Caught Up in the Touch: Sweet Home Alabama by Trentham Laura

Author:Trentham, Laura
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

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With effort, Logan unstuck his eyes from the length of leg highlighted by the white shorts and ridiculous heels. Who wore shorts and high-heels? His gaze eventually reached her face.

“You.” She bit out the word as if she’d caught him jacking off in a movie theater.

“What?” His stomach did a weird flippy thing.

“Am I one in a long line of women you’ve wooed with your culinary skills? That’s what Darcy said.”

Robbie Dalton muttered something and looked at the treetops. “I’ll just be . . .” He cleared his throat and walked away as fast as he could.

Logan watched Dalt leave with something akin to fear. Logan backed into a small alley between brick buildings, wide enough for foot traffic but not cars. She followed, juggling an armful of books and a pissy attitude. Why would Jessica be pissed, unless she was also a little jealous? Warmth cascaded through his body. What did it signify?

“I won’t be made a fool of, Logan Wilde.”

“I’m not looking to make a fool of you. I enjoy your company and thought you enjoyed mine.”

“I do, but . . .” Her gaze scooted to the moss-covered bricks at their side, and she readjusted the books in her arms. “I don’t want you toying with me.”

“How so?” He tried to brush a lock of auburn hair off her forehead, but she jerked her head to the side.

“I don’t want to”—she took a quick glance over her shoulder toward the street and dropped her voice to a whisper—“hang out with you and then see you smoozing with someone else. I guess I’m old-fashioned like that.”

“So you don’t want me smoozing other women while we’re . . . hanging out?” He air-quoted her words back at her.

“Do you want to schmooze someone else?” She clutched the books to her chest. Vulnerability shone from her eyes. The question was like taking the safety off a gun.

“I’m not interested in schmoozing anyone else.” He wasn’t a hundred percent certain what he was agreeing to, but her entire body relaxed with his answer, her shoulders dropping and her hip popping out. “For as long as you’re here,” he added.

Tension filtered back into her body. “Since yours is the only job offer I’ve received, I guess I’ll stay until I find something else.”

She could have a job at a Fortune 500 company with a single phone call. “I’ll be glad to keep you on as long as you need.” Insinuation roughened his voice, and he herded her back against the wall. How did they seem to always end up in this position?

He dropped his face next to hers, his cheek almost skimming hers, waiting for her move. She shifted, nuzzling him with her nose. He closed his eyes and breathed her in. Citrusy, sweet, intoxicating. “So we’re officially hanging out now, are we? We can I schmooze you?”

“When we’re at Adaline’s things have to stay strictly business.” Her words were vague and breathless, and she’d rolled her head to the side in invitation.

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