nothing about you is clear to me.”

He looked surprised. Glancing down at his dark hand on her arm, he frowned slightly and she felt his grip loosen. For some reason, she no longer felt compelled to draw her wrist from his grasp. Instead, she left it there, and his fingers began a slow, circular movement against the pulse point along the inside of her arm.

“Then maybe I’d better explain myself.” His voice was a husky caress against her and she turned to look into his face, startled at the intensity she found in his dark eyes.

Suddenly, a smile was creasing the laugh lines that fanned out from his eyes.

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