Celeste Bradley - [The Liar's Club 02] (40 page)

Great Greek Gods
.

She desired him
. The realization sent fresh strength into her struggles.

She wanted him, when she couldn’t bear to speak her own name in solitude for fear of discovery. When she couldn’t allow her body so much as a moment of freedom from its bindings and trappings.

With more strength than she’d known she had, she pushed herself from his grip. James laughed, obviously realizing his mistake, and gave her an apologetic grin. Phillipa forced a sickly chuckle to hide her appalling new awareness.

She lusted for a man who thought she was a man.

What a fix.