The Disobedient Bride by Bianchin Helen

Author:Bianchin, Helen [Bianchin, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780373124633
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2005-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

The Disobedient Bride

CHAPTER SEVEN

THERE was a small degree of apprehension existent as Lianne rode the lift to Sloane, Everton, Shell and Associates’ suite of offices.

She hadn’t slept well. The prospect of that evening’s legal soirée, Tyler, played on her mind. Top of the list was the weekend ahead.

Almost a fortnight ago her life had seemed relatively serene. She had gone to work, led a very lowprofile social existence, kept in touch with family and friends.

Now it felt as if she’d been caught up in a whirlwind, tossed around and thrown way out of her depth.

OK, she would deal with it. A swift plea for celestial assistance might help with the day, the evening…why not try for the entire weekend? Surely she was due for a break!

The morning went by without a hitch. She elicited the time and venue for the evening, and SMSd the information through to Tyler, after which she completed a comprehensive check of the properties Tyler intended her to view on the Gold Coast and Port Douglas, then she marked in order her location preferences, subject to personal inspection.

It was after five when Lianne left the office. Traffic was heavy, providing a few snarls and delays which hampered her arrival home.

An hour was adequate time in which to shower, tend to her makeup, her hair and dress.

The door to the spare room was slightly ajar and she heard the shower running as she continued down to her bedroom.

Tyler. It gave her a jolt to admit she was becoming accustomed to his presence in the apartment, and she silently damned the swirling sensation making itself felt in her belly at the thought of his waterdrenched naked body, the flex of muscle and sinew as he soaped and rinsed…and she tamped down the image of times past when she would have discarded her own clothes and joined him there.

Instead she took a solitary shower, washed her hair, then towelled dry. She used the hairdrier, tended to her makeup, then dressed with care, choosing a gown in jade silk chiffon with a delicately beaded bodice, spaghetti straps and a gently draped skirt.

Jewellery was confined to a diamond pendant, earstuds and bracelet, and she slid her feet into elegant stilettos, caught up her evening purse and emerged from her room just as Tyler stepped into the hallway.

‘Welltimed.’ His eyes swept her slender frame with approval. ‘Looking gorgeous as usual.’

Lianne returned the appraisal and inclined her head. ‘You’ll pass.’

‘Thank you…I think.’

His soft laughter did strange things to her equilibrium, and she was about to make a snappy comment when her cellphone rang.

Except when she activated it, the connection was cut.

Tyler caught her faint frown. ‘Problem?’

When she didn’t answer, he caught hold of her chin between thumb and forefinger and forced her to meet his gaze. ‘Don’t hold back.’

‘Why the third degree?’

‘Is Michael Sloane’s son bothering you?’

He didn’t miss a trick. ‘Why would you think that?’

A muscle tightened at the edge of his jaw. ‘I’ve seen the way he looks at you.’

While I endured more than a year of Mette looking at you, she accorded silently.

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