Caught Red-Handed

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An Excerpt From: CAUGHT RED-HANDED

Copyright ? PAIGE TYLER, 2010

All Rights Reserved, Ellora's Cave Publishing,
Inc.

Thanks
to the glow of the twinkling lights on the Christmas tree in the great room
below, navigating the upstairs hallway was simple, and she quickly made her
way over to the stairs. She was halfway down the steps when one of them
creaked. The sound seemed to echo around her and she froze in place, sure
Ryan must have heard it. She held her breath, straining her ears to for
even the slightest sound that she might have woken him up, but all she
heard was the click of the thermostat, then a soft purr as the central heat
turned on. Letting out a sigh of relief, she turned around and continued
down the stairs.

Once
on the first floor, Dru hurried into the great
room and dropped to her knees in front of the Christmas tree. There were
quite a few presents with her name on them underneath it, but right now she
was only interested in one of them?a small box with a gold bow on top.

Pulse racing excitedly, she picked up the box and shook it.
She didn?t hear anything, so she turned it in several different directions
and repeated the motion. She was usually so good at this that she could
tell the difference between a pair of dangly earrings and hoops. But this
box was giving her no clues at all. It was possible Ryan had added extra
tissue paper around the item, knowing she would shake the box.

There was only one thing to do. She carefully peeled
back first one piece of tape, then another. Yes! Ryan had used the pricey gift
wrap tape that didn?t tear the paper when a person pulled it off. If she
did this right, she could wrap it back up using the original tape and her
husband would never even have a clue she had sneaked a peek.

Dru
was just trying to wiggle the box out of the paper when she heard Ryan?s
soft, sexy voice behind her.

?Someone?s
being a very bad girl.?

Dru
froze. Damn! Busted.