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‘Would you like there to be so more?’

As he asked the question Savannah thought Ethan’s stare to be disturbingly direct ‘No, thank you,’ she told hiled hair out of her eyes But even as she was doing that Ethan was lifting his overlarge shirt onto her shoulders from where it had slipped

‘Are you sure you’re warruffly ‘Only it can be cold out on the river’

Or hot to sizzling ‘I’ll be fine, thank you’ Each tiny hair on the back of her neck had stood to attention at his touch, and it was a real effort not to notice that Ethan had the sexiest mouth she had ever seen She would have to ly ahead for the rest of the boat ride

CHAPTER FOUR

‘NOW what are you doing?’ Ethan demanded He had just opened up the throttle, and as the boat surged forward it pitched and yawed; Savannah had chosen that very moment to shed her harness, which forced him to throttle back

‘I’ my parents’

‘Calling your—?’ He was lost for words ‘Not now!’ he roared back at her above the screaine

‘They’ll be worried about me’

This was a concept so alien to him it took him a moment to respond ‘Sit down, Savannah, and buckle up’ He spoke with farhimself on that restraint, he conceded in the loud voice needed to crest the engines, ‘You can speak to them later’

She reluctantly agreed, but he detected anxiety in her tone He also detected the same desire to protect Savannah he’d felt out on the pitch, except now it had grown His intention to re and innocent and he was not, was dead in the water There was too much feminine war to reassure her

Savannah was right, he conceded, her parentsunfold on television ‘You can speak to them after I do,’ he said ‘But for now sit down’ And on this there could be no compromise

Even Savannah couldn’t defy that tone of voice, and heup speed again It amused hie shirt and pulled it tightly around her legs, as if she felt the need to hide every bit of naked flesh from him He supposed he could see her point of view They were diaender scale He was allhis attention to the river, he thrust the throttles forward

‘This is wonderful!’ she exclaimed excitedly as the powerboat picked up speed and the prow lifted from the water

It pleased hi so relaxed, and he even allowed hi thumbs There was a lotht have led him to suppose