She jerked her hand away and rolled onto her back. Ian rolled with her and brushed her hair out of her face. His eyes sparkled as a lazy smile grew on his face. “Is that any way to greet your fiancé?”
His words were jumbled as she tried to process what he’d said. “Come again?”
Ian’s lips twitched before he nuzzled his nose into the juncture of her neck. “Fiancé.”
Becca shoved his shoulders to look him in the face. “You’re joking.”
“I’d never joke about my intended, Becca. I think you’ll look like a beautiful angel in my colors.”
Becca’s stomach rolled, and the room started to spin. She shoved Ian off her and slid out of the bed. The quick movement had her covering her mouth and running to the bathroom.
“Relax, Becca, we dinnae set a date yet.”
Becca’s stomach tightened and her throat burned as she threw up the contents of last night’s dinner and drinks into her toilet. She heard the door open but didn’t bother to look to know he was crowding her bathroom. He wet a washcloth and held it in place on her neck.
“Are you done, lass?”
Becca flushed and laid her head on the porcelain, unable to move from her drained energy. “What did I tell you last night?”
“Everything,” he answered, scooping her up into his arms and holding her against his naked body. The muscles on his warm chest heated beneath her palm. She’d inched it toward his neck to pull him down for a kiss before she realized what she was doing.I’ve lost my damn mind.“You didn’t get dressed.”
“Nae. My only concern was you. I’ll get dressed after I tuck you back in.”
“I’m not a child.” Her voice rose in anger, making her head throb as he lowered her back down to the bed.
“I’m well aware, although these lights bring a whole new meaning to using a night light,” he said, keeping his voice low.You’re in need of a good spanking for keeping the truth from your sisters.
She’d heard his words as if he’d said them aloud. The smile on his face led her to believe that he knew it too. Heat crept into her cheeks.
“I ken you heard that, but I think we should wait until you feel better before you start explaining, in detail, everything you’ve been keeping from your family. I should redden your sweet ass to match your cheeks.”
She closed her eyes and pulled the covers over her face. “I did tell you, didn’t I?”
“Aye. Which makes me wonder why you claimed I’d have eyes for your other sisters. If you can hear my thoughts, you know that you are the only one I’ve ever undressed.”
Becca groaned and turned from his voice. How had she been so stupid to drop her guard? The only good the alcohol had done was to drown outhisappearance, unless he hadn’t killed again. “What else did I tell you?”
“We’ll talk about the rest after I make you some coffee and toast.” Ian walked out of the room closing the door behind him.
Maybe she hadn’t spilled the beans on the secret she’d done well hiding for over twenty years. She glanced at her bedside clock and chewed her lip. She’d slept until almost noon. She had only a couple hours to get rid of her pounding headache, and the Highlander, in order to catch Danny at the police station. She could do that. She’d find a way to run him off. She was good at getting men to run.
Becca sat up and clenched her eyes closed to brace herself from the spinning room. Her stomach grumbled and lurched with each movement. She slowly rose from the bed, clutched the wall for balance, and stumbled back into the bathroom. Afterbrushing her teeth, she started the shower. The hot water would help wake her just as much as the coffee, when it was done.
She stood under the spray, letting the water soak into her skin.
“Lass, you all right?” Ian’s voice was outside the shower door.
“Don’t you knock in Scotland?”
“Aye, but I’ve already seen you naked.”
Heat flooded her cheeks. Was there no end to her embarrassment? “Is there anything else you forgot to tell me?”
“You said you’d marry me.”
“I did not,” she answered with a growl and braced her hand on the shower wall and dropped her head.
“Aye. You did. Call me if you need help washing your back,” he called out, his voice trailing as she heard the click of the door.
