The Lord’s Inconvenient Vow. Lara Temple
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Название: The Lord’s Inconvenient Vow
Автор: Lara Temple
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Исторические любовные романы
Серия: Mills & Boon Historical
isbn: 9781474089524
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‘They probably want you to themselves anyway, Edge. They’ve missed you terribly.’
His hands curled around his cup and his long eyelashes lowered further. She started to rise, but he reached out and caught her hand on the table.
‘Wait. You might as well come. They won’t be calm thinking of you on the dahabiya without them. I apologise. It is only that... I am worried about Rafe.’
She tried to concentrate on his words, not on her hand which felt like a large and dangerous animal had rolled over in its sleep and pinned it to the table.
‘You said he is a mercenary. Surely he is able to care for himself?’
‘He is, but I don’t understand why he came here in the first place. He always told me he would never come to Egypt.’
‘Oh. Why?’ She sat down again, careful not to dislodge his hand.
‘Why?’
‘Why not Egypt? One would think he would be curious, knowing how much you loved it.’
His eyes finally fixed fully on hers—with the sun filtering in through the shutters behind him they now looked a deep forest-green. She could almost see shadows moving between the trees.
‘Rafe and I assumed most of our childhoods that we were each the one being punished—me by being sent away, he by remaining. Life is rarely what one thinks. In any case he came to hate the idea of Egypt so whatever brought him here must be serious. If he is in trouble, I must find him.’
His hand was still on hers, warm and large and rough against her skin. The gesture and the admission were both so unlike Edge she did not know what to do. She thought of her brothers—she would cross deserts for them and not think twice.
‘I’m glad you care for him so much, Edge.’
He took his hand away and went to the door.
‘I owe him a great deal. More than I can repay. I must speak with Poppy now.’
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