Almost Like Love by Abigail Strom

Author:Abigail Strom [Strom, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2014-10-28T00:00:00+00:00

Ian’s pulse kicked up a notch as he rode the elevator to his apartment. Since Kate had emailed him earlier that day, he’d pulled his phone out several times to reread their exchange, a smile tugging at his mouth every time he did.

He’d come up with step two in his plot to woo her into his bed. He’d invite her to stay for dinner with him and Jacob, and at some point during the evening he’d casually mention that it might be fun to do something while Jacob was away that weekend with his grandparents.

He wasn’t used to putting this much work into the planning stages of a seduction. For most of his adult life he’d relied on “Can I buy you a drink?” and “How about we get out of here?” to achieve a pretty impressive closing percentage.

Of course, living with Jacob had put a crimp in his social life. He had to either plan ahead for a babysitter—something he didn’t like to do too often, since he spent so much time away from Jacob because of work—or limit his dates to the one weekend a month Jacob went to Philadelphia to see his grandparents.

The truth was, he hadn’t really minded the change. He tended to avoid serious relationships, and casual dating had begun to pall even before Jacob had moved in with him. In the past year he’d been out only a handful of times.

But his attraction to Kate felt different. He was never sure what she would do or say next, and her determination to resist him brought out some primitive male instinct to conquer that felt like a shot of whiskey in his veins.

It had been a long time since he’d felt this alive around a woman.

Part of that feeling came from the times he’d gone to her rescue. Even though Spike wasn’t real, Ian had found himself at home in his skin. There was something cathartic about being able to say exactly what he felt, not to mention showing his tattoos to the world.

He’d been an executive for almost ten years, but the truth was, wearing a $2,000 suit to a board meeting could feel more like playing a part than taking Kate home on a Harley did.

And it didn’t feel nearly as good.

Bridezilla had had it all wrong when she’d told Kate that a man felt better standing next to a petite woman. Standing next to Kate—especially when there was that spark of challenge in her eyes—made him feel more vital and powerful and masculine than he ever had in his life.

As he turned the key in his lock, his anticipation rose, and he felt a surge of electricity the moment he saw Kate in the living room. She was curled up on the couch with a book, and when she met his eyes and smiled slowly, he felt it in his groin.

“Well, hello there,” she purred, and for one heady moment he thought he might not need a seduction plan after all.

Then he saw the coffee table.

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