Fear Of Love – Carole Mortimer (1)

People like Roger and me aren’t good enough for you now, not when someone as famous as Dominic Tempest shows an interest. Don’t worry, Charles,’ John added insolently as the butler took a step towards him. ‘I’m just leaving.’ ‘I think that would be as well, sir,’ the butler agreed stiffly. ‘Don’t bother to show me out, I know the way.’ John slammed out of the front door. Alexandra looked at the butler shyly.

‘Thank you for your help. I don’t know what I would have done without you. I’m afraid Mr Davies had too much to drink.’ ‘Yes, miss. If you’ll excuse me,’ and Charles turned away. ‘Oh, Charles, I—I shall be moving back to my sister’s house tomorrow.’ He nodded. ‘Young Mr Tempest did inform me of that earlier. Do you wish anything else tonight, miss?’ ‘Er—no, thank you. Goodnight, Charles.’ ‘Goodnight, Miss Paige.’ Alexandra tidied up the lounge before going up to her room.

‘Young’ Mr Tempest, Charles had called Trevor, and she supposed he was, but Dominic certainly didn’t seem old to her. Tonight they had passed the point of antagonists, and now she had to wait and see how he felt about her when he returned. But whatever he felt for her she knew she would never dislike him again. Perhaps her dislike of him had always been a shield over what she had secretly felt for him, she hadn’t disliked him at all until— But that wasn’t important now, her shield was well and truly down and she didn’t think it would be up again.

But Dominic had flown away into danger, unable to tell her where he was going. And she had no way of knowing when he would be back, if he would be back. She knew that the filming and research of his current affairs programme often involved danger, wars and revolutions being dangerous even to the uninvolved press.

Re-read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer Alexandra Paige resents TV journalist Dominic Tempest for interfering in her life. He may be her sister’s brother-in-law, but he has a nerve saying she is too young to get married! Especially when Dominic himself has clearly noticed that the kid he’s known for years is now a woman… Dominic knows Alexandra is off-limits—he’s older than her and she’s practically family—but as the tension between them increases, Dominic can’t resist stoking the fire that his attraction to Alexandra has ignited!

Originally published in 1980 OceanofPDF.com Fear of Love Carole Mortimer OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TEN OceanofPDF.com CHAPTER ONE ‘IS he coming to lunch again?’ Alexandra demanded, seeing the four places set at the table. Gail sighed, despairing of her young sister’s manners.

‘If you mean Dominic then say so,’ she said disapprovingly, moving into the kitchen. ‘All right. Is Dominic coming to lunch again?’ ‘Well, as he always comes on a Sunday when he’s at home it’s a natural assumption to make.’ She turned the vegetables down on the cooker. ‘Now if you’ve nothing better to do perhaps you would like to get out the wine glasses.

It was your turn to cook lunch today,’ she added sternly. ‘Where did you disappear to so quickly after breakfast?’ ‘I met Roger.’ Alexandra rubbed the wine glasses to a fine shine before placing them in the appropriate places on the table, a slight smile curving her lips as she thought of the man she loved.

Her sister frowned. ‘You seem to do little else lately.’ ‘Well, if you would let me marry him I wouldn’t need to keep going to his parents’ house, we could be together all the time.’ ‘You’re too young to get married,’ Gail stated emphatically. ‘You’re seventeen years old and you only left school six months ago. You’ve only really known Roger four months.’ ‘Oh, that isn’t true! We’ve lived in this area for years and I’ve known Roger all of that time.’

Alexandra placed the wine in the refrigerator to chill. ‘We’ve lived in this house approximately three years, and two and a half years of that time you were away at boarding-school.’ Gail shook her head at her sister’s obstinacy, knowing that pouting look of old. But in the case of Alexandra marrying she was adamant. Besides, Roger was only twenty himself. They were both much too young to know their own minds.

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