Affair With the Rebel Heiress
“He stood with his back toward them. Tension radiated from him. She could see it through the lines of his shoulders, in the way he shifted them as he spoke, as if he were trying to stretch out the knotted muscles. But she could hear the tone of his voice, as well. Not the words, the tone. Quiet and soothing.She wondered, did his family know he was lying to them? If not with his words, then with his intent.She was watching Ford so closely that Jonathon surprised her when he said, “You say that because you think you’re so much alike.”There was the faintest hint of condemnation in his voice. It made her chuckle. “Oh, God, no. Not at all.” Finally she looked back at Jonathon. “He’s so charming, isn’t he?”“I don’t know what you mean.”“I saw it in Texas. The way he can manipulate people. Talking them into things. Get them to do things they normally wouldn’t.”“You’re saying he charmed you into bed with him.”She slanted a look at Jonathon, tilting her head to the side as she studied him.
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