Proof Of Their One-Night Passion

‘And do what, Ragnar?’ She pushed up from the bar stool, her hands curling into fists, two thumbprints of colour burning in her cheeks. ‘Are you going to send round your head of security? Or maybe you could kidnap us?’

How had this spiralled out of control so quickly?

He felt a familiar mix of frustration and fatigue.

‘This is getting us nowhere—and in case you’ve forgotten, you got in touch with me.’

He stared at her in exasperation and then wished he hadn’t. Her hair was coming loose and he had to resist the urge to pull it with his fingers and watch it tumble free.

He waited a moment, and then tried again. ‘Look, Lottie. You go where Sóley goes. That’s a given. And by pressure I just mean lawyers. But I don’t want to escalate this. I just want to do what’s best for our daughter. I think you do too, and that’s why you came to find me the other day.’

There was a small beat of silence.

‘I do want what’s best for her, but…’ She hesitated. ‘But going away with you… I mean, three weeks is a long time for two strangers to spend together.’

There was another pulse of silence. His heart was suddenly digging against his ribs.

‘But we’re not strangers, are we, Lottie?’ he said softly.

The silence was heavy now, pressing them closer.

Her pupils flared like a supernova and he felt his breathing stall in his throat. A minute went by, and then another. They were inches apart, so close that if he reached out he could touch her, pull her closer, draw her body against him…

And then above the pounding of his heart he heard her swallow.

‘Okay. Sóley and I will come to Iceland with you.’ Her expression hardened. ‘And then she and I will go home. Without you.’

CHAPTER THREE

LOTTIE AND LUCAS started their walk, as they always did, by climbing over the stile in the wall at the back of the garden. After days of rain, not only was the sun shining but it was unseasonably warm.

‘Usual route?’ Lucas said, steadying himself on the top of the stile.

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