Chapter 161

• It unnerved her, and, needing something to occupy her hands and help to hide her feelings, she reached to pick up the jug of coffee and fill two cups, while Michael opened the Benedictine and poured a measure of the golden liqueur into a pair of brandy glasses.
• Sitting in the warmth of the fireglow, they drank their coffee and sipped the sweet liqueur in silence.
• But while neither of them spoke, she was only too aware that his eyes seldom left her face.