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She gasps as she falls out of her chair onto the floor. I stand above her to observe the performance.
Her eyes pop open. “What do you think? Worth a standing ovation?”
“You’ll have to do better. I live with Gibson and Jett remember?”
I hold out my hand to help her stand. As soon as my hand touches her, a jolt of warmth hits me and travels from my hand through my body down to my groin.
Guessing by how Leia’s mouth is gaping open, she’s feeling it, too.
I rub circles with my thumb on her hand. Her skin’s as soft as I thought it would be. I wonder how soft those lips are. How would they feel against mine? I lean closer intent on finding out.
Leia yanks her hand from mine and shoves me away. “No.”
I immediately retreat. When a woman says no, I listen. “Why no?”
“I’m not a one-night stand kind of girl.”
I knew she wasn’t. But when I touched her soft skin, I lost my mind and forgot.
“One night is all I can offer.” I begin packing up my food. “I’ll finish this at home.”
“Good idea.” She shows me to the door.
I pause on her porch. “I meant what I said. I am sorry for being a jerk.”
“Thank you for your apology.”
Thank you is not acceptance. But what did I think? I could apologize and everything would be fine between us? I’ve been a complete asshole to her. She has no reason to believe I’m not always an asshole.
I’ll have to prove to her with my actions I’m more than the asshole I’ve shown her over the past weeks.
Chapter 10
Doubt – When temptation begins to override your good sense
Leia
Isla stomps her foot and whines, “Mom!”
“No.”
“I want him to come with.”
But I don’t. Fender may be a sweetheart to her. To me? He’s not so nice.
But he did bring you food and apologize.
I ignore my inner voice.
And he’s pretty to look at.
Apparently, my inner voice doesn’t remember how Fender told me I’m a bad mom and how I work too much.
“I bet Fender’s ridden a horse before. We should probably have someone with us who knows how to ride a horse.”
I groan. This is what I get for giving in to my daughter. I told her I’d maybe get her a pony ride for her birthday and what happens? Her birthday is still five months off and here we are going to ride a pony.
“Brody said I could invite one friend.”
