Chapter 30

He grimaced. “He does have a bedroom he can let us use for the night. It’s his daughter’s bedroom, but she’s away at university at the moment.”

Caroline moistened dry lips. “A bedroom—singular…?”

“Bedroom, singular,” Nicholas confirmed, his eyes narrowed.

“You aren’t suggesting the two of us share that bedroom?” Caroline frowned across the room at him, those blue eyes gleaming with indignation.

Nicholas scowled darkly at Caroline’s obvious dismay at the mere suggestion they might have to share a bedroom for the night. What the hell did she think he was going to do, ravish her as soon as they were alone in the bedroom together? Not that it was an altogether unacceptable idea when she was looking so damned beautiful; he just didn’t like the obvious implication that he couldn’t keep his hands—or any other part of his anatomy!—to himself.

His gaze narrowed. “You would prefer that we go back out into the snow instead and try to look for somewhere that has tw