The Greek's Convenient Wife by Melanie Milburne

Author:Melanie Milburne
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2006-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

MADDISON heard him come back into the hut a few minutes later. She listened as he ran the tap in the bathroom, heard the sound of him brushing his teeth and the tread of his footsteps as he approached.

She moved as close to the edge of the bed as she could, clutching the torch like a weapon under the bedclothes.

A single candle burned faintly on the apple carton that apparently served as a bedside table and it flickered in protest when he opened the bedroom door.

She clamped her eyes shut, feigning sleep, but she felt his penetrating gaze all the same. She heard the rustle of clothing and her heart began to thump. Surely he wasn’t getting undressed? She was neck to ankles in her heavily pilled tracksuit, fluffy socks on her feet, but if he made up his mind to finish what he’d started she wasn’t sure if a full suit of armour would be enough to put him off. She wished she’d thought to wear her mismatched, most unattractive underwear but hadn’t had time to think about it in her rush to pack under Demetrius’s command.

She felt so tense that she was sure she’d never be able to sleep even if he didn’t follow through with his veiled threat.

She felt the depression of the mattress as he got in the bed, his superior weight tipping her towards him. She grabbed the edge of the bed and righted herself but knew her cover was well and truly blown.

‘Could you blow the candle out, Maddison?’

She stared at the pathetic little flame, torn with the desire to remove the light source from the room so she didn’t have to suffer the sardonic gleam in his eyes, but her inbuilt fear of the dark held her back.

‘Go on,’ he said.

‘Can’t we leave it going?’ she asked as her fingers curled around the torch underneath the quilt.

He shook his head. ‘Afraid not. It could start a fire.’

Oh, the irony!

He’d already started the biggest fire she’d ever experienced inside her own body! The embers of it were still glowing, waiting for the touch of his fingers to reignite them to full heat and power.

His body glowed in the incandescent light, the smooth muscles of his naked shoulders and chest so intensely male she could feel her breathing rate begin to escalate.

She leaned forward and blew out a soft puff of air and the room was instantly shrouded in a darkness so heavy she couldn’t see through it.

‘It’s very dark,’ she said unnecessarily and somewhat nervously.

‘It’s the dead of night,’ he answered with a touch of dryness. ‘It’s supposed to be.’

Her fingers tightened around the torch as she heard him slide down the bed, her body freezing into stillness when a very male leg touched hers.

‘Go to sleep, Maddison.’

She held her breath as he shifted his body in the cramped bed, keeping herself as far away from him as possible.

After what seemed like endless minutes his breathing pattern changed and she realised he’d drifted off to sleep.

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