Betrayal at Blackcrest (27 page)
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Authors: Jennifer; Wilde
“Oh?”
He nodded slowly, his heavy lids drooping sheepishly over the dark black eyes.
“Such as?” I snapped.
“We'll discuss them later,” he replied. “In great detail.”
I stood up abruptly. My chair scraped loudly on the wooden floor as I pushed it away from the table. Derek looked at me with surprise, and then he stood up too. He moved with a lazy deliberation. I knew it was useless to fight himâor myselfâany longer.
“Where are you going?” he asked. His voice was gruff.
“I ⦠I'm going to tell Delia to cancel my train reservation.”
I stared at Derek Hawke for a moment. The blush still burned on my cheeks. He stood with his hands in his pockets, his shoulders hunched up. Relief had flooded his face, and he was smiling as I had never seen him smile before. He had won, as he had known all along he would.
“Make it quick,” he said.
“I don't like to be rushed,” I retorted.
“Too bad. I don't intend to waste any more time.”
“Don't you?”
“Not a minute,” Derek Hawke replied.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 1971 by Tom E. Huff
Cover design by Julianna Lee
ISBN: 978-1-4976-9830-7
This edition published in 2015 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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