A Little Dare by Brenda Jackson

Author:Brenda Jackson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Sheriffs - Georgia, Single mothers, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Adult, Sheriffs, Pregnant women, General, African Americans, Love stories
ISBN: 9780373765331
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2003-03-19T05:16:08+00:00

Eight

“M om? Mom? Are you okay?”

Shelly heard the sound of AJ’s voice as he tried gently to shake her awake.

“Mom, wake up. Please say something.”

She quickly opened her eyes when her mind registered the panic in his tone. She blinked, feeling dazed and disoriented, and tried to focus on him, but at the moment she felt completely wrung out. “AJ? What are you doing out of bed?”

Confusion appeared in his face. “Mom, I’m supposed to be out of bed. It’s morning and I have to go to school today. You forgot to wake me up. And why did you sleep on the sofa all night in the same clothes you had on yesterday?”

Somehow, Shelly found the strength to sit up. She yawned, feeling bone-tired. “It’s morning already?” The last thing she remembered was having her fourth orgasm in Dare’s arms and slumping against him without any strength left even to hold up her head. He must have brought her into the house and placed her on the sofa, thinking she would eventually come around and go up the stairs. Instead, exhausted, depleted and totally satisfied, she had slept through the night.

“Mom, are you all right?

She met AJ’s concerned gaze. He had no idea just how all right she was. Dare had given her just what her body had needed. She had forgotten just what an ace he was with his fingers on a certain part of her. “Yes, AJ, I’m fine.” She glanced at the coffee table and noticed the book both she and Dare had been reading and considered it the perfect alibi. “I must have fallen asleep reading. What time is it? You aren’t late are you?” She leaned back against the sofa’s cushions. After a night like last light, she could curl up and sleep for the entire day.

“No, I’m not late, but you might be if you have to go to work today.”

Shelly shook her head. “I only have a couple of patients I need to see, and I hadn’t planned on going anywhere until around ten.” She decided not to mention that she was also having lunch with Dare’s brothers today. She yawned again. “What would you like for breakfast?”

He shrugged. “I’ll just have a bowl of cereal. I met these two guys at school yesterday and we’re meeting up to ride our bikes together.”

Shelly nodded. She hoped AJ hadn’t associated himself with the wrong group again. “Who are these boys?”

“Morris Sears and Cornelius Thomas. And we’re going to meet at Kate’s Diner every morning for chocolate milk.” As an afterthought he added. “And it’s free if we let her know we’ve been good in school.”

Shelly made a mental note to ask Dare about Morris and Cornelius when she saw him again. Being Sheriff he probably knew if the two were troublemakers.

“They’re real cool guys and they like my bike,” AJ went on to say. “Yesterday they told me all about the sheriff and his brothers.” His eyes grew wide. “Why didn’t you tell me that Thorn Westmoreland is my uncle?”

“Because he’s not.

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