Chapter 59

“Do you think that’s why I came here? To have a drink?” he finally said,

“I was just trying to be civil. The fact that you want a fight so badly doesn’t mean that I want one,” she wished he’d stop staring at her hair. She recognized that look in his eyes and it was all she could do not to groan out loud. She knew he was seconds away from sliding a possessive hand into her tangled curls and exposing her throat to the heat of his mouth. The seductive stroke of his fingers in her hair had been a prelude to making her weak for him and she couldn’t afford that at the moment. Her breathing quickened. She did not want to think about that now! They’d never shared anything except sex.

Incredible, blisteringly exciting sex, the memory of which still deprived her of sleep. His gaze shifted reluctantly from her hair and settled on her pale face and she knew that his thoughts were running in the same direction as hers.

“I’m not here for a fight, Care. But. like it or not, Charl