Close to Home by Lisa Jackson

Author:Lisa Jackson [Jackson, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2014-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Kacie Jo hit the door running. Not just from Donovan, but from all the feelings he’d conjured up, too. She’d gone to bed overwhelmed with conflicting emotions.

When Donovan had touched his lips to her belly, when he’d spoken to their baby, she’d fallen in love completely, totally, one hundred percent. He was her hero. The man she’d always wanted.

Here they were, at her lake house and she could have him. But she couldn’t, and she knew it. She wanted more out of life than good sex.

Okay, great sex, but still, it wasn’t enough.

So when she’d awoken with a plan, everything seemed crystal clear. She’d treat him like a brother. All the conflicting emotions would disappear.

After the catastrophe of her last plan, she should've known better. Brotherly love was the last thing she felt for her husband. The urgency, the desire to possess Donovan, to let him possess her left her confused and terrified and excited and thrilled.

She rubbed her hands over her butter-covered arms in an attempt to wipe away the chill bumps that lingered from the way he’d held her, from the way he’d stared at her, so deep he’d glimpsed her soul.

Lord help her if he did. She’d never convince him they needed to be friends first. Of course, she’d ruined that three months before.

Dammit, she’d screwed this all up.

She stopped running and bent over trying to catch her breath. Running in bare feet was a killer.

As Donovan approached, Kacie Jo knew running time was over.

“You look pretty silly standing there covered in butter. Pretty smelly, too.”

She turned her head so she could see him. “Yeah, you’re one to talk.” She’d definitely hit her mark. Even though he’d wiped the garlic spread away, the side of his face glistened from the oil.

“Afraid something might get you?”

Not at all. “Someone,” she answered.

He laughed and she straightened back up. When he reached her, her breathing had returned to normal. She had to say something. “Sorry about that. I just…”

He stopped her. “Don’t apologize. It was fun. You laughed. I laughed. We had a good time in spite of the Great Tomato Fiasco.”

She closed her eyes and let his voice cascade over her. He caressed her chin, tilted her head up to face him. “Open your eyes, Kacie Jo.”

She did as he asked, and he continued. “I’m glad you trusted me enough back there to do that. To just have fun.”

How could she respond? Yes, she trusted him, but she had to run away from herself, from her own desire to tear his clothes off.

So where did this go now? The answer chipped away at her defenses.

“I trust you implicitly, Donovan.”

She saw her words hit him, saw how much they meant. She’d said the right thing when he lifted her in his arms again and started toward the cabin.

“What are you doing?” She rested her head on his garlic-scented shoulder as she asked the question.

“I promised you dessert, Mrs. Nelson. And when a man makes a promise, he has to keep it.

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