direction. In the absence of light the amber surrounding his pupils passed for hazel.

“Has it occurred to you it is your company I desire. And perhaps I told Sigmund I would keep an eye on you so he would not realize the depth of my attraction to his cousin.”

“Too late,” I blurted out.

Unphased, Lachlan continued to gaze at me for several long, silent seconds. The longer his eyes remained on me the quicker my pulse increased until I just knew he saw and heard it hammering against my throat. At least it reverberated at a deafening pitch in my ears.

“What are you asking from me?”

“For now? Allow me to be a guest in your home and cook you dinner.”

I cleared my throat twice before finding the breath to barely push out...

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