The Marine's Temptation by Jennifer Morey

Author:Jennifer Morey [Morey, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers, Military, Romance, Suspense
ISBN: 9781460378656
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-02-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Carson took her to Frederick’s, a resort restaurant renowned for its fine-dining experience. Georgia didn’t want to admit she loved it. The ambience. The silky cream-colored gown Carson had left out for her—along with accessories that included a feathery shawl. And food she’d never tried before. It all began with a coddled farm egg with caviar and capers. Next came sea bass in a green-curry broth with thinly sliced cucumbers. King crab–filled dumplings with a hint of orange and basil arrived third, and the grand finale before dessert was pan-seared salmon on a bed of sautéed spinach, garnished with shallots and sun-dried tomatoes and a beurre blanc sauce drizzled over the top.

“Admit it. You could get used to this,” Carson said with a grin. Both of them leaned back against their chairs, content and full of great food and pampered by exceptional service.

“You do this a lot?”

He shook his head. “Never.”

Really? She supposed that was due to the fact that he hadn’t been here since he joined the Marines. She didn’t want to like him even more than she did now. He was normal. Like her. An ordinary person. Except he had money. Lots of it. And once he acclimated to his new lifestyle, how would he change? Or would he? Carson struck her as a man who did things his own way and wasn’t easily influenced by others.

“What do you like to do in your spare time?” she asked. “Besides read.”

“What would you like to do with yours if you could afford it?” he asked rather than answered.

“I asked you first.”

He thought a moment. “I don’t really know.”

“What did you like to do when you were in the Marines?”

“There wasn’t much to do. When I was on assignment, which was pretty much all the time, I went out with the guys and played pool.” Something else came to him, Georgia saw in the way his eyes grew more alert. “I did love to see the way the locals lived. Get out into the country and eat at pubs in villages. Tour historical sites.”

She’d love to do that, too, if she could afford it. But one really great trip in her lifetime would be enough. She didn’t need excess.

“One of my favorite trips was when I traveled from where I was stationed in Germany to Ambleside, United Kingdom, and visited Beatrix Potter’s hilltop home.”

“Beatrix Potter?”

“I read a lot of biographies. Hers was one of them. I admired her courage to live according to her own rules. She went against her parents and had ambitions only most men were accepted to have.”

She could see him having an affinity for people like that. He was no different when it came to defying his parents.

“I love rare books,” she said. “I can’t afford to collect the ones I’d really like—Beatrix Potter among them.”

“That’s the one thing my father did that I loved, too,” he said.

“Reginald collected old books?”

“He did. I used to read them and he’d get really mad at me. I used to hate him for that, but now.

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