She put down the fruit she had just raised, wanting to draw the curtains, when suddenly she felt a strong force wrap around her waist, enveloped by a familiar scent.
Ethan Sterling.
Seraphina Redgrave was startled, and before she could speak, he lifted her directly onto the kitchen counter, with the cake they had just made behind her.
What was he up to?
Seraphina felt bewildered, her eyes not yet adjusted to the darkness, when she suddenly heard a scratch and the spark of a fire ignited before her.
On the lighter, encrusted with blue diamonds, a spark flickered, the blue flame making the sapphire shimmer and illuminating the man's face, softening his facial features.
Ethan stood between her legs, bending slightly, his face made more enticing by the blue firelight, his long and dense eyelashes shading amber eyes that stared deeply at her, sparkling with a captivating light, like a whirlpool...
