The Honeymoon Contract - [Kings of Australia 03] by Emma Darcy

Author:Emma Darcy [Contract, The Honeymoon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The telephone!

The realisation of where she was and what she was supposed to be doing came like a thunderclap, jerking Nicole up from Matt King’s embrace. Eyes wide open with the shock of having lost track of everything, her gaze instantly targeted the radio clock on the bedside table: 18:33. Only forty minutes left to get ready for tonight’s premiere and be down in the lobby for the trip to the theatre!

“Look at the time! We’ve got to move!” she shot at Matt, heaving herself off him and rolling to the side of the bed to pick up the receiver.

“Right!”

The quick agreement helped to get her mind focused on dealing with the situation. First the call, which was probably from her employer to ask about today’s research—her employer who was footing the bill for this hotel accommodation which had just been used for...nothing at all to do with the agenda Isabella Valeri King had approved for today and tonight!

It was some relief to feel Matt moving off the other side of the bed, going straight into action. Nicole swung her legs onto the floor, sat up straight, took a deep breath, lifted the receiver to her ear, and spoke in a reasonably even tone.

The caller was Mrs. King.

Nicole quickly expressed satisfaction in the information she’d collected from newspaper archives, replied to various other queries about her day, gave assurances that her hotel room was fine and she hadn’t forgotten the seven-fifteen deadline in the lobby, lied about having had something to eat, and every second that ticked by increased the tension of losing more time.

She had her back turned to Matt but she could hear him moving around, pulling on clothes. No sound of his exit, though. Which doubled her tension as she managed to conclude the call. Bad enough that she’d had no option but to remain naked while he dressed. What was he waiting for? Didn’t he understand there was no acceptable excuse for not being punctual tonight? And it would be dreadfully inappropriate not to be properly dressed and groomed, as well.

Her heart pitter-pattered nervously. What was his reaction now to what had transpired between them? Had it been as world-shaking for him as it had been for her? Suddenly feeling intensely vulnerable, she forced herself to look at him over her shoulder, needing some reassurance that he had been deeply affected, too.

He stood near the short passageway to the door, his gaze trained very intently on her. He was fully dressed, looking every bit as respectable as when he’d entered, ready to meet anything or anyone.

“Don’t try skipping out on me tonight, Nicole,” he fired at her, his eyes blazing a command that promised she would rue any deviation from what was planned. “You be in the hotel lobby at seven-fifteen. We’ll take it from there.”

He was gone before Nicole could even catch her breath. He’d brought an electrifying wave of aggression into her room and his exit left her with the same sense of force which would not be denied, no matter what ensued from this moment.

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