Silent Desires by Julie Kenner

Author:Julie Kenner
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2003-02-20T23:00:00+00:00

CRAZY. That’s what it was. That despite the situation she was in—stuck in a hotel where a madman was holding hostages—Joan could actually feel…well, wonderful. Stiff and sore and spent…but absolutely wonderful.

They’d moved to the sofa, and she was lying across it, her feet in Bryce’s lap. She was still in the dress, but she’d taken off the stray stocking, and now he was gently stroking her legs, the touch keeping her body humming. Warm and comfortable, she stretched like a cat, practically purring with satisfaction. “Wonderful,” she murmured. “I feel absolutely wonderful.”

Bryce chuckled. “I’d like to think it was all me, but I know that phone call from Donovan helped.”

Joan tilted her head, smiling at him. “It just lifts a huge weight knowing that everything is okay. That those poor people are going to be fine, and all we’re doing is waiting for the negotiators to do their job for them to get their happy ending.”

Donovan’s call had gone a long way toward easing both her guilt for having such a wonderful time with Bryce, and her fear that somehow the horrible situation below them would trickle up the stairs.

“I know,” he said as he scooted toward her, so that her thighs were now resting on his legs. Then he reached out and stroked her cheek, the rough pads of his fingers exceedingly gentle.

His hands had surprised her. She’d expected the soft, manicured hands of a man who spent his life behind a desk, counting his dollars from afar. But his fingers were rough, his hands calloused, and the dichotomy was unbelievably erotic. She closed her eyes, soaking up his touch.

“Now we wait,” he said. “Think you can handle waiting here, all alone, with me?”

There was a tease in his voice, and she answered just as playfully. “Well, I don’t know….”

“I’ll make it easy on you,” Bryce said. “Just pretend that we’re snowed in at a villa in the Swiss Alps having a decadent time.”

“Well, the decadent part I can handle. But the rest…” She laughed. “I’m not sure my imagination is that good. I mean, it’s close to a hundred degrees outside, and I’ve never even been out of the country, much less to the Alps.”

“Really?” A flash of surprise crossed his face. “In your business, I would have thought you made frequent trips to London and Paris.”

Joan stifled a frown. Already she was caught in her own lie. “I’m looking forward to that part of the business, actually, but I just, uh, came on board recently. I joined forces with Ronnie because of my academic expertise in the area.” Even as she spoke she cursed herself. She should just come clean. After all, it wasn’t as if he could kick her out. But she’d already told him she co-owned the store, and surely a business owner would have more experience than her résumé showed.

He cocked an eyebrow. “Interesting. So you have a Ph.D.?”

“Yeah,” she said, digging her hole deeper and hoping he wouldn’t ask her any more questions since she knew neither the ins and outs of getting a Ph.

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