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drink.
He grinned across at her as he easily read her
expression.
“ I have lived on my own for most of my adult life,” he told her
a little ruefully, “You would be surprised at how useful I am
around a kitchen... and other rooms too, for that matter,” he
finished a little suggestively.
“ I don’t doubt that for a minute,” Sadie couldn’t resist saying
as she grabbed her toiletries bag and bolted for the
bathroom.
Had he just been flirting with her?
Sadie realised that she had been standing in the bathroom for
several moments with her toiletries bag clutched to her chest like
a child’s teddy bear.
Nick would start to wonder what she was doing in here, if she
loitered for too long.
She put her bag on the counter next to the sink, and slowly
and with trembling hands she began to undress.
She stood under the shower for several minutes without soap or
shampoo as she tried to compose herself.
This playful side of Nick was a dangerous thing; this was the
side of him that she had met three years ago, when she thought that
she had found her soul mate.
She knew that it would be a simple little thing, to fall for
him – as she had three years ago.
Sadie gave a watery little smile as she stood under the
running water. Who was she kidding?
She had fallen in love with Nick three years ago, and she had
never fallen out of love with him since.
He had been her soul mate then, she had been sure of
it.
He was her soul mate now.
And he always would be her soul mate.
Now all she had to do was to convince him of that!
She grabbed the soap, and began to wash herself with a new
sense of purpose.
She soaped and shampooed and then rinsed off and wrapped the
thick fluffy towel around her torso as she switched off the
water.
It was only after she had towelled herself dry that she
realised, in her haste to leave Nick, and his flirting, she had
forgotten to bring fresh clothing in with her.
She now had two options.
First she could put her slightly grubby travelling clothes
back on.
Or she could go back into the other room, wrapped in just this
rather small fluffy white towel, and fetch her fresh
clothing.
And Sadie was more than a little bit disconcerted to find that
the second option appealed a lot more than the first – and it was
not because the clothes were a bit stale!
Chapter Nine
Nick had finished apologising to Mr Redding – even though the
apologies were not necessary since that man had also been stranded
– although he had been fortunate enough to be stranded at his own
home.
They had decided to postpone their meeting until the New Year,
and Nick found himself whistling happily as he sorted through his
clothes, he felt free now to do as he pleased, and he had Sadie
with him as well.
He had heard the shower running for a little while and then
silence.
Now as the bathroom door opened, he glanced up with a smile,
and then froze, as Sadie – beautiful, adorable, sexy Sadie stepped
into the room.
She was wrapped in a little white towel, and her hair was a
mass of damp strands hanging down her face and her back.
She had obviously dried herself when she had stepped out of
the shower, but even from across the room, Nick could see the
places that she had missed.
He stepped around the bed, almost without noticing, and moved
across the short distance, until he was standing directly in front
of her.
He slowly lifted a hand, to gently brush at her
shoulder.
“ You missed a spot,” he whispered huskily.
She did not flinch.
He had noticed how she stood waiting for him to get
closer.
She had looked a little nervous, but she also looked excited,
and he could see it in her eyes now, as well.
She wanted this.
Almost as much as he ached for her, Nick suddenly realised
that she wanted him too.
He gently tilted her chin, so that he could stare into her
beautiful grey eyes.
“ I want you so much,” he murmured. “I always have.”
Sadie smiled up at him, and her eyes dilated.
“ Good,” she
drink.
He grinned across at her as he easily read her
expression.
“ I have lived on my own for most of my adult life,” he told her
a little ruefully, “You would be surprised at how useful I am
around a kitchen... and other rooms too, for that matter,” he
finished a little suggestively.
“ I don’t doubt that for a minute,” Sadie couldn’t resist saying
as she grabbed her toiletries bag and bolted for the
bathroom.
Had he just been flirting with her?
Sadie realised that she had been standing in the bathroom for
several moments with her toiletries bag clutched to her chest like
a child’s teddy bear.
Nick would start to wonder what she was doing in here, if she
loitered for too long.
She put her bag on the counter next to the sink, and slowly
and with trembling hands she began to undress.
She stood under the shower for several minutes without soap or
shampoo as she tried to compose herself.
This playful side of Nick was a dangerous thing; this was the
side of him that she had met three years ago, when she thought that
she had found her soul mate.
She knew that it would be a simple little thing, to fall for
him – as she had three years ago.
Sadie gave a watery little smile as she stood under the
running water. Who was she kidding?
She had fallen in love with Nick three years ago, and she had
never fallen out of love with him since.
He had been her soul mate then, she had been sure of
it.
He was her soul mate now.
And he always would be her soul mate.
Now all she had to do was to convince him of that!
She grabbed the soap, and began to wash herself with a new
sense of purpose.
She soaped and shampooed and then rinsed off and wrapped the
thick fluffy towel around her torso as she switched off the
water.
It was only after she had towelled herself dry that she
realised, in her haste to leave Nick, and his flirting, she had
forgotten to bring fresh clothing in with her.
She now had two options.
First she could put her slightly grubby travelling clothes
back on.
Or she could go back into the other room, wrapped in just this
rather small fluffy white towel, and fetch her fresh
clothing.
And Sadie was more than a little bit disconcerted to find that
the second option appealed a lot more than the first – and it was
not because the clothes were a bit stale!
Chapter Nine
Nick had finished apologising to Mr Redding – even though the
apologies were not necessary since that man had also been stranded
– although he had been fortunate enough to be stranded at his own
home.
They had decided to postpone their meeting until the New Year,
and Nick found himself whistling happily as he sorted through his
clothes, he felt free now to do as he pleased, and he had Sadie
with him as well.
He had heard the shower running for a little while and then
silence.
Now as the bathroom door opened, he glanced up with a smile,
and then froze, as Sadie – beautiful, adorable, sexy Sadie stepped
into the room.
She was wrapped in a little white towel, and her hair was a
mass of damp strands hanging down her face and her back.
She had obviously dried herself when she had stepped out of
the shower, but even from across the room, Nick could see the
places that she had missed.
He stepped around the bed, almost without noticing, and moved
across the short distance, until he was standing directly in front
of her.
He slowly lifted a hand, to gently brush at her
shoulder.
“ You missed a spot,” he whispered huskily.
She did not flinch.
He had noticed how she stood waiting for him to get
closer.
She had looked a little nervous, but she also looked excited,
and he could see it in her eyes now, as well.
She wanted this.
Almost as much as he ached for her, Nick suddenly realised
that she wanted him too.
He gently tilted her chin, so that he could stare into her
beautiful grey eyes.
“ I want you so much,” he murmured. “I always have.”
Sadie smiled up at him, and her eyes dilated.
“ Good,” she
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