The Treasure by Suzanne Robinson

Author:Suzanne Robinson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: 0
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

When she was gone Valin took in a deep breath and let it out, then went to the window to stare out at the tree-covered hills in the distance. A breeze brought the smell of meadow and wild-flower. Was it honeysuckle?

Valin shook his head. He had done something just now that he'd never done before. He'd called Emmie "love." The endearment was on his lips before he knew it, slipping out so naturally that at first he thought he'd imagined it. But Emmie's startled look had confirmed his fear. He'd really said it.

And her reaction to him had made him forget the blunder. She desired him as much as he desired her, but she didn't trust him. She was afraid. No doubt the men she usually associated with were untrustworthy. Still, he could see in her eyes the warmth of feeling they shared. They were fond of each other, and they desired each other. He didn't want to think beyond this.

"Don't make that mistake again," Valin said to himself.

He knew why he didn't tell women he loved them. He had avoided the word since Carolina and his father were killed. Father had loved Carolina. For years after the fire he'd been bitter about love, certain that with the emotion came danger, betrayal, unavoidable unhappiness. Women came and went in his life, but he trusted none of them. In the last few years he thought he'd left those foolish and unhappy notions behind, but the word had remained unsaid.

His friends used the word with their wives and mistresses all the time. Until now no woman had ever provoked in Valin an urge to utter such a declaration. Perhaps the only significance lay in an improvement in his disposition brought on by Emmie's charm.

"Perhaps that's it," he muttered.

Whatever the truth, one thing was certain. He and Emmie had but to occupy the same room for attraction to explode between them. Life had suddenly gotten quite interesting.

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