Cat Burglar by Shelley Munro

Author:Shelley Munro [Munro, Shelley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, General, Contemporary, New Zealand Fiction, Love Stories
ISBN: 9781419918308
Google: 6VeqTodu84UC
Amazon: B0030CMJFY
Publisher: Ellora's Cave
Published: 2008-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Jonno stalked into the bedroom, water still dripping off his nude body. “We didn’t use a condom. We missed using one the first time last night as well.”

“No problem. I’m on the Pill, remember? Don’t you think you should get a towel?

You’re dripping everywhere.”

“Shit.” Jonno swiped a hand over his face and strode from the room, returning seconds later with a towel. With brisk rubs, he toweled dry. “Does it make me a bastard that I was glad we didn’t use a condom? I forgot about you being on the Pill. All I could think about was your belly swelling with my child.” His voice cracked with emotion. “I liked the idea. Very much.”

They stared at each other for a tension-filled moment.

The picture he described filled her mind with a clear visual. She saw them together, instinctively knowing Jonno would love being a father. For the first time in her life the idea of marriage and a family didn’t send her running in the opposite direction. She actually quite liked the idea. When had she changed?

“I…okay,” she whispered.

“Okay, what?” He’d stilled, face tight with concentration, but she thought she caught a flicker of longing.

“Um, I’m saying maybe we have more than a casual friendship.” The flash of his smile reminded her of a bright and vivid spring flower after a long winter. “Good.”

“Is that all you’re going to say?”

“For the moment. You already know what I want. I don’t want to scare you any more than necessary.”

His words were a revelation for Laura because the man really meant them. His honesty shone from inside him. Nice. Especially after the fiasco with Mike.

Jonno stalked toward the bed where she sat, his attention solely on her. The intent glint in his hazel eyes brought a quick protest.

“Oh no you don’t. I need food—sustenance—before we go another round in this bed.”

He paused and dipped his head in a quick nod. “All right. Can we go without condoms from now? Felines can’t contract sexually transmitted diseases from humans.” Laura took what she knew about him and didn’t have a single qualm. She believed him. “It’s fine by me.”

“Good. I’m hungry. Do you feel like a sandwich?”

“Hell yes. I’m starved.” The loud rumble of Laura’s stomach punctuated her words.

The insistent peal of Laura’s phone interrupted their foraging for dinner.

Laura’s mouth squeezed into a moue of disappointment. “I hope that’s not anything serious.” After retrieving the phone from the bedroom, she stabbed the on button.

“Constable Adams speaking.”

“Laura, I have to see you.”

Laura stiffened, her shoulders twitching in irritation. “I can’t talk to you now, Mike.

I’m busy.”

“I have to see you. I’m going crazy not seeing you, touching you.” A low growl was all the warning she had before Jonno plucked the phone from her hands.

“Laura is busy. She’s not interested in you. Don’t call again.” Jonno hung up on Mike, turning to her with a grim expression.

“Don’t look at me like that. Do you think I encourage him? I’ve told him to leave me alone, to stop calling.

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