The Good Greek Wife? (2010)
“CHAPTER EIGHT SHIVERINGLY cold in spite of the warmth of the September evening, Penny stumbled across the room to where Zarek still held out the blue silk robe and pushed her arms roughly into the sleeves. It was all she could do not to snatch the robe away from him as he pulled it up around her shoulders, but the ordeal didn’t take long. A moment later she was back over the other side of the room, dragging the sides of the robe together and belting it as tightly as possible around her waist. I...t was made of soft and thin material, so it was little use as protective armour against him, but at least she was covered and felt more secure that way.
‘You never needed to armour yourself against me.’ Zarek’s drawl stunned her with its hint of dark amusement. Even more so with its uncanny echoing of the word in her own thoughts. ‘And you never used to play games in bed—at least not those sort of games.’ ‘I wasn’t playing any sort of game.’ ‘No?’ With the blue robe wrapped round her, Penny felt a little more secure and able to face his cold-eyed derision.MoreLess
‘You never needed to armour yourself against me.’ Zarek’s drawl stunned her with its hint of dark amusement. Even more so with its uncanny echoing of the word in her own thoughts. ‘And you never used to play games in bed—at least not those sort of games.’ ‘I wasn’t playing any sort of game.’ ‘No?’ With the blue robe wrapped round her, Penny felt a little more secure and able to face his cold-eyed derision.MoreLess
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