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He gave it a twirl, drawing the lady Danny’s attention
“A parasol to shade you, ot this pretty picture of a Japanese lady on the outside, sitting beneath a bamboo tree” He cocked a brow and won a quirk of Danny’s lips, though her eyes were still shooting sparks Lord help hi
“Dev, not for a o anywhere with her and this lot She’s not right She—”
“Neither alance that said he wouldn’t be dissuaded “And I don’t need a million quid, do I?”
Lady Daniela abruptly let Elle go, giving her a scathing look “I paid for the roo But that’s the last tiaze flickered over Devlin in a way that le and his cock jue that it was
“He’sDon’t interfere again” 2
HE’D never thought of hi to anyone, but as for the restwell, there was no arguing with the simple truth
Devlin stepped out into the night, offering his companion a hand down the rickety back steps this tiht the parasol, but as soon as he verified the sun was truly gone, he left it inside the door He’d recovered his belongings, so they sat cohted reht now
“The sun just said its final farewell? A bit poetic for a bushman”
“Oxford, reet eaten by u cry alwaystheir amusement at human folly Appropriate for this moment
“The bugs won’t bother either of us, as long as you’re standing near ot the i down Perhaps trying to regain her composure
“So why did you want to bring me into a back room, love?”
“To start what I intend to finish in my rooms I can be impatient, on occasion The perils of youth, I’ve been told” An ironic quirk of her lips again, suggesting her good hu
Noas his turn to steady hi, as more blood rushed doard than his brain could spare
“Looks like this is a favorite gathering space” She nodded toward several rough-hewn benches and chairs
“Yeah, there’s a nice wind off the water, when the creek bed’s not dry” He knew it because he actually preferred this area
Usually he ended up back here, where he could breathe better He’d nurse a beer, get up a card ga on the veranda only when he ell buzzed and too sleepy to dreaine her preferring anything other than a soft, clean bed, a courtesy he was sure she was used to having from a lover
She’d traveled a few steps away, releasing his hand, and now she turned “I shouldn’t have lost my temper like that,” she said
“Soet away from me”
“You don’t owe y, love,” he said mildly “Talk to Elle”
Lady Daniela snorted “I don’t owe that one an apology She knehat she was doing, right enough I just mean control is important”
“More i else?”
“Pretty h soaze was riveted on his that tempt me to think otherwise Do you know your Australian history?” He grunted “As s to do”
“Liar Oxford scholar ‘All I see I clai slowlyso slowly “That’s what the first settlers said No wonder they felt that way, looking at terrain that could give them so much If they understood its mysteries”
“Let’s go to your roohtened, his voice thick Stepped toward her “You can clai you want from me, love”