The Doctor's Baby Secret by Scarlet Wilson Page B

occasion she could be annoyed by it. But out of the WSSA environment things were a little different. She wasn’t assessing him right now. She wasn’t instructing him—not yet, anyway.
    Her eyes swept the landscape. There wasn’t another person around for miles. It was part of the reason she stayed here. It meant that the possibilities were endless.
    She bent over, picked up her wine and topped up her glass, laughing as she did so. She could practically feel his eyes searing into her backside. ‘So, it’s pure misfortune that you’ve just happened to run miles into the countryside and land at my door?’
    He gave her the kind of smile that could make any WSSA rocket take off on its own. ‘Maybe it’s coincidence?’
    She raised her eyebrows and held up her glass towards him. ‘Do you want me to estimate the probability stats for you of running randomly from the base—in any direction—for any distance and landing at my door?’
    He took a step forward and leaned against her railing. ‘I guess it’s just lucky I found you, then. Call it a homing beacon.’
    She couldn’t hide the shiver down her spine. The flirting was getting out of hand. But not one single part of her wanted to stop it. His scent drifted over in the evening air. Sweat, testosterone, remnants of antiperspirant. All just aromas of him. It was almost hypnotic. And it absolutely was having a direct effect on her senses. The air between them was pheromone city.
    This would be on her terms. Her choice. And as long as he understood that, things would be fine.
    She leaned down over the railing towards him. There was something kind of nice about being above the guy who normally towered over you. ‘So, Austin, what did you plan to do when you got here?’
    He glanced around him. It was obvious he was making sure there was no one else around. No one to disturb them. The anticipation of what might come next made her tingle all over.
    He tugged at his shorts. ‘I was thinking I could take a shower.’
    She threw back her head and laughed at the bare-faced cheek of him. ‘I’m sure you have an excellent shower at home, Lieutenant Commander Mitchell. You didn’t need to run all this way to use mine.’ She turned to walk away but he was too quick. He jumped up on the outside of her railing and grabbed her arm.
    â€˜So, it’s back to Lieutenant Commander Mitchell, is it? A few seconds ago I was Austin.’
    Her heart started thudding against her chest. She didn’t have time to look down at where his hand was on her skin. Her whole body was too busy reacting to his touch. A little war had started somewhere in her stomach and she had no idea who was currently winning.
    She couldn’t look at his hand because his face was only inches from hers. Now, they were straight on. She wasn’t looking up at him. She was looking straight at him. Straight into his eyes. Just as he was looking at hers.
    Up close and personal was so different. Up close and personal away from the base was even more different. There was no one watching. No one to comment. No one to say anything. Just him. And her.
    He was smiling again with those film-star straight white teeth. She could see a few tiny wrinkles around his eyes and some cute freckles across the bridge of his nose. All the parts of his skin she could see were lightly tanned. The palm of her hand itched to reach out and touch his chest. To feel his muscles under her hands. A tiny trickle of sweat slid down from his forehead.
    He was still smiling at her. Waiting. As if he knew what would happen next. As if he was letting her give the sign of what would come next.
    It was unconscious. She couldn’t help it. But her tongue slid across her lips. His eyes darted to her lips and she held her breath.
    â€˜Maybe it could be Austin again,’ she whispered.
    He leaned forward. ‘Maybe it could.’ He gave her his trademark