Back To Basics by Erin McCarthy

Author:Erin McCarthy [McCarthy, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-07-17T14:00:00+00:00

He could watch her for hours. He was doing just that, watching her, as she picked around her grits and nibbled on a little piece of toast. Her hair had dried and was falling softly around her face, little wisps curling here and there from the humidity. He liked that she was confident enough in herself to go out with wet hair. He had known plenty of women who wore full make-up to go jogging in. But Angel seemed comfortable with herself.

She was talking about being a teacher. She was telling him cute little anecdotes about her students, and in every word he could hear how much she enjoyed her job and how important those kids were to her.

He had the strangest feeling that she was the most beautiful woman he’d ever met, that rare combination of outward and inner beauty. Any woman who cares about a messy pack of five years olds was special. One who also had the power to make his blood boil from one saucy look was downright dangerous.

Angel professed to be the planner, but today it was he who had the plan. He was going to get her to relax, let down her guard, enjoy herself, and then they were going to enjoy each other all night long in that little cabin of hers.

He had no guilt that she had been about to marry another man. By her own admission, she didn’t love him, and she had practically admitted they hadn’t even slept together. No wonder she melted under Rick’s touch. She was desperate for some attention, and he intended to give her some. And then give her some more.

She hadn’t said anything negative about her job so far. He asked curiously, “Isn’t there ever a kid who just totally gets on your nerves?” He picked up the last crumb of his biscuit with his finger and licked it off.

Surprised, she said, “No, I don’t think so. It’s more the parents who get on my nerves.” She laughed as she played with the rim of her orange juice glass, glancing around the diner casually. “You know the ones who are completely neurotic and have to be involved in everything, or the ones who never ever remember anything. When you have a kid at the Halloween party who is the only one without a costume you want to throttle some parents.”

“I bet you’ve got a spare princess and a pirate costume in your supply closet, don’t you?” Somehow he couldn’t picture her letting any child go without if she could help it.

She blushed. “Actually it’s a princess and a power ranger.”

He laughed. “I hope Kiri gets a teacher like you.” Suddenly he found himself pulling out his phone and pulling up a picture of his daughter. Kiri was wearing a red jumper and her dark curls were in two pigtails. She was grinning broadly at the camera.

As Angel smiled at the picture, he fought the urge to snatch it back. Geez, what an idiot he was being.

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