Catching Luke by Debra Elise

Author:Debra Elise
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

“You’re kidding me. Lara agreed? Kelsey, how’d you work this miracle? If you were here right now, I’d kiss you.” Luke was still in bed. Reclining against his headboard and dreaming about a hot cup of coffee. Maybe he should move the machine upstairs so he could make a pot first thing in the morning without having to hobble around like an idiot.

“It’s a good thing Mav didn’t hear you say that.”

“What changed her mind?”

“I guess she knew you really needed her help and despite your lame attempts at scoring with her—”

“Not lame, Kelsey. I plan on convincing her we’d be good together.”

“Wait a minute. Are we talking good together horizontally or good together as in together-together?”

Luke had been doing a lot of thinking where Lara was concerned and why he’d made such a big stink about her being his PT. Yeah, she presented a challenge and he never backed down from one, but she’d also managed to get under his skin in a way no other woman had.

He also respected the hell out of her.

“She’s not like any other woman I’ve been with and I just can’t stop thinking about her, so yeah, it’s more than just a one-night thing.”

“Well, in that case I just may be able to help persuade her that you’re not such a bad guy. But you have to promise me one thing.”

Luke was expecting her to say something like “you break her heart, I’ll break you” or threaten his manhood, but instead she made him hopeful, very hopeful.

“Once you get her in bed, keep her there. Her last relationship wrecked her self-image as a desirable woman and although she acts fun loving and can party with the best of them, she holds herself back when it comes to the heavy stuff, to the physical side of things, if you get my drift.”

“Damn, Kelsey.” His felt his heat creep up his neck and travel to his ears. He rubbed on one. Yup, he was blushing.

“Hey, we’re friends now. And under all your bravado I think you’re a good-hearted man. And you have one of the best backsides I’ve ever seen. Lara thinks so too.”

“Um, thanks?”

Kelsey laughed. “Oh, and one more thing.”

He so didn’t want to ask, but she waited him out. The silence finally got to him.

“All right, what is it?”

“You break her heart and I’m taking away your off-hour privileges with Maverick for a year.”

Damn. She sounded serious.

Lara dressed in a pair of baggy khaki pants and plain brown button-down shirt. She didn’t want to give Luke any reason to think she was there for anything other than to assist him around the house and get his knee back in shape.

When she pulled up to his house, her mouth dropped. This was Luke’s place? So not what she expected. The Craftsman roofline and front porch appealed to her. It screamed come in, make yourself at home. The attached shop boasted the same design. She would have pegged Luke for a sleeker, more modern aesthetic when it came to his possessions.

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