The Doctor's Marriage for a Month by Annie O'Neil

Author:Annie O'Neil
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-12-03T15:41:48+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

ISLA WOKE WITH a surprising amount of zing in her step.

Taking charge of one’s own destiny and wearing yet another new dress that fit like a dream had a way of adding a bit of kick to a girl’s attitude.

That, and—although she was a bit shocked to admit it—so was wearing sexy underwear she never ever would have chosen if left to her own devices.

Gone were the plain-Jane matching bra and panties sets she normally bought at the supermarket. The lingerie she wore today was in another league from her regular cotton panties and bra of dubious assistance. It was lingerie, not underwear. Sexy silk and lace lingerie, in bold jewel colors.

Was this how Diego imagined her? As a woman whose skin knew only silk and the finest of lace? A part of her was horrified to think he knew exactly what she was wearing under the dress. But another part... Another part felt emboldened that he saw her as a woman, rather than the boring old plod who always did the dishes and made sure her other half’s dinner was hot, no matter what time of night he wandered in.

She shot a glare at her invisible ex-fiancé and flicked her hair. See? Not everyone thinks I’m boring.

She looked at herself in the long mirror and slid her hands along her sides, over her curves, more aware than she’d ever been of how feminine she felt dressed this way. How strong.

By choosing these clothes Diego was telling her he saw strength in her. Beauty.

No wonder she had extra zing.

And she knew where the bulk of that energy was going to go.

In showing Axl Cruz precisely what happened when you pushed around a woman from Loch Craggen.

She gave herself a silly grin in the mirror. As if she’d be doing it all on her own! Having Diego Vasquez as her ally—her husband—would make all the difference. Particularly as he’d made it more than clear that his entire aim was to bring peace to the island.

When she went down the outdoor staircase that curved into the internal courtyard her heart-rate sped up a notch when she saw Diego was already having coffee at a tile mosaic table.

He looked up. Heat flared in his eyes when they lit on her.

She swished her way down the stairs as if she were a movie star. Something about him made her want to show off a little. Make him proud to call her his wife—even if it was just a fiction.

Or was it just plain old chemistry? They hadn’t stayed up half the night comparing medical school stories just because they cracked each other up. Well, they did that too. But she knew she’d stayed up talking to him because there was a huge part of her that was wondering if he wanted to kiss her as much as she wanted to kiss him.

A chaste kiss had brought the evening to a close when she’d no longer been able to hide her yawns.

The sparks that had followed and sent her running for her room had given “chaste” a whole new definition.

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