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“Seen enough?”
“I didn't mean to stare. I was just …”
“Curious?” Kellen demanded. “My leg might be mangled, but I can assure you everything else is in working order. ”
He'd expected Brigit to stomp out of the room in a huff. He should have known his dot-every-i and cross-every-t manager would do no such thing. Indeed, Brigit drew closer and came around the side of the bed.
“Now you expect me to apologize,” he said.
“As a matter of fact …” She fisted her hands, settled them on her hips and sent him an arch look.
Nice hips. Neatly rounded and, along with her firm backside, just right. Given Kellen's position on the bed, the hips he was admiring were practically at eye level. His mouth watered and parts of his body that had been dormant for months began to stir back to life. Some of his frustration and anger dissipated, only to be replaced by feelings that were far more dangerous.
Even though he knew he was playing with fire, Kellen was helpless to keep his gaze from traveling up Brigit's slender frame and touching on all of the parts that interested him.
“Well?” she demanded.
Their gazes met—collided, really.
He didn't see sparks fly, but he swore he felt them. They showered his skin.The sensation was life-affirming. And he reveled in it.
The Heir’s Unexpected Return
Jackie Braun
For Mark, my real-life hero.
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FAT THUNDERCLOUDS ROLLED overhead and spat rain like machine gun fire as wave after wave battered Hadley Island’s sandy beachfront. As it was on one of the barrier islands off the South Carolina coast, the sixteen-mile-long stretch of pristine shoreline was used to the abuse. Mother Nature’s fury, however, was no match for the emotions roiling inside Brigit Wright.
Unmindful of the worsening storm, she continued to walk. In the pocket of the yellow rain slicker she wore, she fisted her hand around the already-crumpled piece of paper. Printing out the email hadn’t changed its content.
Miss Wright, I will be arriving home the day after tomorrow for an extended stay. Please have my quarters on the main floor ready.
