Melting The Icy Tycoon
Bang! Bang! Bang!
So hot...what is that noise? "Hello! Anyone there?"
So tired...
Bang! Bang!
Eve reared into a sitting position, her heart pounding. Seconds behind, her mind drifted up through a handful of faraway voices and a swirling crescendo of Tchaikovsky.
And a tremendous thumping. Her upper body swayed in a dizzy spell. The banging continued.
Disoriented, she pushed to her feet. She'd fallen asleep on the couch. The fire had gone out but she was burning up.
"Hang on." It was the first she'd spoken in days and her throat was shocked into a coughing fit. She took just a couple of steps before she cracked her shin on one of the boxes still to be unpacked. Swallowing a swear word, she staggered toward the door.
"Who's there?" she called out.
"Your neighbor" came the terse reply.
Neighbor? Where was she? Oh, yes, the new house on Waiheke Island, where she'd moved a few days ago.
Eve leaned on the door, fishing in her pockets for a tissue. The knocking started up again, crashing through her head. She put her hands to her head—but that wasn't he ... read full excerpt from Melting the Icy Tycoon ebook
