Blackmail To White Veil – Clare Connelly

Ever since that passionate encounter in the kitchen, on the morning of the broken coffee cup, Theo hadn’t touched her. He’d been cold, reasonably polite when necessary, but also distant. Despite that, Annie couldn’t stop. She couldn’t stop wanting him. What had started in that kitchen had ended in dramatic fashion, and she’d tried so hard to hold on to her anger.

It was still there, stirring around in her belly, but more and more there was just a static electricity sort of awareness of every single movement Theo made. Sleeping in the same bed and diligently not touching was its own form of torture. She’d barely let herself drift off because she was so worried her subconscious would take over and drive her towards him in the middle of the night.

Theo, meanwhile, either knew how distracted she was, or had no clue and didn’t care. Either way, he swam naked each morning, so it had become her guilty pleasure to get up as soon as she heard the front door click shut, creep into the kitchen and watch him walk, glorious and raw, towards the ocean, to disappear into it, all beautiful manhood and masculinity.

If he knew she watched, he didn’t say. He left her mostly to herself, and Annie therefore set about reading her way through the small collection of books she’d found on a shelf, and pretending not to notice him, even when she was focused on him with a laser-like intensity.

There were a million things she wanted to ask him. To learn about his life since they’d parted, to understand him better, but she had barely any opportunities to ask those questions—even if she’d thought he’d be receptive. They didn’t eat together—the fridge was well stocked, so she simply grabbed what she wanted when she was hungry and out of an abiding sense of pride, tried to pretend her husband didn’t exist.

But a sense of needing him, aching for him, craving him, was driving her almost mad. So finally, on the eighth day of their ‘honeymoon’, she snapped. Maybe it was that same sense of pride, or maybe it was just lust. She knew only that he thought he could call all the shots, and she was sick of it.

He wanted her to beg for him? Well, maybe she wanted that, too.

Clare Connelly was raised in small-town Australia among a family of avid readers. She spent much of her childhood up a tree, Harlequin book in hand. Clare is married to her own real-life hero, and they live in a bungalow near the sea with their two children. She is frequently found staring into space—a surefire sign she is in the world of her characters.

She has a penchant for French food and ice-cold champagne, and Harlequin novels continue to be her favorite-ever books. Writing for Harlequin Presents is a long-held dream. Clare can be contacted via clareconnelly.com or on her Facebook page. 1kitap1.com/en BOOKLIST Books by Clare Connelly Mills & Boon Pregnant Before the Proposal Unwanted Royal Wife Billion-Dollar Secret Between Them Brooding Billionaire Brothers The Sicilian’s Deal for “I Do” Contracted and Claimed by the Boss The Diamond Club His Runaway Royal Royally Tempted Twins for His Majesty A Greek Inheritance Game Billion-Dollar Dating Deception Tycoon’s Terms of Engagement Discover more at millsandboon.co.uk.

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