She realized she’d been staring only when he said, his voice lower and huskier, “Who are you looking for?”
His words snapped her out of her terrible trance. “I . . . I . . .” she thought furiously and said the only thing that came to mind. “For you. I was looking for you.”
Suspicion flashed in his sea-blue eyes. “In the rigging?”
“Yes. Why not?”
“Either you’re very ignorant about what a captain does, or you’re lying. Why is it?”
Ignoring the plummeting sensation in her stomach, she forced a smile to her face. “Really, Gideon, you are so suspicious. Last night you accused me of plotting behind your back, and this morning you accuse me of lying. Who else would I be looking for but you?

Autor: Sabrina Jeffries