Mills & Boon Modern Romance Collection: February 2015. Кэрол Мортимер

       The sexual tension between the two of them had been palpable downstairs in the restaurant earlier, and it was even deeper now that they had actually talked and then danced together.

      ‘Have dinner with me tomorrow night,’ Darius prompted abruptly as he turned to place a restraining hand on her arm before they could reach the table where her sister and brother-in-law were waiting for her.

      ‘I—What—? No!’ Miranda looked totally flustered by the invitation.

      ‘Why on earth not?’ He scowled darkly.

      She gave an impatient shake of her head. ‘As I said, I’m grateful to you for inviting us up to your club, and—and everything else. It’s made my birthday even more special. I just—This—You and me—It isn’t going anywhere.’

      ‘I only invited you out to dinner, Miranda, not to become the mother of my children,’ he pointed out dryly.

      The colour deepened in her cheeks. ‘And when was the last time you invited a woman out to dinner without the expectation of taking her to bed at the end of the evening?’ Her pointed chin rose challengingly as she looked up at him.

      ‘And what makes you so sure that isn’t going to happen?’ he purred.

      Miranda wasn’t sure of anything in regard to her undeniable and unexpected attraction to this man—that was the problem!