Ice In His Veins – Carole Mortimer

‘I never met him. My parents were divorced,’ she explained briefly. ‘Tell me, what do you do for a living that you have a Tuesday afternoon off?’ she changed the subject. ‘You see before you the next great artist of the decade,’ he told her jokingly.

‘I do?’ she teased. ‘I don’t remember ever seeing a Gary Nichols painting.’ ‘Oh, you haven’t. No, they’re so rare and exclusive that anyone who has one keeps it firmly under lock and key.’ ‘I see,’ she said, tongue in cheek. ‘You must be good.’ Gary laughed. ‘Seriously, I am hoping for great things one day. I have an exhibition in a few months’ time.’ Eden was suitably impressed. ‘Then you are good. I’d like to see some of your work some time.’ ‘I’ll have to remember that—“Would you like to come up and see my paintings?”,’ he quipped.

‘So original,’ he grimaced. ‘Although there’s a problem about that, I share a flat.’ ‘Hard luck,’ she teased. ‘What do you do? Or are you just over for a holiday?’ She sobered as she remembered all too clearly her reason for being in England. ‘Neither. I—er—I’m here visiting relatives.’ ‘You’re staying with them?’ He sipped his coffee. ‘I’m staying with—with Jason, he’s a friend of my grandfather,’ she explained at his sharp look. ‘Really,’ she added as she saw his look of speculation.

‘He’s Jason Earle,’ she said desperately. ‘He’s Isobel Morton’s boy-friend, isn’t he?’ Eden frowned. ‘You know about that?’ ‘Well, I should do, it’s in the newspapers this morning. Here,’ he pulled a crumpled edition out of his coat pocket, spreading it out on the table. ‘See. The article’s about the death of David Morton, but it does mention that— Hey, are you all right?’

He noticed her pallor for the first time. ‘Yes, I—I’m fine.’ She hadn’t realised her grandfather’s death would make the headlines. The newspaper Mrs Gifford had brought in for her had remained untouched on the table, and she wished now she had thought to look at it. Her grandfather’s death looked so stark printed there in black and white, and it wasn’t the sort of thing she would have wanted to see for the first time in front of a stranger.

‘Would you excuse me?’ She stood up shakily, dashing to the toilets that were near by.

Re-read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer Media magnate Jason Earle has no right to make demands, much less insist that Eden Shaw travel to England to see her long absent grandfather. After all, the old man had ignored Eden for years! As her grandfather’s emissary, Jason may be breathtakingly handsome, but that shouldn’t give him power over Eden…if only she can resist the magnetism between them!

Originally published in 1981 OceanofPDF.com Ice in His Veins 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 EDEN knew there was something wrong as soon as she joined her mother and stepfather for drinks before dinner, knew it by the tightness about her mother’s painted mouth and the way her stepfather kept trying to soothe her down. Poor Drew, he didn’t have an easy time of it with his fiery wife.

She accepted the Martini he held out to her, smiling her gratitude as she waited for the explanation for her mother’s upset. Something was definitely wrong with her; Eden had never seen her so upset. ‘Where were you all afternoon?’ her mother demanded to know. ‘I was at Cheryl’s playing records,’ she replied dazedly. ‘Why?’ ‘Because you had a visitor, that’s why.’ ‘Anyone interesting?’ She sipped her drink. ‘Anyone interesting!’ Angela repeated shrilly. ‘Of course it was someone interesting, or I wouldn’t be in this state.’ Eden frowned at her mother’s agitation.

‘Who was it?’ ‘Jason Earle!’ ‘Jason Earle? But I don’t know any Jason Earle.’ ‘The newspaper man,’ Drew put in before his wife exploded. ‘That Jason Earle!’ she whistled through her teeth. To say he was a newspaper man was an understatement. He was one of the most powerful men in the world, controlling a vast section of the media. ‘And you say he came here to see me?’ ‘Yes! And he looked down his haughty nose at me with his steely grey eyes, ripping me to pieces at a glance.’

The ice rattled in the glass where Angela’s hand trembled with anger. ‘He was so damned arrogant!’ ‘Calm down, Angela,’ Drew advised. ‘There’s no point in working yourself up about this.’ ‘No point—’ ‘Why on earth should he want to see me?’ Eden interrupted her mother’s tirade. ‘I don’t know the man.’ ‘We haven’t seen any of them since Eden was two years old, and now David Morton has decided—’ Eden looked startled.

‘What does my grandfather have to do with Jason Earle being here?’ ‘Everything!’ Angela paced the room in her agitation. ‘After eighteen years he’s decided he would like to see you again, and he’s sent that man over here to try and talk you into it.

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