Daddy Lessons by Victoria Chancellor

Author:Victoria Chancellor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

She blinked, stunned by his words and the sincere way he’d said them. “You think I’m attractive?”

He smiled and she immediately regretted her impulsive remark. Leave it to her to jump on the one comment he’d thrown out, which probably didn’t mean anything, anyway.

“Do you doubt it?”

Of course she doubted her appeal. She hadn’t kept her husband’s interest. She didn’t exactly have men tripping over one another to ask her out. “I…I don’t know. It’s not something I dwell on.”

“Really? Why not?”

She frowned. “Well, because I’m not that kind of person.”

“What kind?”

“One who worries about how she looks all the time!”

“That’s not what I said. I told you I think you’re attractive, not that you’re self-absorbed or vain.”

She frowned again. “What’s the difference?”

“Not all attractive women spend their time thinking about how attractive they are. They just know.”

“I don’t understand, I suppose, the nuances of self-possession.”

“Can’t you just believe me? I’m a pretty good judge of women, and believe me, you’re attractive.”

“I’m older than you are,” she blurted it, then felt like slapping her hand over her mouth. Why in the world had she said that?

Luke chuckled. “That doesn’t have a thing to do with how attractive you are. Or how desirable I find you.”

“You find me desirable?”

He chuckled again. “Now I have to convince you of that, too?”

She shook her head. “No, I’m sorry. Forget it.”

“I wish I could,” he said softly, lowering his head. “Believe me, life would be a lot simpler if I could.”

And then he kissed her.…

LUKE KNEW HE WAS IN way over his head the moment his lips touched Kate’s. She was a good girl, the kind he’d never dated, never really desired. And yet he couldn’t resist the pull of her unconscious appeal. She didn’t know she was beautiful, but he did.

At the last minute he stopped himself from kissing her as deeply, as intimately, as he’d like. He gentled her with his lips, coaxing a sigh and a slight melting after her initial surprise. She felt warm and soft and willing as her arms crept around his neck, and he held her without any pressure. He wanted to pull her tight against him and prove how much she affected him, but he didn’t need to shock her more than he had already by kissing her.

He shouldn’t be doing this. She wasn’t his type. But she’d been so insecure about her desirability. What man wouldn’t find her attractive?

Without giving in to the urge to use his hands and tongue and whatever other part of his anatomy he could use to bring them both pleasure, he eased away from the kiss, nibbling a little here and there until he pulled back enough to see her flushed face, dewy lips and delicate eyelids. Slowly, she opened her eyes and gazed at him.

She didn’t speak. He didn’t know what to say, so he simply looked at her, knowing he’d remember the sight of Kate, flushed and dreamy, for a long, long time.

“Mommy! The donkey is fussing!”

Luke stepped back, keeping a hand on Kate’s arm as she wobbled and then found her balance.

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