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Beth had to ad Travis with the child For such a big entle with the little boy and perfectly relaxed in his role of 'Uncle Travis' She didn't knohy but she hadn't expected him to be so instinctive with children but he was a natural He'd be one great father
They left at five o'clock so Mavis and Dave could get ready for opening again at six-thirty, and by then Beth had so iven herself a headache Every time she ith Travis he seemed to show a different side to himself, or perhaps she should say he showed more of hi She had been hoping the ot to know him the less she would be attracted to hiood Or was it?
On the ride back to the cottage he said little but Beth was lost in her own thoughts anyway And they were all about hier, just for the hell of it, had never held any appeal for her but the trouble was that Travis was not a stranger any more Far from it In fact, she could hardly believe hoell she felt she knew hi they'd only known each other such a short ti about him Which didn'tin the whole scenario was her inconsistency, she thought ruefully Why on earth Travis was even bothering with her in the first place she didn't know She must seem like a madwoman to him
They were back at the cottage Beth realised with a little jolt that she hadn't even noticed him draw on to the side of the lane and stop the car Travis exited the Aston Martin and walked round the bonnet, opening her door and assisting her out of the low-slung car with a hand at her elbow He walked with her to the front door of the cottage, but as she reached for the key in her handbag his hand closed over hers
'I'd prefer to say goodnight before Harvey ood-natured wryness, taking her into his ar
His mouth closed over hers with a certainty that said any objection wasn't an option, not that Beth wanted to object In fact she'd been waiting for this ave herself up to the exquisite sensation washing over her, tre as the kiss deepened and intensified
Travis had placed a hand in the small of her back to steady her as he htly apart as he pleasured hian to kiss hiuttural sound in the base of his throat, his other hand cupping her breast and rubbing the engorged peak with a slow languorous rhythm that sent sharp needles of pleasure into the core of her
Beth's hands th beneath her fingers with a kind of wondering triu to know she could inspire such desire in a man like Travis, and there was no doubt he wanted her His heart was slaainst the solid wall of his chest and he was breath¬ing hard, his arousal fierce against the soft swell of her belly
So it ca shock when he lifted his ently but firo I'll see you next week, Beth'
She stared at hi She didn't want hio 'Travis—'
'Goodnight, Beth Dream of me, OK?'
The control was back, even though he was still breathing hard, his chest rising and falling beneath the thin material of his shirt But his eyes were focused and steady, his mouth faintly stern as he stepped backwards
She couldn't say anything more; speech was beyond her as she watched him turn and walk to the Aston Martin crouched in the lane Everything in her wanted to run after hiun, but the fact that he had been able to leave her was the thing that stopped her
She didn't understand him She didn't understand how he could walk away at a tiht feverishly as the powerful car disappeared in a cloud of dust He must have known that she wanted him He was an experienced nals and unspoken desires And she hadn't exactly been disguising how she'd felt
It was Harvey's aggrieved barking that brought her back to reality As she quickly opened the door the big dog stared at her reproachfully before exiting the house, only to turn and look at her again with a distinctly ill-used expression
'Yes, OK, he's gone,' Beth said irritably 'And I'ht? But it appears he can take or leave us so you'd better get used to it'