CHAPTER 14

          Griffin stepped forward.

          ‘Impudent witch!’

          He might be as hard as stone at the thought of touching her but he actually resented having to touch her like this. No matter how much he tried to deny it to himself, Griffin knew that he would much prefer her willing and wanting. And he’d lied to her before. He was interested. Way too interested.

          Wanting to get this over with as quickly as possible, Griffin circled her tiny wrists and ran both his hands up the long sleeves of her blouse at the same time.

“You know… My stepfather warned me about men like you,” Gloriana said, her voice a breathy caress in the otherwise silent room.

“Is that right?”