Close Contact by Lori Foster

Author:Lori Foster
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

FRESH FROM A SHOWER, Maxi stood at the kitchen counter watching the setting sun through the window. The brilliant shades of pink and purple over the horizon never failed to take her breath away. The power of nature, the beauty of it and the peace it gave her left her awed.

Somewhere out there, danger remained. Nothing that insane would just disappear. Eventually it would return, but presently it couldn’t intrude on her contentment.

She had wonderful plans in the works. Little by little the farmhouse was coming together. And best of all, she and Miles had ironed out a few conflicts...at least, she hoped they had.

Midweek they’d gone shopping and she’d bought a patio table and chairs that fit on the small deck off the back of the house, along with a larger set now in the yard near the grill. She’d also bought rockers, a glider and a few random lawn chairs.

The cats loved it all, as she’d known they would. They draped themselves over every surface. Anytime she or Miles wanted to sit outside, they had to first move a cat or two.

He never once complained about the cat hairs on the seat of his jeans. Instead, Miles put in an effort to win over some of the more feral animals, convincing them with patience—and food—to come close enough for him to pet.

It never failed to soften her heart, and that worried her more than any external threat.

It would be so easy for her to lose sight of the endgame: independence, responsibility and honoring her grandmother’s wishes. This could be her last opportunity to do things right, to make amends for a thoughtless past.

To prove to herself that she had what it took to make it.

Playing house with Miles, because that was how it felt, could so easily make her forget her goals. She continually had to remind herself that he was a gorgeous, successful MMA star, now working for an elite, expensive agency. He could have his pick of women.

Why would he choose her?

Just because he enjoyed playing on the farm for a bit didn’t mean he’d want to settle down here for good.

Yet that was exactly what she planned to do. This place would be her home forever. She’d grow old here, while Miles had a whole exciting life ahead of him.

He was here because she’d hired him.

He was in her bed because she’d been pushy. Oh, he enjoyed it now, she wasn’t worried about that. But if she hadn’t come on so strong, would he have been content sticking to the letter of the job—protecting her, and nothing more?

Was it the sex, she wondered, that made him feel obligated to do so many other chores?

She hadn’t yet hired anyone, and he hadn’t mentioned the idea of bringing his friends around to help. In fact, she wasn’t quite sure where they stood with things and she wasn’t keen on rocking the boat.

Since their small argument, he’d been insatiable, always reaching for her morning, noon and night.

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