Chapter 34

Her gaze quickly returned to the hard planes of his face. “This is all your fault,” she challenged firmly. “You kissed me,”

“You kissed me right back,” he challenged.

Caroline drew in a hissing breath, the fact that she knew she deserved the accusation only increased her anger. “You were all over me before I had a chance to protest.”

“You were all over me too,” he rasped. “All the way from my shoulders down to my—”

“I didn’t know you were naked!” she defended herself.

He shrugged unconcerned shoulders. “So now you know.”

Caroline glared at him frustratedly. “Will you just get off the bed and go back to the chair?”

His mouth tightened. “No, I don’t think that I will.”

“No?” Caroline stared at him incredulously.

“Lower your voice, will you?” Nicholas hissed. “Jim and Jennie will think we’re having an argument.”

“We are having an argument!”

“No, Care, you’re having an argument,” Nicholas taunted her. “I just want to get