Too Charming by Kathryn Freeman Read Free Book Online Page B

addition of an audience. One who was looking at her and Scott with undisguised interest. ‘I, umm.’ She nodded towards Nancy. ‘Perhaps you should show your visitor out first.’
    He gave her a cool, speculative look before turning back to Nancy and bending to give her a quick kiss on the cheek. ‘See you next week.’
    Nancy didn’t immediately move. Instead she gazed at Megan a moment longer, her eyes positively swimming with speculation. Then she turned to give Scott a slow smile. ‘Don’t forget, if you get through your work, my offer tonight still stands.’
    With a nod in Megan’s direction, Nancy sashayed out of the office.
    ‘Well, that was a warning shot across my bows, if ever I heard one,’ Megan remarked dryly, her nostrils twitching from Nancy’s perfume.
    Scott grinned down at her. ‘Do you need it?’
    ‘Hardly.’ She strode past him into his office, but when she turned she found he hadn’t followed her. Instead he was leaning against the doorway, gazing at her with a look of amused disbelief. ‘Look, let’s get this quite clear. I have no romantic interest in you whatsoever.’ And she hadn’t. At least not in the cocky man who was looking at her right now.
    ‘And yet here you are, in my office, for the second time this week.’
    Nonchalantly he shut door before moving back into the room. Megan told herself she was just being a woman when her attention was caught by the way his taut, muscular thigh stretched the material of his trousers as he perched on to the corner of his desk. ‘I’m here at the request of my daughter, not myself,’ she clarified quickly, shifting her gaze to above his waist. ‘It seems you’ve made quite a conquest there.’
    The smug grin changed to one of genuine warmth. ‘Ditto.’
    For a moment their eyes met. There were so many things she could find to dislike about him, but it was hard to ignore the obvious affection he had for her daughter. It was also hard to ignore the mesmerising glare of his smoky grey eyes. The way they tugged at her, drawing her in. ‘Sally …’ The name came out in a croak. She pulled her eyes away from his and coughed to clear the sudden tightness from her throat. ‘My daughter wanted to know if you were free to come round for tea tomorrow.’
    ‘I see.’ He shifted off the desk, moving to stand directly in front of her. Slowly he raised his right hand and placed it gently on her chin, forcing her to look up at him. ‘And her mother?’
    The thumping of her heart went up a notch at the feel of his hands. At this close distance she could see that his eyes weren’t just grey. There were flecks of blue and silver, too. And a pulsing, shimmering heat. ‘Her mother is here, asking you.’ Try as she might, she couldn’t keep her voice steady. ‘Isn’t that enough?’
    He studied her for a few seconds longer before moving round to the other side his desk. She found herself pathetically grateful for the physical barrier between them. ‘I guess I’m naturally interested to know whether this is purely tea with your daughter, or whether you’ll be there, too.’
    ‘I’ll be there and my parents will be there.’ She took some satisfaction in the startled look he gave her. ‘I guess it won’t be your average Saturday night out, so if you’re not interested …’
    ‘I didn’t say I wasn’t. I’m just curious to know the ground rules, that’s all.’
    ‘It’s quite simple. My daughter likes you. Any friend of hers is a friend of mine.’
    The corners of his lips twitched. ‘Okay, I can live with that. For the time being.’
    There he went again. Pushing for more just when she thought she’d put him firmly in his box. ‘Friendship is all that’s on offer. Take it or leave it.’
    ‘Well, as you’ve put it so graciously, how can I possibly refuse?’ he countered smoothly.
    Knowing she was never going to win a verbal sparring match with him, she quit before one got started. ‘Right then. We’ll see you tomorrow