Lightning Strikes Part 3. Mary Baxter Lynn
drew raised eyebrows from the staff.
Then, as if realizing they were unwanted participants, they scurried out the door. Amanda knew she’d get grilled later by Doris. Too bad. She’d take the Fifth in a heartbeat. Not even her best friend must know that Noah had touched her, much less anything else.
“Thanks for staying.”
His voice was gruff, and his eyes were teeming with an emotion she couldn’t identify. Nonetheless, it forced her breath out in an uneven spurt. “What do you want?”
“I knew this wasn’t going to be easy.”
Her eyes flashed. “Let’s cut to the chase, shall we?”
“Why the hell are you so uptight?”
“I’m not uptight.”
“You sure could’ve fooled me. And stop making me the bad guy here. You wanted me as much as I wanted you.”
Amanda’s face flamed with unexpected color.
“Dammit, Amanda, I don’t want to fight with you. That’s not what this is all about.”
She wished he wouldn’t look at her with such intense thoroughness, especially since she still couldn’t read what lurked behind those gorgeous eyes.
“Just what is it about, then?” she asked in a dull tone.
“Us.”
“I told you, there is no us.”
“I know better, and so do you.”
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