âThis is the ladiesâ room, you know,â she remarked, and to her credit she sounded as light and wry as ever.
âI know.â
âWhat are you doing here?â
Aaron took a step towards her and was gratified to see her eyes widen a little more. She should be afraid of him. Or if not afraid then at least a little wary. âWhat do you think Iâm doing here? I want my phone.â
His gaze fastened on hers and something pulsed and blazed between them. Aaron felt itâfelt the very air seem to tauten around them, to crackle with the sudden electric energy they had created. Slowly, deliberately, he reached out and slid a few fingers down the bodice of her dress. Her skin was silky and warm, the sides of her breasts brushing his fingers. Zoe gasped aloud.
Aaron smiled even as desire arrowed through him. âQuite a tight fit.â
âQuite,â she managed.
With the tip of his fingers he could just touch his phone, but there was no way he could actually get it. Not without unzipping the dress completelyâ¦which was a possibility. Anything felt possible right now.
âYou are outrageous,â Zoe gasped.
Aaron chuckled softly. âIâm not the one who started this, sweetheart.â
KATE HEWITT discovered her first Mills & Boon>® romance on a trip to England when she was thirteen, and sheâs continued to read them ever since. She wrote her first story at the age of five, simply because her older brother had written one and she thought she could do it too. That story was one sentence longâ fortunately theyâve become a bit more detailed as sheâs grown older. She has written plays, short stories and magazine serials for many years, but writing romance remains her first love. Besides writing, she enjoys reading, travelling and learning to knit.
After marrying the man of her dreamsâher older brotherâs childhood friendâshe lived in England for six years, and now resides in Connecticut with her husband, her three young children and the possibility of one day getting a dog.
Kate loves to hear from readersâyou can contact her through her website: www.kate-hewitt.com
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IN THE HEAT OF THE SPOTLIGHT
(The Bryants: Powerful & Proud)
BENEATH THE VEIL OF PARADISE
(The Bryants: Powerful & Proud)
THE HUSBAND SHE NEVER KNEW
THE DARKEST OF SECRETS
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To Zoe,
thanks for your inspiration and friendship, love, K.
HE WAS CHECKING his phone.
Zoe Parker twitched with irritation as she watched the groomâs best man thumb a few buttons on his smart phone. Discreetly, at least, but honestly. Her sister Millie and her husband-to-be Chase were saying their vows, and Aaron Bryant was texting.
He was unbelievable. He was also a complete jerk. A sexy jerk, unfortunately; tall, broad and exuding authority out of every pore. He also exuded a smug arrogance that made Zoe want to kick him in the shin. Or maybe a little higher. If she could have, she would have reached across the train of her sisterâs elegant cream wedding dress and snatched the mobile out of his fingers. Long, lean fingers with nicely square-cut nails, but who was noticing? She certainly wasnât.
She turned back to the minister, determinedly giving him her full attention. Maybe Aaron the Ass would pick up a few pointers. Honestly, the man was a gazillionaire and was a regularly attender at Manhattanâs most elite social functionsâ did he really need a brush-up course on basic etiquette? Based on his behaviour since heâd strode into the rehearsal forty-five minutes late last night, clearly impatient and bored before heâd so much as said hello, Zoe was thinking yes.
She glanced at Millie, who thankfully had not noticed the phone. She looked beautiful, radiant in a way Zoe had never seen before, her eyes shining, her cheeks flushed. Everything about her was happy.
Zoe smothered the very tiny pang of something almost like envy. She wasnât looking for Mr Right. Sheâd gone for too many Mr Wrongs to think he existed, or to want to find him if he did. Although admittedly Millieâs almost-husband was pretty close. Chase Bryant was charming, genuinely nice and very attractive.
Just like his brother.
Instinctively Zoe slid her gaze back to Aaron. He was still on the phone. Forget charming or nice but, yes, he was most definitely attractive. A faint frown creased his forehead and his lips thinned. He had nice lips, even pursed as they were in obvious irritation. They were full, sculpted, yet completely masculine too. In fact, everything about this irritating man was incredibly masculine, from the breadth of his shoulders to the near-black of his eyes and hair to the long, lean curve of his back and thighâ¦
âBy the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife.â
Zoe yanked her gaze upwards from her rather leisurely perusal of Aaron Bryantâs butt in time to see Millie and Chase kissâand Aaron slide his phone back into the side pocket of his suit blazer.