The Great Baby Caper

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Author: Eugenia Riley
picked out for me, and I suppose in time I’ll bow to the
pressure—queen and country, and all that.”
    “Ah.”
    He grinned. “But for tonight,
love, I’m yours.”
    His words thrilled her so much
that suddenly, Courtney wished he was hers for much more than just tonight. In
the back of her mind somewhere, it nagged her a bit that he was being so
cooperative and had accepted her outlandish story so readily. But at the
moment, she knew she couldn’t afford to look a gift horse in the mouth.
    Mark took out his wallet and laid
several bills down on the bar. “Shall we go, then? I mean, didn’t you say you
must bag your prize with all haste in order to win?”
    “Precisely. My chauffeur is
waiting outside.”
    “Good show.”
    In true gentlemanly fashion, he
offered her his arm and escorted her out of the bar. As she had predicted, the
sleek silver limo sat at curbside. The chauffeur hopped out and opened the back
door for them. Mischief gleaming in his eyes, he glanced from Mark to Courtney.
“So you met with success, Ms. Kelly?”
    “Yes.” She got in and watched Mark
slide in beside her. “Back to the hotel, please.”
    “Yes, ma’am.” The chauffeur shut
the door.
    She turned to Mark, feeling almost
shy. “You’ll let me buy you dinner afterward, to thank you for this?”
    Now he teased her with a pained
look. “Allow? Well, if you insist. I’m sure it will be torture, but someone has
to do it.”
    She playfully poked him in the
arm. “Oh, hush.”
    “But I do have a question.”
    “Yes?”
    “Just what are you planning to
tell your boss about us—in order to convince him this isn’t just an act?”
    She shrugged. “Oh, I don’t know. I
guess that we met in the French Quarter, and it was love at first sight.”
    He frowned. “I’m still rather
afraid he might call your bluff and insist we marry.”
    She couldn’t resist teasing, “And
you’re saving yourself for the girl back in England, right?”
    “Something like that.”
    Though the prospect was daunting,
she responded with bravado. “I wouldn’t worry too much about our being forced
into matrimony on the spot. Besides, doesn’t a marriage take time, a license
and blood tests, all that?”
    He scratched his jaw. “True. So
you just might pull it off. Only, there’s one aspect that might be hard to
pretend about.”
    “Oh? What’s that?”
    He stared straight into her eyes,
and all at once the mood changed from one of playfulness to one of breathless
anticipation. “Don’t you think it will be difficult for us to pretend to be in
love unless there’s some spark of chemistry between us?”
    Courtney gulped, his gaze, his
words, searing her with unexpected sexual heat. “Well . . . I hadn’t thought of
that.”
    “Wouldn’t your boss expect us to
be lovey dovey, to hug and kiss and whatnot?”
    “I hadn’t thought of that,
either.”
    He took her hand, raised it to his
mouth and slowly, gallantly kissed it. “Well, you’d best think, Courtney. For
me personally, it would be difficult to simply pretend consuming passion for a
woman I hardly know.”
    His words made a certain sense,
provocative though they were, and she was already feeling hot from the touch of
his lips on the back of her hand. “Then what are you suggesting?”
    A hint of roguishness gleamed in
his eyes. “I think we must share a kiss.”
    “A kiss?”
    At once he grew utterly solemn.
“You know, strictly in the name of gamesmanship, to make our pretense
believable.”
    He had a point—a valid
one—Courtney had to admit it. And he made his argument with the charm of a
master.
    Who was she kidding? This man was
sexy as hell, and he wanted to kiss her—not just her hand, but her mouth. A
brigade of bulldozers couldn’t stop her from accepting his offer.
    “Well, okay,” she conceded
demurely, raising her face toward his. “I guess one kiss wouldn’t hurt.”
    For a moment he regarded her with
wry humor. Then, smiling tenderly, he leaned over and
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