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excuse?”
    â€œIt’s not an excuse. It’s the truth.” She shot him a murderous glance. “Oh, hell. Of course, he won’t be satisfied with it. He’ll think I blew it somehow, but,” she added stoutly, “that’s just too damn bad. If he wants you, he can come out here and try to brainwash you himself.”
    â€œYou’re willing to give up, just like that?” Mark said curiously.
    â€œI am not giving up just like that,” she snapped back. “It’s not as though this is our first offer.”
    â€œIt’s your first offer.”
    â€œWhat exactly is that supposed to mean?”
    â€œWhy don’t you stick around and find out?”
    â€œBecause I’m not a masochist.”
    â€œBut from everything Morrie said, I thought you were ambitious.”
    â€œMorrie’s judgment is not exactly top of the line,” she countered coldly, then added wearily, “Look, obviously, I’d rather go home with your signature on a contract, butyou’ve made it very clear that you don’t even want to hear what I have to say. You’ve certainly gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid me. You must have your own reasons for distrusting Trent Studios and nothing I’m likely to say is going to change that.” She hesitated briefly and regarded him with a mix of hope and curiosity. “Is it?”
    â€œNo.”
    â€œI thought so,” she said with a sigh. “Then what’s the use of my hanging around for a couple of days and then still going home with an unsigned contract?”
    He smiled brightly. “You can tell Trent Langston you tried harder.”
    â€œHe’ll be thrilled,” she retorted sarcastically. “And what do you get out of all this? The chance to watch me squirm?”
    â€œNo. Like I said before, I just get the chance to get to know you.”
    The concept completely baffled her. He didn’t trust her employers, which meant he couldn’t think too highly of her, either, since in his mind she was inextricably bound together with Trent Studios. And yet he wanted to know her better. Lindsay knew she was reasonably attractive, but so were half thewomen on this plane, and unlike her they were all going willingly to Denver to frolic in the snow. No, it still didn’t make sense.
    â€œWhy do you want to?”
    He shook his head. “I thought I’d made that clear. I must be losing my touch.” He gazed straight into her eyes, dark sincerity matching wits with flashing skepticism. “I’ve always wanted to fall in love under a midnight sky with someone with bright green eyes.”
    She tilted her head and studied him closely. He actually seemed to mean it. “You’re crazy.”
    He shrugged. “I’m a writer. It goes with the territory. Now are you coming home with me or not?”
    Home with him? Now that was another intriguingly dangerous thought, a thought not even to be considered. “I am going to a hotel room,” she said firmly. “For the night...or what’s left of it.”
    â€œAnd then?”
    Lindsay sighed. He was right about one thing, if she flew home first thing tomorrow morning, this morning , Trent would never believe she’d given this her best shot and he’dspend three solid weeks castigating her. She’d either have to slink around the studio on tiptoes and look apologetic or hide out someplace until his temper cooled down. Neither of these alternatives appealed to her. She liked to work, not cower around in the shadows while Trent went into one of his notorious sulks like some overgrown brat.
    â€œI’ll think about it,” she said.
    â€œGood,” he said, nodding in satisfaction, as the plane glided down on the runway. “I’ll pick you up in time for breakfast.”
    * * *
    When the pounding started on Lindsay’s hotel room door, she was convinced it was all part of a sadistic nightmare.