“The shallow furrows carved into his brow crinkled in boyish delight. Even the coarse bristles of his mustache seemed to soften with the motion. She fought an imprudent urge to reach up and touch them. To run her fingertips over their foreign texture until she could summon the courage to seek the smooth warmth of the lips beneath.His smile faded as he gazed down into her eyes, his expression shifting to mirror her own bewildered yearning. Then his face hardened just as it had in the garden, and ...he snatched her up by the shoulders, giving her a slight shake.Believing her treachery discovered, Holly slammed her eyes shut, trying not to imagine the worst he could do to her.“Have you a sister?”Her eyes flew open. Caught off guard by the peculiar question, she blurted out, “No.”“A cousin then? Or an aunt? Any womanfolk who might share the uncommon hue of your eyes?”“An aunt? A cousin?”Still dazed by sleep and the delicious sensation of being tucked against a strong masculine chest and borne like a babe from horse to bed, it took Holly a muddled moment to fathom what he was asking.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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