In Separate Bedrooms
“She coughed and spluttered, the wine instantly going up her nose as well as down her windpipe, her eyes and nose watering as she tried to control herself.
‘Here.’ Jack reached over and gave her a helpful slap on the back as he sat beside her in the corner booth of the country pub he had driven them to.
Almost knocking Mattie off the seat in the process!
Had there been any need to slap her on the back quite that hard? Mattie didn’t think so. Besides, it hadn’t helped—she was still coughing and s...pluttering, several people in the bar turning to give her sympathetic looks.
Which was more than Jack Beauchamp was doing—amusement seemed to be the main emotion in those laughing brown eyes and the curve of his mouth!
‘Blow your nose,’ Jack instructed dryly, handing her a snowy white handkerchief.
Mattie did so. Noisily. And it did help. Only her eyes were watering now.
‘Feeling better?’ Jack enquired as she mopped up the moisture from her face and eyes, at the same time sure that her mascara must have run down her cheeks.MoreLess
‘Here.’ Jack reached over and gave her a helpful slap on the back as he sat beside her in the corner booth of the country pub he had driven them to.
Almost knocking Mattie off the seat in the process!
Had there been any need to slap her on the back quite that hard? Mattie didn’t think so. Besides, it hadn’t helped—she was still coughing and s...pluttering, several people in the bar turning to give her sympathetic looks.
Which was more than Jack Beauchamp was doing—amusement seemed to be the main emotion in those laughing brown eyes and the curve of his mouth!
‘Blow your nose,’ Jack instructed dryly, handing her a snowy white handkerchief.
Mattie did so. Noisily. And it did help. Only her eyes were watering now.
‘Feeling better?’ Jack enquired as she mopped up the moisture from her face and eyes, at the same time sure that her mascara must have run down her cheeks.MoreLess
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