Bride On Loan. Leigh Michaels
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herself around to face him. “I was not talking about Angelique,” she snapped. “I’m not in the least offended at what she said, because every word of it’s absolutely true. Crude, maybe, but I’ll make allowances for that, since she got her cataracts ripped off without an anesthetic. But as for you, making me look like just another one of your bimbos in order to hold all the other ones off—”
“Can you think of a better way to discourage all the women who’d like to step into Angelique’s shoes?” He sounded perfectly calm.
“Yes. Rent a medevac helicopter and take off for Costa Rica!”
“Do be serious, Sabrina. As soon as they know there’s a new woman in my life, they’ll realize there’s nothing to be gained by making spectacles of themselves, and they’ll stop.”
“Or else they’ll redouble their efforts. For all I know they’ll lay siege to this house, and—”
“Not once they’ve seen you.” He sounded very sure of himself. “That’s what makes you so perfect for this job, Sabrina. You’re exactly the kind of woman I like.”
Sabrina almost screeched. “You are a piece of work, Tanner! I ought to kick you in the kneecap for insulting me like that.”
He looked vaguely puzzled. “What can you possibly find insulting about me saying that you’re my kind of woman?”
“Make that your other kneecap!”
He shrugged. “The point is, they’ll take one look at you and they’ll give up. I’m actually doing them a favor, saving them all the time they’d be wasting otherwise.”
Sabrina rolled her eyes heavenward.
“But you see, what they don’t know is that because of certain characteristics you possess, I’m immune to you.”
“Now that’s the first sensible thing you’ve said in some time,” she muttered.
“And that’s also the beauty of the whole idea. Not only do you understand that I’m not vulnerable to you, but because of that little accident last night, you owe me. So, unlike every one of those women, you’re under absolutely no illusion that you could crook your finger and ensnare me.”
The man was utterly serious and so completely sure of himself that he was mesmerizing. All Sabrina could do was stare at him in morbid fascination.
“You will very efficiently hold them off until I’m healthy enough to defend myself. Meanwhile, I’m in no danger from you. Once I’m back on my feet—” he kissed his fingertips “—it’ll be goodbye, Sabrina.”
And he could start taking applications for bimbo of the week again, Sabrina thought. It couldn’t happen quickly enough for her.
“It’s perfect,” Caleb said. “Don’t you agree?”
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