your kind advice and leave. If I stay much longer I’m liable to lose control…“
„And wind up making mad passionate love to me?“ she snapped scathingly.
„No,“ he returned smoothly, starting past her on his way toward the door. „Wind up doing what I almost did
earlier, paddling you!“
„Come now,“ she chided almost cheerfully as she followed him down the short hall. „You’re a businessman,
remember? You’re supposed to use your silver tongue and your brilliant strategy against me, not brute force.“
„I’ll use whatever looks like it has a chance of working, Hilary honey,“ he warned, turning back to face her, one
hand on the doorknob. „You’ve already admitted I’m bigger and brighter than the other candidates, so you’ll have to
be very careful, won’t you?“ The expression on his face was a rather daunting combination of determination and hard
ruthlessness. It lasted only an instant until Logan seemed to realize it wasn’t a very politic expression under the
circumstances and replaced it with a smile.
But Hilary had seen it and the unease she had experienced before during the evening returned in full force. The
thought that she might be playing games that were a little too advanced occurred to her.
„Goodnight, Logan,“ she said haughtily. „I’ll see you at six-thirty tomorrow night.“
„Yes,“ he agreed, „You will. And, Hilary,“ he added, pausing once more before going through the door. „You won’t
lose your nerve and run off will you? I’d hate to be put to the trouble of having to find you….“
„I’ve told you, I’m not in the least afraid of you, Logan Saber!“ She glared at him, disliking the way he had of
making her pride work against her, but, at the same time, half admiring his maneuvering.
„Good.“ Logan slammed the door, taking with him the excitement, warmth and tension which had filled the room
while he was in it.
Hilary stood contemplating the closed door for several seconds after he had gone, a curious thought running
round and round through her brain. It was a while before she allowed herself to recognize it and when she did, Hilary
immediately mocked herself for it. It was simple, really. When Logan had warned her not to run off because he didn’t
want to have to bother finding her, she had wanted to ask him if he actually would have done just that.
Would he go to the trouble of chasing after her and begging her to return? Hilary thought of all the implications of
such an action on a man’s pride. It would surely be a humiliating experience for a man like Logan Saber. Well, she wasn
’t likely to discover the ultimate results of running away from him. Hilary realized she had her own ego to worry about
and fleeing from a man like Logan would be extremely hard on it. It would be an admission that she couldn’t handle
him, she decided and knew, even as she said as much to herself, that it would also be an admission of something else,
something she did not wish to recognize at the moment…
Thoughtfully she made her way through the cozy house, turning off lights, pausing to glance once into the salt
cellar case and then making her way to bed. She tried hard to concentrate on the work she had decided to accomplish
the next day. There was a definite satisfaction lately in doing her books for the restaurant. Nothing was as satisfying
to a businessperson as a clear, clean profit. But even that pleasing thought wasn’t enough tonight to drive memories
of her visitor out of her head.
Hilary undressed in the brightly-decorated bedroom with its red and gold bedspread and the Chinese prints on the
wall, her mind full of Logan Saber. It wasn’t until her head finally touched the pillow and she had drawn the patterned
sheets up around her chin that she finally admitted the truth.
She had blamed Logan for maneuvering her into a position where she could hardly refuse to dine with him. But the
reality of the situation was
„And wind up making mad passionate love to me?“ she snapped scathingly.
„No,“ he returned smoothly, starting past her on his way toward the door. „Wind up doing what I almost did
earlier, paddling you!“
„Come now,“ she chided almost cheerfully as she followed him down the short hall. „You’re a businessman,
remember? You’re supposed to use your silver tongue and your brilliant strategy against me, not brute force.“
„I’ll use whatever looks like it has a chance of working, Hilary honey,“ he warned, turning back to face her, one
hand on the doorknob. „You’ve already admitted I’m bigger and brighter than the other candidates, so you’ll have to
be very careful, won’t you?“ The expression on his face was a rather daunting combination of determination and hard
ruthlessness. It lasted only an instant until Logan seemed to realize it wasn’t a very politic expression under the
circumstances and replaced it with a smile.
But Hilary had seen it and the unease she had experienced before during the evening returned in full force. The
thought that she might be playing games that were a little too advanced occurred to her.
„Goodnight, Logan,“ she said haughtily. „I’ll see you at six-thirty tomorrow night.“
„Yes,“ he agreed, „You will. And, Hilary,“ he added, pausing once more before going through the door. „You won’t
lose your nerve and run off will you? I’d hate to be put to the trouble of having to find you….“
„I’ve told you, I’m not in the least afraid of you, Logan Saber!“ She glared at him, disliking the way he had of
making her pride work against her, but, at the same time, half admiring his maneuvering.
„Good.“ Logan slammed the door, taking with him the excitement, warmth and tension which had filled the room
while he was in it.
Hilary stood contemplating the closed door for several seconds after he had gone, a curious thought running
round and round through her brain. It was a while before she allowed herself to recognize it and when she did, Hilary
immediately mocked herself for it. It was simple, really. When Logan had warned her not to run off because he didn’t
want to have to bother finding her, she had wanted to ask him if he actually would have done just that.
Would he go to the trouble of chasing after her and begging her to return? Hilary thought of all the implications of
such an action on a man’s pride. It would surely be a humiliating experience for a man like Logan Saber. Well, she wasn
’t likely to discover the ultimate results of running away from him. Hilary realized she had her own ego to worry about
and fleeing from a man like Logan would be extremely hard on it. It would be an admission that she couldn’t handle
him, she decided and knew, even as she said as much to herself, that it would also be an admission of something else,
something she did not wish to recognize at the moment…
Thoughtfully she made her way through the cozy house, turning off lights, pausing to glance once into the salt
cellar case and then making her way to bed. She tried hard to concentrate on the work she had decided to accomplish
the next day. There was a definite satisfaction lately in doing her books for the restaurant. Nothing was as satisfying
to a businessperson as a clear, clean profit. But even that pleasing thought wasn’t enough tonight to drive memories
of her visitor out of her head.
Hilary undressed in the brightly-decorated bedroom with its red and gold bedspread and the Chinese prints on the
wall, her mind full of Logan Saber. It wasn’t until her head finally touched the pillow and she had drawn the patterned
sheets up around her chin that she finally admitted the truth.
She had blamed Logan for maneuvering her into a position where she could hardly refuse to dine with him. But the
reality of the situation was
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