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."My little mare isn’t a match for your stallion."Slade looked at Lainie in the firelight.Without a word, he stood and strode away from her.He came back a moment later, carrying the journal in his hands.Still saying nothing, he sat cross-legged by the fire and opened the journal.When Lainie didn’t move, he glanced aside at her."I think it’s time I found out a whole lot more about the little fox who turned spy.I wonder…""Why is I was forced to do what I did is not your business," she told him curtly her hands closing into tight fists.Slowly Slade shook his head."Convince me," he said, watching her while he opened the book holding her private thoughts."Are the answers in here?"The look in Slade’s eyes terrified her.She knew there was nothing in there that would completely give away what Bertram did to her that long ago day.But she also knew he already guessed half of it.Warily, she scooted sideways until she was sitting next to him.By bending over his arm and craning her neck, she was able to see the journal’s faded spidery script.The words were so familiar to her she knew them by heart.I will never let myself forget that day--"Those thoughts are private, Slade.You have no right to invade my world.""I know," Slade said."That’s why I’m so interested in them.If I knew what you were keeping from me, I might understand you better." His voice held a gentleness she'd never heard before from him."I don't want you to understand me," Lainie said, but she knew any argument she had with Slade, Slade would win.I'm stronger than you.I taught you that first…Lainie leaned closer, wanting to know what he was reading and preparing a defense in case his guesses came too close to the truth.She peered closer cutting off some of the firelight."You take it," Slade handed her the journal."You mean it?" A wave of relief swept through her."Yes," he told her.He was smiling in anticipation of something Lainie wasn't sure she understood.But she knew whatever it was she didn't think she would like it.Before Lainie’s hands had done more than close around the soft leather, Slade lifted her and settled her in his lap with her back to his chest.When she tried to move off his lap, he held her in place."Too uncomfortable?" Slade asked."I don’t like this," Lainie said.“I want you to let me go,” she said stiffening."Too bad.Open the journal," Slade insisted."No.""You don’t have a choice," he said dryly."I want to know more about you.And I'm thinking this is the only way."When Lainie started to move off his lap again, Slade held her in place with offhanded ease."I won’t force you," he told her in a calm voice."But I also told you I wasn’t going to keep my hands off you." He shrugged."I always keep my promises.What about you? Do you keep your promises? Or are you like all the other women I’ve known?""I keep my word," Lainie said through her teeth."But I never promised to sit in your lap.""Read to me.The light is good enough, isn’t it?" he asked."Do you know how to read?"She nodded to both questions, inhaled a long secret breath, and opened her journal to the first page.All the words on the page blurred.The feel of Slade’s body against her back, her hips, her thighs sent her pulse racing and her mind into a tailspin.She couldn't think.She couldn’t breathe.Her heart thundered against her ribs.She felt as if she were consumed by fever.Slade reached around Lainie and opened the journal for her."Read aloud," he told her.His voice sounded as casual as though he spent every night with a girl in his lap reading books.Perhaps that isn’t far from the truth, Lainie thought."I should bring this to your attention," Slade said his voice soft, his breath whispering across her neck, "If what you read doesn’t catch my interest, I can always find other ways to amuse myself." His lips touched a sensitive spot below her ear.The sensual promise in his voice was unmistakable.The heat racing through her was undeniable."I left the castle against my brother’s specific orders.I didn’t see a reason to stay inside.The spring sunshine beckoned and I knew the English soldiers had left," Lainie said quickly, hoping Slade didn’t hear the unevenness of her voice."My maid went with me…"Her voice fragmented as she felt the collar of her jacket tugged down in back.The warmth of Slade’s breath on her neck made her shiver.Goose bump ran down her arm.His teeth grazed her ever so slightly."W-what do you think you are doing?" she asked."Just read.""I don’t think I can…"The brush of his lips against Lainie’s nape stole her breath."Read [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."My little mare isn’t a match for your stallion."Slade looked at Lainie in the firelight.Without a word, he stood and strode away from her.He came back a moment later, carrying the journal in his hands.Still saying nothing, he sat cross-legged by the fire and opened the journal.When Lainie didn’t move, he glanced aside at her."I think it’s time I found out a whole lot more about the little fox who turned spy.I wonder…""Why is I was forced to do what I did is not your business," she told him curtly her hands closing into tight fists.Slowly Slade shook his head."Convince me," he said, watching her while he opened the book holding her private thoughts."Are the answers in here?"The look in Slade’s eyes terrified her.She knew there was nothing in there that would completely give away what Bertram did to her that long ago day.But she also knew he already guessed half of it.Warily, she scooted sideways until she was sitting next to him.By bending over his arm and craning her neck, she was able to see the journal’s faded spidery script.The words were so familiar to her she knew them by heart.I will never let myself forget that day--"Those thoughts are private, Slade.You have no right to invade my world.""I know," Slade said."That’s why I’m so interested in them.If I knew what you were keeping from me, I might understand you better." His voice held a gentleness she'd never heard before from him."I don't want you to understand me," Lainie said, but she knew any argument she had with Slade, Slade would win.I'm stronger than you.I taught you that first…Lainie leaned closer, wanting to know what he was reading and preparing a defense in case his guesses came too close to the truth.She peered closer cutting off some of the firelight."You take it," Slade handed her the journal."You mean it?" A wave of relief swept through her."Yes," he told her.He was smiling in anticipation of something Lainie wasn't sure she understood.But she knew whatever it was she didn't think she would like it.Before Lainie’s hands had done more than close around the soft leather, Slade lifted her and settled her in his lap with her back to his chest.When she tried to move off his lap, he held her in place."Too uncomfortable?" Slade asked."I don’t like this," Lainie said.“I want you to let me go,” she said stiffening."Too bad.Open the journal," Slade insisted."No.""You don’t have a choice," he said dryly."I want to know more about you.And I'm thinking this is the only way."When Lainie started to move off his lap again, Slade held her in place with offhanded ease."I won’t force you," he told her in a calm voice."But I also told you I wasn’t going to keep my hands off you." He shrugged."I always keep my promises.What about you? Do you keep your promises? Or are you like all the other women I’ve known?""I keep my word," Lainie said through her teeth."But I never promised to sit in your lap.""Read to me.The light is good enough, isn’t it?" he asked."Do you know how to read?"She nodded to both questions, inhaled a long secret breath, and opened her journal to the first page.All the words on the page blurred.The feel of Slade’s body against her back, her hips, her thighs sent her pulse racing and her mind into a tailspin.She couldn't think.She couldn’t breathe.Her heart thundered against her ribs.She felt as if she were consumed by fever.Slade reached around Lainie and opened the journal for her."Read aloud," he told her.His voice sounded as casual as though he spent every night with a girl in his lap reading books.Perhaps that isn’t far from the truth, Lainie thought."I should bring this to your attention," Slade said his voice soft, his breath whispering across her neck, "If what you read doesn’t catch my interest, I can always find other ways to amuse myself." His lips touched a sensitive spot below her ear.The sensual promise in his voice was unmistakable.The heat racing through her was undeniable."I left the castle against my brother’s specific orders.I didn’t see a reason to stay inside.The spring sunshine beckoned and I knew the English soldiers had left," Lainie said quickly, hoping Slade didn’t hear the unevenness of her voice."My maid went with me…"Her voice fragmented as she felt the collar of her jacket tugged down in back.The warmth of Slade’s breath on her neck made her shiver.Goose bump ran down her arm.His teeth grazed her ever so slightly."W-what do you think you are doing?" she asked."Just read.""I don’t think I can…"The brush of his lips against Lainie’s nape stole her breath."Read [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]