Too Wise To Wed? by Penny Jordan
Author:Penny Jordan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-06-06T16:00:00+00:00
Kyle frowned as he drew up outside the block of flats and saw the lights on in Star’s flat. According to Sally, she was supposed to be away for the weekend.
His frown deepened as he got out of his car and realised that Star’s balcony door was open. It would be an easy enough task for a burglar to climb up to it and break in; the locks were flimsy enough, as he had seen from his own, and Amy had told him only the previous morning that she was concerned about the lack of security.
He was just wondering what he ought to do when he saw Star’s car. What was she doing at home? Had she, perhaps, come back unexpectedly and surprised an intruder? If so...
Kyle took the stairs two at a time, then rapped firmly on Star’s door. Star heard it as she came out of the shower. Frowning, she pulled the belt of her robe a little more securely around her waist and went to the door. Chances were that it would only be one of her neighbours—Amy. more than likely, unable to sleep and come for a chat.
Her hair, wet from her shower, was wrapped in a towel turban-style on top of her head, and with her face free from make-up she looked, although she didn’t know it, more like the solemn child she had been than the woman she now was.
As she opened the door the last person she was expecting to see was Kyle. He at least, so far as her imagination was concerned, was very cosily ensconced in Lindsay’s home, no doubt offering her solace and comfort of a kind that made Star’s upper lip curl in disdain just to think about it.
Only he wasn’t. He was standing outside her front door. In her hall now, in fact, she recognised as he closed the door firmly and demanded tersely, ‘Are you all right?’
‘Yes, of course I’m all right. Why shouldn’t I be?’ she challenged him.
‘Sally said you were going to spend the weekend with your mother. When I drove up and saw your lights on and the balcony door open, I thought you might have had burglars—’
‘And so you knocked on my door, hoping that they would let you in,’ she scoffed. ‘Is that what you are trying to tell me?’
‘No. I knew you must be here because I saw your car, but I thought...’ He paused, raking his fingers through his hair, all too aware of how she was likely to react if he told her what had been running through his mind. A woman on her own...vulnerable...beautiful...and with the kind of temperament all too likely to push a couple of thugs into...
‘What are you doing here, anyway?’ he demanded instead. ‘Sally told me that your mother lives down on the south coast.’
‘Yes, she does,’ Star agreed uncommunicatively. It was unfortunate that he knew that she hadn’t been away but she would just explain to Sally what had happened, only changing the
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