 Somewhere
in Texas
Delilah didn't want the day to end. She didn't want to go to the
apartment where Cam would go to his bed and she to hers. She didn't want to lie
alone in her bed and damn fate for having sent Avery to her first.
"You want to have a nightcap?" Cam asked her when they got to the restaurant.
"The bar's closed."
"I have an in with the owner."
"Cute." But she smiled and went up the stairs. It was a mistake, she didn't
doubt, as she watched him pour brandy into two glasses. But she'd been making
them all day and didn't think one more would do much harm. Even if she had
nothing else, she'd have memories of a beautiful day.
He put the glasses on the bar and came around to sit beside her. He'd left the
place in shadows, with a single light burning. The night was quiet, with the
faint whisper of a fan the only sound breaking it.
Cam swirled the liquor in the glass, then took a sip. "The night you broke in
was my fortieth birthday. I was alone because I was bored out of my mind with
the women I'd been dating."
"Why do you date them, then?"
He shot her a sideways glance and a corner of his mouth lifted in amusement.
"They're not always boring."
She laughed and he went on. "At first I thought you were a kid. Maybe a
runaway." His gaze traveled slowly over her. "But you're not a kid."
She shook her head. "No."
"It would be better for both of us if you were."
"Yes," she said huskily. "But I'm not."
His palm cupped her cheek. His thumb traced her mouth, as it had earlier that
night when he'd talked about the sorrow he saw in her eyes. "If you keep looking
at me like that I'm going to kiss you," he murmured. "Are you sure you want to
start down that road?"
Oh, she wanted to. Desperately. But she couldn't. She was no naive child, she
knew exactly where a kiss would lead them. To his bed. To making love with him.
And she knew in her heart it would be wonderful.
And it would be a lie.
She got up and went upstairs without another word.
Excerpt from SOMEWHERE IN TEXAS, copyright 2005 by Eve Gaddy,
Harlequin Superromance® #1276, May 2005.
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