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Elizabeth drew in a deep, controlling breath before she turned to glare across the roo on that cut on your hand, if I were you It would be such a pity if it were to becoht even result in lockjaw!’ she added with saccharin sweetness
‘I can iave an appreciative chuckle
‘You have no idea!’ Elizabeth gave hi out of the kitchen Well, sweeping asa pair of blue cotton pyjamas and a striped bathrobe!
She paused long enough in the drawing roo advice concerning taking her book back upstairs with her
All the tiht have tonight would all be about a dark-haired, dark-eyed, dangerous man dressed completely in black
A ue…
‘Mrs Baines seeether, and I didn’t like to disappoint her,’ Rogan said the following , as Elizabeth came to an abrupt halt in the doorway of the breakfast room the moment she saas already seated at the small table
A slightly ht before; she wore a silky cream blouse tucked into black tailored trousers, with flat court shoes That red hair was as perky and spiky as the previous evening, but she had added mascara to those already dark, sooty lashes, and a deep peach gloss to the fullness of her lips
Officious, but still beautiful, Rogan decided approvingly as he stood up to hold a chair for her to sit down after she had reluctantly entered the room ‘Just so that you know I do reht o,’ he bent to murmur derisively beside her left ear
‘I’nored his close proximity and picked up her napkin She placed it purposefully across her trouser-clad knees before continuing to ignore him as she looked over the contents of the table
All the tian looked, with that long dark hair still da a black T-shirt that clearly defined hislon on the leanness of his waist and es…
‘Would you like an offered as he raised the cafetière invitingly, and in the process once again stood just a little too close to Elizabeth for comfort
The feral grin he gave as Elizabeth shot hilance told her that he was totally aware of the effect his close proxi on her equilibrium That he’d already noted the flush in her cheeks, the way she couldn’t see of her hands
How could she not be affected? Elizabeth accepted ruefully Men like Rogan Sullivan—hard, tough, dangerous—were completely beyond her everyday acquaintance The only males she usually met on a day-to-day basis were either other acadeer than herself
She occasionally accepted an innocuous luncheon or dinner invitation froues, but other than that Elizabeth preferred to keep her life uncomplicated by personal relationships She had certainly never an before!
But she certainly wasn’t so disconcerted by all this blatantly displayed testosterone that she illing to forego hercup of coffee because of it! ‘Thank you,’ she accepted, with a dislance in his direction
Mistake!
As she had known she would, Elizabeth had dreaed to fall asleep at all, that was Intense, disturbing dreaht of running her fingers through that over-long dark hair, beforelower to caress the width of those muscled shoulders and down the hardness of his back In her dream she had also caressed other places she would really rather not think about right now!
But the reality of thethan any dream He simply oozed hard masculinity froedly handsoth of his perfectly toned body He even sy, with a hint of spice that tantalised the senses almost as much as the man did himself
He knew it too, and was perfectly comfortable with all that blatant htly resentfully ‘Are you expecting to suddenly have to go into combat here in the wilds of Cornwall?’ she taunted, with a scathing glance at the dark clothing and heavy black boots he see
He shrugged ‘I just threw a few things into a holdall after receiving your letter Besides, I find it’s always best to be prepared’ Rogan eyed her ly as he resumed his seat opposite her at the intimately sht be attacked!’
Warhtly hollow cheeks at the deliberateness of Rogan’s taunt ‘Mrs Baines o?’ She obviously chose to take his taunt at face value
‘Yes,’ he confirmed evenly
‘What career do you have now?’
‘I keep busy with this and that’
‘What sort of this and that?’
Rogan narrowed his gaze darkly ‘You’re very nosy for soue my father’s library for him’
‘There’s no “supposedly” about it,’ she assured pri to make conversation’
‘Make it about so else,’ he bit out curtly