The Return of the Stranger. Kate Walker
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Название: The Return of the Stranger
Автор: Kate Walker
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Контркультура
Серия: Mills & Boon Modern
isbn: 9781408926062
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And he wasn’t going to enlighten her any further, his tone declared adamantly. He had no intention of letting her in on anything he had found out about himself. If anything marked how wide the chasm that divided them had become then it was that.
‘Are we having this tea or not?’
Isobel’s impatiently petulant voice broke in on the intense concentration of his gaze on her face, making those deep dark eyes blink just once, slowly, before he deliberately looked away, in the direction of her sister-in-law.
‘Perhaps not,’ he drawled silkily. ‘You’ll forgive me if I don’t stay. I have business to attend to.’
He was picking up his coat as he spoke, tossing it over his shoulders like a cloak as he had worn it on his arrival, and turning towards the door. That was the second time today he had mentioned business deals but never explained himself. Once more that icy sensation slid down her spine.
I’ll be back one day. And then you’ll see how everything you think you have can all be turned on its head.
Suddenly afraid that he would walk out of her life again as he had done once before and that this time he would never come back, she hurried after him.
‘Heath—wait …’
He was almost all the way down the long, tiled hall, never hesitating or looking back. But then, just at the last moment, he paused and turned back very slowly.
‘You never said why you came. What you are doing here.’
‘Why did I come to the Grange today? Surely the answer to that is obvious.’
‘Not to me.’ Her voice croaked embarrassingly as she forced out a response.
Heath smiled briefly once again. It was a smile of ice, totally without any hint of warmth in it.
‘I came to see you, of course. Why else would I be here?’ ‘To …’
‘To see you, Lady Katherine,’ Heath repeated, the words sliding over her like a stream of ice water, making her skin shiver miserably. ‘To look into your face just once and then walk away—this time for good.’
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