Loves Duel – Carole Mortimer

– ‘Phil was in the wrong, you know,’ Leonie pointed out gently. “He had no right to do what he did.’ Oh, I know that. But my father had no right to treat you the way he did either. There’ve been a string of girls since then, you know. And still Giles doesn’t seem .

to realise what sort of man my father is.’ ‘Oh, I think he knows, he just thinks I’m worse | than your father. And on the face of it I suppose I am.” _ Wanda frowned. ‘He still*thinks those awful things about you?’ ty €8.; ~ “Knowing how sensible he is I would have thought” he would have realised by now that you’re too sweet and nice to have been involved in blackmail.’

‘Maybe his vision is blurred by lust,” Phil taunted. ‘Phil!’ Wanda admonished. ‘Well, is it, Leonie?’ he asked. She blushed, bitting her bottom lip. After last night she had no doubt of the depth of Giles’ desire for Boe he had been unable to control it. ‘Your face tells the answer,’ Phil smiled. ‘Do you want to have an affair with him, Leonie?’ _ ‘And know all the time that he’s expecting me to extort money from him?’

she derided. ‘No, thanks!’ — _ He raised his eyebrows. ‘So you do want to have an affair with him?’ — ‘No? Yes,’ he insisted gently. ‘Why don’t you just give in to what you feel? If you want him——’ _ ‘You don’t understand!?’ Her movements were – agitated, her hands kneading together. ‘He said to me— ~ _- he said a man always knows when he’s the first.’

She _ blushed at the intimacy of this conversation. ae ‘Yes,’ Phil frowned his puzzlement. _ rk Ae aca : . “Well, he—he would be!’ She raised distressed blue eyes, looking very young and vulnerable. “Are you telling me——’ r. xe ‘But your husband——’ ‘Was paralysed. Tom was ill with a wei a disease, and he’d been in a wheelchair for two years before I met him.

I—I loved him as I might have loved a friend.’ Phil whistled through his teeth. ‘Then you’re still’ rae ‘Untouched.’ She nodded. ‘After what had happened I didn’t want any man within touching distance. Tom was always kind, never demanding, and we were happy together. But it just wasn’t possible for him to—to—— We did try, in the beginning, but it never worked out — between us.’

“My God, Leonie,’ Phil shook his head. ‘You cer- tainly play with fire! What if Noble had taken you up on your offer of marriage?’ She shrugged. “Then he would have got rather a shock on our wedding night.’

think it’s the romance of the century, _instead of which it’s just—” “What happens in London?” she spt _ jnterrupted. ‘The apartment, thecar, — the allowance?” SRY eee – Giles’s mouth tightened. “if that’s G what you want.” – She took a deep breath. “No, Giles, | want more.| want marriage!”

— His eyes widened incredulously.”You fits eb ane Maat on CAROLE MORTIMER is also the author of these FMartequin &fresents 294—THE PASSIONATE WINTER 323—-TEMPTED BY DESIRE 340—SAVAGE INTERLUDE _ 352—THE TEMPESTUOUS FLAME 365—DECEIT OF A PAGAN _ 377—FEAR OF LOVE 383—YESTERDAY’S SCARS 388—ENGAGED TO JARROD STONE – 406—BRAND OF POSSESSION 418—THE FLAME OF DESIRE – 423—LIVING TOGETHER -430—DEVIL LOVER 437—ICE IN HIS VEINS 443—FIRST LOVE, LAST LOVE _.

452—SATAN’S MASTER 473—FREEDOM TO LOVE _ 479—POINT OF NO RETURN _ 502—ONLY LOVER __ Many of these titles are available at your local bookseller. For a free catalogue listing alt available Harlequin Romances _ and Harlequin Presents, send your name and address to: HARLEQUIN READER SERVICE 1440 South Priest Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281 ae Canadian address: Station C Ontario N5A 6W2 – For John and Matthew ‘ —— EE Harlequin Presents edition published June 1982 ISBN 0-373-10510-X Original hardcover edition published in 1982 by Mills & Boon Limited Copyright © 1982 by Carole Mortimer.

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Printed in U.S.A. -——— ® CHAPTER ONE _ LEOonIE looked up as her friend and associate came _ excitedly into the room, waving a letter about under _ her nose. ‘Have you won the pools?’ she teased the © a older woman.

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