Marriage in Name Only?
“CHAPTER ELEVEN IT WAS A while before he could clear the haze from his mind and find his way back to something approaching rational. Somehow he’d managed to manoeuvre them both near enough to the edge of the pool to stretch out on the sand without drowning, and they lay wet and entwined like a couple of pieces of ragged river weed.
‘We’re going to burn,’ she said lazily. ‘All over. It won’t be pretty. And it’s guaranteed to be painful.’ He turned to look at her. Her arms were crossed over her ey...es and her skin glistened with water but a satisfied smile curved her lips. In fact, she looked like the kitty cat who’d happily wallowed in a pond of cream.
His own smile was quick to follow. He rubbed the flat of his palm over the nearest breast and felt the hard little bead beneath. ‘You’d be pretty whatever colour your skin was.’ She swiped at his arm. ‘Charmer,’ she said, not looking at him. ‘Everyone knows lobster’s so last century.’ Shading her eyes, she sat up.MoreLess
‘We’re going to burn,’ she said lazily. ‘All over. It won’t be pretty. And it’s guaranteed to be painful.’ He turned to look at her. Her arms were crossed over her ey...es and her skin glistened with water but a satisfied smile curved her lips. In fact, she looked like the kitty cat who’d happily wallowed in a pond of cream.
His own smile was quick to follow. He rubbed the flat of his palm over the nearest breast and felt the hard little bead beneath. ‘You’d be pretty whatever colour your skin was.’ She swiped at his arm. ‘Charmer,’ she said, not looking at him. ‘Everyone knows lobster’s so last century.’ Shading her eyes, she sat up.MoreLess
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