a woman and never would.’ He shot her a playful smile. ‘No matter how exasperating I know some of them can be.’
But instead of laughing along with him as he had hoped, she flinched and shrank within herself. Did she have to be so sensitive?
Leaning forward, he raised her head with a finger under her chin. ‘Come on, Holly, this is ridiculous. I need to know that you believe me. I couldn’t endure thinking that you were seriously fearful of me. Tell me you believe me.’
Holly swallowed hard as she looked into his pleading eyes. ‘I believe you,’ she said.
But Jacob saw the uncertainty. He also saw that this uncertainty was worrying her, as though she really wanted to believe in him. There had to be a significant reason behind this wish to believe and the idea invigorated him.
If she saw him as merely a client with whom she was having a business dinner, or even as a ‘friend of a friend’, it really shouldn’t matter to her. But evidently it did matter. Before he could tell himself it was a bad idea, Jacob leant forward ever so slightly and she did not turn away.
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