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He calmly returned my gaze. “I’m a bit tired of waiting and I’mdefinitelytired of your man parade.” His voice was slightly edgy and a little scary. “Fortunately, you’ve presented me with this golden opportunity.”
He could damn well wait until hell froze over. He wasn’t going to keep me at arm’s length for ages and then just reel me in when he felt like it.
“Well, I’m not done avoiding you!” I said.
As he was talking, he’d moved slightly back.
He came in close again.
“Nope.” He shook his head. “No more waiting, no more games, no more avoiding and no more other guys. You want this and I want this, and it’s going to happen.”
“I don’t want this,” I lied. Self-protection and all that. He was an arrogant jerk. He was scary as hell. He was trying to force me to sleep with him and using my friend to do it. He was bad news. I wanted no part in Lee Nightingale.
And that was that.
He laughed softly. “Bullshit.”
He thought I was funny.
I saw red.
“Of all the—”
He kissed me again, and this time Joe Perry was a fleeting memory.
I gave into the kiss immediately.
What could I say? It was Lee.
It was getting good. His mouth was open and so was mine, his tongue was in my mouth and then mine was in his. My legs opened further and he got closer. His arms tightened and my breasts flattened against his chest. My arms went around his neck and I pressed against him.
Then his lips tore away from mine as his head shot up and twisted around, his entire body tensed, coiled, waiting.
Then Kitty Sue and Ally turned the corner from the entryway into the kitchen.
Kitty Sue’s hand went to her throat. Her eyes widened and then, I swear, they filled with tears.
Ally started laughing.
I looked to the ceiling.
Shit.
FOUR
DO I NEED TO KISS YOU AGAIN?
My reaction was immediate.
“I’m gonna kill you,” I told Ally.
She walked in and dropped an overnight bag on the floor, chuckling.
She set me up. She knew Lee was coming home last night. Crazy bitch.
“What’s going on here?” Kitty Sue asked hopefully, rooted to the spot and staring at us, not with disapproval at our carnal clinch, but with eyes filled with hopeful bliss.
Lee got his eyes from Kitty Sue, and all the kids got their long, lean body from her. Kitty Sue was always a bundle of energy, the kind of mom who held down a full-time job, made dinner every night, had home-baked cookies in the cookie jar and, every year, sewed all her kids’ Halloween costumes from scratch.
