Liam's Perfect Woman (Home to Harbor Town 2) - Page 32

“Why?”

He paused, as if searching for the right words. “You had to know my dad. The way he acted on the night of the crash—it wasn’t like a ‘business’ thing. It seemed…personal.”

“You were really struck about what Roger Dayson said about coming upon your dad that night on the beach, weren’t you?” she asked quietly.

“I can’t stop thinking about it,” Liam admitte

d gruffly. “I can’t even fathom it, to be honest. I can’t picture it in my mind, my dad standing on that beach sobbing.”

Neither of them spoke while Natalie finished her dinner. An oppressive fog seemed to have settled around them. One haunting thought kept echoing around in her mind.

She was the one responsible for putting Liam through this ordeal. What right did she have, to make him suffer for his father’s mistake?

“To hell with this,” Liam said so abruptly she started. He hitched his chin and grabbed her hand where it’d been resting on the table. “Let’s go dance.”

“Oh, I don’t think—”

“What? You’re not going to try and tell me you don’t like dancing,” he said, a small smile flickering across his mouth.

She couldn’t tell him her like or dislike of dancing wasn’t what was causing her to hesitate. It was the idea of being in Liam’s arms.

She let him draw her out of the booth, but she shoved on her glasses first. The bar and dance floor might be crowded.

He didn’t let go of her hand as they walked through the intimate dining room toward the bar. Natalie breathed a small sigh of relief when she saw there were only two other couples slow dancing to a jazz classic on the small dance floor. Liam turned and slid his left hand along her waist, his body instantly shifting to the beat of the music.

He pulled her closer, his hand spreading along the middle of her spine. Their bodies brushed together.

It was just a dance. Natalie knew this.

Her mind knew it; yet her body seemed to be screaming that it was something much, much more.

She stared blindly at a spot just below Liam’s shoulder while the band played. Her heart began to beat erratically when she felt him lower his head. His chin turned, nuzzling her, his short goatee whisking across her temple.

“It’s like holding on to a dream, feeling the way you move.”

She glanced up—couldn’t have stopped herself if she’d tried. What he’d said didn’t seem to match up to his expression. He looked strange…like he was irritated…or torn?

“Don’t think I go around saying crap like that,” he added stiffly. “I mean…it…it wasn’t crap. It was the truth. Honestly.” She saw his strong throat ripple as he swallowed.

An uncontrollable wave of sensation went through her at the sight of Liam Kavanaugh looking uncomfortable.

Liam Kavanaugh.

She ducked her head. Natalie couldn’t decide what had stunned her more, the excitement caused by his warm breath and hoarse whisper in her ear or his unexpected revelation. His compliment had been undeniably sweet, but also electric somehow…erotically charged.

Why had that been?

Her heart fell to the vicinity of her belly when she realized why.

Because despite Liam’s reputation as a charming playboy, she’d believed every word he’d said.

Her body buzzed with sensual awareness. As if Liam knew this perfectly, he pulled her closer. Her breasts pressed tight against his ribs. Their hips moved together. The music flowed not just through her, but Liam as well, joining them…entwining them. She couldn’t decide where his heat began and hers ended.

She couldn’t help but consider in wonder what it would be like to move even more intimately with Liam, to be joined with him so deeply that she felt his heartbeat at her very core.

The shivery sound of the drummer’s brush lightly caressing the cymbals caused a tingling sensation to mount beneath her skin. The music ceased. She leaned her head back and peered up at Liam dazedly. His hand shifted as he drew off her glasses.

She peered up at him through eyelids that had gone heavy. His expression went hard. His nostrils flared. For some reason, his fearsome expression made her lips part in anticipation.

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