Bartering Her Innocence. Trish Morey

Чтение книги онлайн.

Читать онлайн книгу Bartering Her Innocence - Trish Morey страница 10

Bartering Her Innocence - Trish Morey

Скачать книгу

      She thought he might leave then. She was hoping he might realise they had nothing more to say to each other and just go. But while he pulled his long legs in and sat up higher in the chair, he did not get up. His eyes lost all hint of laughter and took on a focus—a hard-edged gleam—that, coupled with his pose, with his legs poised like springs beneath him, felt almost predatory. If she turned and ran, she thought, even if there was a way to run in this cluttered showroom, he would be out of his chair and upon her in a heartbeat. Her own heart kicked up a notch, tripping inside her chest like a frightened gazelle.

      ‘When your mother first came to me for a loan,’ he said in a voice that dared her not to pay attention to each and every syllable, ‘I was going to turn her down. I had no intention of lending her the money.’

      She didn’t say anything. She sensed there was no point in asking him what had changed his mind—that he intended telling her anyway—even if she didn’t want to know. On some very primal level, she recognised that she did not want to know, that, whatever it was, she was not going to want to hear this.

      ‘I should see about that coffee—’ she said, making a move for the stairs.

      ‘No,’ he said, standing and barring her exit in one fluid movement, leaving her wondering how such a big man could move with such economy and grace. ‘Coffee can wait until I’ve finished. Until you’ve heard this.’

      She looked up at him, at the angles and planes of his face that were both so beautiful and so cruel, looked at the place where a tiny crease betrayed a rarely seen dimple in his cheek, studied the shallow cleft in his chin, and she wondered that she remembered every part of him so vividly and in such detail, that nothing of his features came as a surprise but more as a vindication of her memory.

      Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.

      Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».

      Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес.

      Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgEAYABgAAD/4RKuRXhpZgAATU0AKgAAAAgABwESAAMAAAABAAEAAAEaAAUA AAABAAAAYgEbAAUAAAABAAAAagEoAAMAAAABAAIAAAExAAIAAAAUAAAAcgEyAAIAAAAUAAAAhodp AAQAAAABAAAAnAAAAMgAAABgAAAAAQAAAGAAAAABQWRvYmUgUGhvdG9zaG9wIDcuMAAyMDEyOjEy OjIyIDIxOjA0OjQyAAAAAAOgAQADAAAAAQABAACgAgAEAAAAAQAAAfSgAwAEAAAAAQAAAygAAAAA AAAABgEDAAMAAAABAAYAAAEaAAUAAAABAAABFgEbAAUAAAABAAABHgEoAAMAAAABAAIAAAIBAAQA AAABAAABJgICAAQAAAABAAARgAAAAAAAAABIAAAAAQAAAEgAAAAB/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgEASABI AAD/7QAMQWRvYmVfQ00AAf/uAA5BZG9iZQBkgAAAAAH/2wCEAAwICAgJCAwJCQwRCwoLERUPDAwP FRgTExUTExgRDAwMDAwMEQwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwBDQsLDQ4NEA4OEBQO Dg4UFA4ODg4UEQwMDAwMEREMDAwMDAwRDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDP/AABEI AIAATwMBIgACEQEDEQH/3QAEAAX/xAE/AAABBQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAADAAECBAUGBwgJCgsBAAEF AQEBAQEBAAAAAAAAAAEAAgMEBQYHCAkKCxAAAQQBAwIEAgUHBggFAwwzAQACEQMEIRIxBUFRYRMi cYEyBhSRobFCIyQVUsFiMzRygtFDByWSU/Dh8WNzNRaisoMmRJNUZEXCo3Q2F9JV4mXys4TD03Xj 80YnlKSFtJXE1OT0pbXF1eX1VmZ2hpamtsbW5vY3R1dnd4eXp7fH1+f3EQACAgECBAQDBAUGBwcG BTUBAAIRAyExEgRBUWFxIhMFMoGRFKGxQiPBUtHwMyRi4XKCkkNTFWNzNPElBhaisoMHJjXC0kST VKMXZEVVNnRl4vKzhMPTdePzRpSkhbSVxNTk9KW1xdXl9VZmdoaWprbG1ub2JzdHV2d3h5ent8f/ 2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA/AOW69/N0ayQ9+v8AZCmXOPTNs6BvHyUOsjcynyc78gRKxu6eY/dH5E7nf54/ 4P8A0V/LfJ9rnYc7/itdmGBW63LBebHTTjjlwA0fZ+6xZWA2clod9FurvktKzKGTuJeGMgmx7vot qZG5zg3/AAbnez0/8L7K/wDTKpMm6DPjArVF6bnFza/T3ToGSQP+ubv++rO6jXbTZ7wW2PEOfJMa fm67dq0Lc+ksECws7O9NrAfDbUxrdrf7KpWtt6gSG1uZVU0udYfpafuAJ0USQZeMMfEdu90ugGPI OVXFLm172HUceMHRzf5St9TeWUV0v1BE7hwO0KkyW4ztujmn7wnjZjO7Y0cS4Ew8D/yK0XtAa4SQ JYzz1LWrKxH72gHs4fdK17dG99bmDz+mE07gLhsS/wD/0OX6oDtYDyC6R8lLCO/De3wH8FDqhO2v Xku/IFHBiqogulzhO1O53+el/g/9ELuX+QfVpE+k2x3YnaR4jwV36uYzup5dOIY/Sv3vaSAXbS52 2D+4qltZsD9v0q3bx8oXSfUnpDs7pHVGVvNdjcikbmta60Vfz1rcZ1ntpv8A9FZ+ZYq0tizR0Ie4 /ZuGyltVlLXCIAIBWfm4eJj0ubVU1oHIAROkDrIF+Pn2OyWUknHybYFpYJd6eTs9rrWs/wAIsXqf WM7L3jArYWMaXb7iW7tp9za/zXP/AHWKMjoGQHqS8r1rp9Zc99JM6n09CPksIkipwIhzYDo8/oFd HabbWepNg

Скачать книгу