(Whitehall #3) Darling Enemy by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer [Palmer, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Riding around Gray Stag was one of Teddi's favorite recreations anytime, but riding with King beside her was a taste of heaven.

He looked magnificent in the saddle, she thought dreamily, glancing at the tall, broad-shouldered man beside her. In his well-fitting jeans and shirt, with a wide-brimmed hat cocked over one eye, shading his hard face, he was handsome enough to make any movie cowboy envious.

He took a draw from his cigarette and turned his head, catching her staring at him.

One corner of his mouth curled and he chuckled softly at her embarrassment.

"The, uh, the scenery is lovely through here," she said, clearing her throat nervously.

"So are you, little one," he murmured appreciatively. "I don't mind if you look at me, Teddi. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

He knew too much about women, she thought half angrily, trying to hold back a grin.

She lost, and laughter burst out of her like the sun out of a thundercloud.

He reined in his horse and just looked at her, as if the gleeful, silvery laughter fascinated him. With the sun glinting off her dark hair, and the laughter making lights in her wide brown eyes, she was a sight to stop traffic.

"You make me feel about thirteen," she accused when she stopped to catch her breath. "And I do wish you'd stop making fun of me, it's not fair."

"I'm not making fun of you," he denied, smiling faintly. "I just like watching you blush, darling."

"Beast," she said, pouting.

He chuckled, urging his mount into a trot alongside her. "Have you seen my new Arabians?" he asked.

"No, we started that way, but Jenna and Blakely got side-tracked ..."

His face hardened. "They're doing a lot of that lately," he muttered. "Blakely's slacking up on the job."

"King, he's a nice man," she began hesitantly, wary of disrupting the uneasy truce between them.

His cold gray eyes cut into hers. "You know how Jenna likes to spend money," he said curtly. "How long do you think the boy could support her tastes on his salary?

Even if I gave him a tract in the Valley and helped him get started, it would be a hell of a job getting a foothold. He'd need a wife who could work alongside him, support him. Can you see my sister buckling down to that kind of drudgery, at her age?"

"I think Jenna is a lot like you," she said after a minute, choosing her words carefully. "I think she could do anything she wanted to do. And she loves Blakely."

"She's infatuated with him," he corrected. "Girls your age don't know what love is."

She averted her eyes. "Don't we?" she asked with faint bitterness, remembering all the sleepless nights she'd had because of the heartless man riding beside her.

"The fact is, Teddi bear," he concluded, "Jenna is my sister, and it's a family problem."

She felt as if he'd hit her. Always an outsider, was that to be her destiny?

"Thanks for reminding me that I'm not allowed a voice in your family matters," she said with cold dignity, refusing to look at him.

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