Bargain in Bronze (Flirting to Win) by Anderson Natalie

Author:Anderson, Natalie [Anderson, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: natalie, indulgence, contemporary, sports, romance, anderson, olympics, entangled
Publisher: Entangled Publishing (Indulgence)
Published: 2012-08-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Jack stared out the bakery window as he waited, still in a daze ten hours after she’d left his bed. Despite their intimate marathon, he’d hardly slept. Instead he’d wound his arms around her and held her until she’d woken—too early. She’d quickly kissed him and thanked him for a lovely night and left. What an idiot he’d been to make his move on a weeknight when she had to be at her local council copywriting job the next morning. He laughed—stupid—even if it had been the weekend, she’d be up early wanting to resurrect her cereal business.

But it was the cereal that was his way back in.

He sat at the counter when she turned up—not touching her, simply getting on with his work. She smiled, clearly determined not to let any awkwardness build between them. She thought she could be like a pal now? Like a buddy? He didn’t think so. But he said nothing. He knew the chemistry wasn’t anywhere near burned out—hell, with her flushed cheeks and her tight nipples and her restlessness, it was obvious.

So he sat like he had the other nights and got on with his work. To his immense satisfaction every time he glanced up he caught her looking at him. So he stood and got himself some water from the fridge. Turning back he nabbed her snatching a look at his butt. Yeah, he had a number of nail marks proving how much she liked that part of him. He stood socially unacceptably near to her at the counter—watching her work. He’d see how long she could hold out for.

“Where’s your younger sister?” She asked eventually, her voice a little shrill. Her cheeks were getting redder by the minute.

“At university, thank goodness.” He didn’t step away, not when he saw the way she couldn’t help the downward flicker of her gaze over his body. He liked being this close—near enough to touch in a heartbeat.

“Is she into rowing too?”

“She wasn’t, for a long time. But now she’s a cox,” He wickedly emphasized the word, knowing from the quick touch of her tongue to her lips what she was thinking of. “It seems to be in the blood.”

“It must have been hard for you.” She sent him another quick glance from beneath her cautious lashes.

He bit the inside of his lip. People were curious—of course they were. Mostly he brushed it off, but with Libby he had an urge to be honest. “It wasn’t as hard as many other people have it. I was able to generate cash to get the business underway. And they were good kids. Well, as good as could be expected.” He frowned.

Libby raised her brows. “Did they give you a hard time?”

“Being the stand-in parent means you get the brunt of rebellion and resentment.”

“You should’ve been out sowing your wild oats.” She sent him a look from under her lashes. “You still should be.”

Jack tensed. Tom had said that recently, Anne too in her own way. But he’d figured that had been because the two of them wanted him off their backs.

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