Lovers Touch. PENNY JORDAN
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going towards her, and Nell suspected he would have kissed her if Joss hadn’t suddenly placed himself between them and said forcefully,
‘You can congratulate me, Williams. Nell has agreed to become my wife …’
For a moment David looked too shocked to speak, and when he did it was to Nell, not to Joss.
‘Is this true, Nell?’
‘Yes,’ she told him quietly.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Joss watching them narrowly and then tranferring his attention to his watch, a slim, gold masculine timepiece. Odd, in someone so devoted to modern technology, that he should choose a very traditional kind of watch; traditional and expensive, but discreetly so; not for Joss the status symbol of the ‘in’ designer watch, she reflected acidly.
‘We’ve a lot to discuss, Williams,’ Joss announced, coming between them. The shock of his hand resting proprietorially on her arm made Nell flinch in surprise and then wince as she felt his fingers bite warningly into her flesh before he released her. She was trembling, slightly horrified at how very vulnerable she was to him physically.
David looked dazed when Joss had finished telling him exactly what was happening.
Nell felt equally dazed as she heard him name what seemed like an impossible sum, adding carelessly that he was giving it to her as a marriage settlement.
‘And I take it that Nell will be free to take it with her, should the marriage ever come to an end,’ David said stiffly.
Instantly Nell saw the golden eyes flash dangerously.
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