Nine Months To Tame The Tycoon by Chantelle Shaw, Annie West

“There’s nothing between us, Mr. Doukas.”

A voice in her head told her she was careless. Reckless. Asking for trouble.

“Isn’t there? Are you absolutely sure, Cora? Because it feels to me as if we share...something.”

He lifted his hand, hard fingers spreading over her jaw, his thumb a mere heartbeat from her mouth.

She struggled to keep her voice even. Admitting he was right would be a fatal error. “Sorry, Mr. Doukas. You must be imagining it.”

His nostrils flared on an indrawn breath and something flashed across his features. It didn’t look like anger.

“Maybe you’re right. After all, what could we have in common?”

Cora didn’t move. She couldn’t, because while her brain told her to leave, every cell in her body screamed that this was exactly where she wanted to be.

“Unless, of course, it’s this.”

His head swooped down to hers and her lips parted on a silent sigh of relief.