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“You—knew—who—I—was,” she said hotly, punctuating the words by jabbing her index finger into the center of his chest. “And don’t bother trying to deny it!”
Had he missed something? Had he been so busy remembering the taste of her, the feel of her, that he’d lost track of the conversation?
The realization made him even angrier.
“Deny what?” he demanded. “And stop doing that,” he growled, clasping her hand and folding his fingers around hers.
“What happened on the plane. What you did.”
“Excuse me?”
“Kissing me. It was all for a purpose.”
He laughed. He couldn’t help it. What man wouldn’t laugh at such an accusation?
Her eyes flashed with anger. “You think this is amusing?”
“Let me be sure I understand this. You’re accusing me of kissing you on purpose?”
“Absolutely.”
“Well, that’s a relief. I mean, I’d hate to have you accuse me of kissing you without any purpose.”
Anna blinked. How could he do this? Twist her words so they came out wrong. Take her accusations and turn them into jokes.
Most of all, how could he be so damnably arrogant and officious and clever and still be so incredibly easy on the eyes? How could the feel of his fingers wrapped around her wrist make her remember the feel of his body against hers? The feel of his mouth? The taste of his kisses?
“Don’t play dumb,” she said. “You thought if you seduced me it would be impossible for me to represent Cesare Orsini’s interests.”
He gave her a long, steady look. Then, curse the man, he laughed. Again.
“Dio, am I clever!”
“What you are is a bast—”
“I hate to rewrite your script, madam, but you’ve got it all wrong. I had no idea who you were. The only thing I knew about you was that you had one hell of a quick temper.”
“What I have, oh your worshipful highness, is no tolerance for bull.”
“A quick temper. A sharp tongue.” Suddenly his voice turned low and rough. “And you fell asleep in my arms and came awake wanting me as much as I wanted you.”
Anna’s heart banged against her ribs.
“I was half-asleep. You took advantage. You wanted to compromise me.”
He gave a soft, sexy laugh.
“Compromise is not the word to describe what I wanted of you.” His arms went around her. “What we wanted of each other.”
“Let go,” Anna said.
“That’s what you said on the plane.”
“Exactly. And I’m saying it again. Let—”
“You said it only after the lights came on.” His arms tightened around her; she could feel every inch of him against her. “Until then, you were as turned on as I was.”
“That isn’t true! I wasn’t—”
