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He cupped her chin, his gaze not leaving hers. 'Soon, Red. Very soon.'
Something fierce, wild, and altogether terrifying flashed in her gaze before she nodded.
‘Soon can’t come quick enough,’ she whispered on a sigh, setting his heart pumping with wild anticipation as he grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the door before he changed his mind.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Britt hadn't had this much fun in ages.
Sure, she attended swank parties in London and rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous thanks to her brilliant job, but those events were filled with pretentious flakes who spoke to you depending on which designer dressed you or how many millions you made a year.
She hated the way money talked, hated the way it divided people into classes and, while she understood Nick's drive to gain acceptance into the privileged world she'd been born into for the sake of his business, she couldn't help but wish he'd wanted to marry her for love all those years ago.
They'd both changed so much, yet when he touched her, when he kissed her, the last decade vanished on a wistful sigh. They'd been too young back then; she could see it now. She'd romanticised what they had, had mistaken the throes of first love as being something to build a lifetime commitment on. Nick hadn't been ready and while it had hurt how he deliberately sabotaged their relationship at the end, she understood.
His father had meant everything to him, while she couldn’t wait to escape hers. They had different dreams at the time, different goals.
So where did that leave them now?
Could two successful, career-driven people take a chance on love?
She collapsed onto a portable chair in a corner of the harvesting shed, her gaze homing in on Nick surrounded by a bunch of investors, while images of the scintillating kiss they'd shared in the kitchen a few hours earlier replayed over and over, making her shiver anew.
That had been some kiss. Passionate and way too intense, the type of kiss to pin hopes on, the type of kiss to give a girl ideas about how he felt. And on the heels of his admission on their wedding night, when he said he cared about her, way too baffling. She'd been trying to tempt him and seduce him ever since, but he had nerves of steel.
Until tonight.
That kiss in the kitchen had changed everything.
He wanted her as much as she wanted him, so why had he stopped?
Typical Nick. Still infuriating and confusing the heck out of her. Every time he touched her, she lost it. But that didn't mean she had to lose her head completely.
Having fun and walking away was one thing.
Having fun and falling for him another.
This time, she'd be smarter. She'd come too far from the scared, confused teenager who bolted like a fugitive into the night to regress. She didn't need anyone. She'd been doing fine on her own for the last ten years, and getting emotionally involved with Nick would only lead to heartache.
'Hey, what's with the look?' Frida Rutger, Bram's much younger trophy wife, sat on a chair next to her and fanned her face. 'Is it hot in here or what?'
'Sure is.' Britt deliberately ignored Frida's first question, glad for the interruption. Anything to distract from her thoughts of Nick.
However, she should've known the astute young woman who'd hosted parties for world dignitaries wouldn't let her off that easily.
'So, why the glum look? Has that sexy new husband of yours done something to upset you?'
'No.' Unless she counted upsetting her equilibrium. ‘I’m just tired.'
Frida's gaze bordered on jealous as it zeroed in on Nick. 'I'm not surprised, married to someone like that.'
Uncomfortable with the woman's frank admiration, Britt aimed for distraction. 'Your dress is gorgeous. Local designer?'
Thankfully, Frida's greedy gaze abandoned Nick and focused on her stunning ochre and crimson layered chiffon dress, the bodice hugging her fake boobs until it reached her waist, where it cascaded in a fiery waterfall of riotous colour to her ankles.
'I designed it myself.'
The thought of the wife of Queensland's richest man making her own dress almost shocked Britt as much as Nick's unexpected kiss earlier.
