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firmly wrapped around hers, led an unusually speechless Kate through the crowded room. Her body hummed with suppressed emotion as she silently cursed the annoying fact she was turned on by Mark’s show of dominance. What was wrong with her? Did she think this was 1910? Tilting her chin and forcibly bringing her rightful anger to the forefront, she remained tight-lipped until they reached the car park and finally whipped her hand from his.
“I said, I am not going with you.”
He opened the passenger door. “Yes, you are.”
Enough was enough. Kate hitched her bag onto her shoulder and fisted her hands on her hips. “What’s the matter with you? Have you gotten the impression I’m the sort of woman you can push around?”
He stared at her for a long moment, before his shoulders slumped. He looked to the sky.
“Of course not. Kate, please, I want to talk to you but I can’t leave Marcia to deal with the press.
They’re God damn animals when they want to be.”
“Marcia? Marcia Langton?” Kate’s interest piqued.
Slowly, Mark smiled. “Yep, the one and only. Want to meet her?”
A smile tugged at her lips. Damn him for knowing her so well. She shrugged. “Not really but if she’s your client and you think…”
He ran around the car and opened his own door. “Get in the car.”
And despite the warning voice screaming No! inside her head, she slid into the leather seat, barely having time to buckle her seat belt before Mark pulled away with a screech of tires against asphalt.
Chapter 5
Mark struggled to concentrate on the road as he drove toward his office. What the hell was Marcia thinking ringing him at this time on a Saturday night? He gripped the steering wheel. Who was he kidding? None of his clients hesitated to ring him, day or night, week or weekend, because they all knew the only thing Mark Johnston cared about was work. Until now. Until Kate.
He risked a glance in her direction and bit back a smile. Her stance hadn’t shifted a millimeter since she’d gotten into the car. Her arms were still folded tightly across her chest, her jaw still set so firmly Mark could’ve sworn he could hear her teeth grinding. He stared ahead. Why did it suddenly feel as though it was taking hours to get to his office rather than the usual twenty minutes?
He pressed down on the accelerator. Wasted moments, wasted seconds when he could be talking to her, finding out how she felt, what she’d been doing in the years she’d been away…if there was any chance she would one day consider him hers.
He swallowed. God, he was so damn angry Marcia called tonight of all nights. The atmosphere between him and Kate had been better than he could have hoped for…eventually.
When she walked into the restaurant looking utterly breathtaking, his heart had stopped. Immediate possessiveness stole over him as he watched one guy after another turn to look at her as she passed them. But she’d been absolutely oblivious to her own sexual allure, instead her eyes scanning the room in her easy, controlled way. And when she’d seen him they widened for the briefest of seconds, before settling into cool indifference once more.
No longer the innocent, wide-eyed wonder he fell in love with over ten years before, Kate Marshall was now a self-assured, confident and ridiculously sexy woman. And he loved her, of that he was one hundred percent certain. But what could he do to ensure he didn’t lose her a second time? Because even if it took every breath in his body, he intended to make her his.
“Oh, my God. You’re kidding me.”
The sound of her voice broke through his reverie. “What’s wrong?” he asked, looking at her.
She waved a frantic finger toward the windshield. “Please tell me this is nowhere near your office.”
He turned and peered through the darkness. “For crying out loud.” Adrenaline spiked through his body making his hackles rise like a protective Doberman. He quickly turned to look at
“I said, I am not going with you.”
He opened the passenger door. “Yes, you are.”
Enough was enough. Kate hitched her bag onto her shoulder and fisted her hands on her hips. “What’s the matter with you? Have you gotten the impression I’m the sort of woman you can push around?”
He stared at her for a long moment, before his shoulders slumped. He looked to the sky.
“Of course not. Kate, please, I want to talk to you but I can’t leave Marcia to deal with the press.
They’re God damn animals when they want to be.”
“Marcia? Marcia Langton?” Kate’s interest piqued.
Slowly, Mark smiled. “Yep, the one and only. Want to meet her?”
A smile tugged at her lips. Damn him for knowing her so well. She shrugged. “Not really but if she’s your client and you think…”
He ran around the car and opened his own door. “Get in the car.”
And despite the warning voice screaming No! inside her head, she slid into the leather seat, barely having time to buckle her seat belt before Mark pulled away with a screech of tires against asphalt.
Chapter 5
Mark struggled to concentrate on the road as he drove toward his office. What the hell was Marcia thinking ringing him at this time on a Saturday night? He gripped the steering wheel. Who was he kidding? None of his clients hesitated to ring him, day or night, week or weekend, because they all knew the only thing Mark Johnston cared about was work. Until now. Until Kate.
He risked a glance in her direction and bit back a smile. Her stance hadn’t shifted a millimeter since she’d gotten into the car. Her arms were still folded tightly across her chest, her jaw still set so firmly Mark could’ve sworn he could hear her teeth grinding. He stared ahead. Why did it suddenly feel as though it was taking hours to get to his office rather than the usual twenty minutes?
He pressed down on the accelerator. Wasted moments, wasted seconds when he could be talking to her, finding out how she felt, what she’d been doing in the years she’d been away…if there was any chance she would one day consider him hers.
He swallowed. God, he was so damn angry Marcia called tonight of all nights. The atmosphere between him and Kate had been better than he could have hoped for…eventually.
When she walked into the restaurant looking utterly breathtaking, his heart had stopped. Immediate possessiveness stole over him as he watched one guy after another turn to look at her as she passed them. But she’d been absolutely oblivious to her own sexual allure, instead her eyes scanning the room in her easy, controlled way. And when she’d seen him they widened for the briefest of seconds, before settling into cool indifference once more.
No longer the innocent, wide-eyed wonder he fell in love with over ten years before, Kate Marshall was now a self-assured, confident and ridiculously sexy woman. And he loved her, of that he was one hundred percent certain. But what could he do to ensure he didn’t lose her a second time? Because even if it took every breath in his body, he intended to make her his.
“Oh, my God. You’re kidding me.”
The sound of her voice broke through his reverie. “What’s wrong?” he asked, looking at her.
She waved a frantic finger toward the windshield. “Please tell me this is nowhere near your office.”
He turned and peered through the darkness. “For crying out loud.” Adrenaline spiked through his body making his hackles rise like a protective Doberman. He quickly turned to look at
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