page54 (1/2)

‘I will explain everything to my family,’ Luc reassured her

Explain what? Darci wondered That she was just another woman, like all the other women he had ever been involved with? That she meant no more to him than any of them had?

What did it ave his faht, Darci knew she wouldn’t see theain!

‘Go up to bed, Darci,’ Luc encouraged gently ‘I will join you shortly’

She frowned at how intimate that sounded ‘I’ll leave so-room for you,’ she told him wearily

Luc gave a teasing smile ‘You still want me to sleep on the couch…?’

‘I do,’ she assured hiht now, coes in her brain

Her body was telling her that she still wanted Luc, that it would be oh-so-easy to have this one night with hih, and that even if Luc were to offer her a little more than that—an affair until his interest in her waned—she would only be opening herself up to indescribable pain if she gave in to that temptation

Luc’s smile faded at her adamant tone He knew that he wasn’t o Darci had wanted him as fully as he had wanted her

That fierce need, that co that had never happened to Luc before…

He drew in a ragged breath ‘Darci, I think that you and I need to talk—’

‘I can’t iine what about,’ she dismissed briskly ‘Besides, I really do have a headache now,’ she informed him flatly

‘I thought it was only married ladies who developed headaches at bedtime?’ he replied

‘That’s a generalisation I very el,’ she came back tartly

No, Luc was sure that it wasn’t He had absolutely no doubts as to the compatibility of his brother and cousin with their wives ‘Darci—’

‘You really should get back to the party now, Luc,’ Darci told him firmly