“I would’ve thought a young woman like you would have preferred the Big Apple,” he went on and Gwen noted the emphasis he’d put on that word “young”, as if he were trying to tell her something. Or tell himself something.
“I’m old enough to know what I like and what’s good for me,” she said pointedly and their gazes met and held and she didn’t try to hide the nature of her interest.
Adam studied her features and lingered longest, it seemed to Gwen, on her lips. Then his expression closed and he looked away. Frames restacked, he straightened up.
“So, does anything you see here interest you?” he asked, briskly businesslike, and that struck Gwen as so funny that she burst out laughing, wondering what he would do if she came right out and said, “You.” Probably hustle her down the stairs and out the door.
As it was, color rose up his neck and he scratched his head. “Are you going to be trouble for me, Gwenyth Mason?” he asked drily.
She planned on trying her best to be, but outwardly she pressed a hand to her chest. “Do I look like I could be trouble for anyone?”
He didn’t hesitate. “Yes.”
About the Author
Margaret Sisu was born and raised in Barbados. Medical studies, work, and married life took her further afield, but her passion for fiction-both reading it and writing it-remained unshakeable. After spending years as a physician, Margaret gave in to her real passion, writing fiction that keeps you guessing from start, quite literally, to the very last page. She draws on years travelling from the heartlands of America to the historic castles of Europe to bring fiction to life for readers. She has lived in nine countries, speaks three languages, and currently lives in Europe.
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