For the Love of Pete by Sherryl Woods

Author:Sherryl Woods [Woods, Sherryl]
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2010-12-21T08:00:00+00:00

"Sorry," he said. "I can't sell it to you."

The excitement in her eyes died. "Can't or won't?"

"Doesn't matter. The house is mine."

"I could hate you for the ten seconds when you let me get my hopes up," she muttered.

"Just add it to the list," he advised. "You have bigger reasons to hate me."

"But I've been working on forgiving you for those," she said.

He grinned. "How's that going?"

"Not half as well as it was about five minutes ago," she replied.

"I figured as much," he said, then dropped that kiss on her lips after all. "I think I'll skip dinner tonight. We both have a lot of thinking to do. I' 11 see you when I get back."

"Maybe you will, maybe you won't," she said airily.

Pete picked the contract off the table and waved it

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under her nose. 'This says I will. I know you'd never go back on your word."

"Why shouldn't I?" she asked. "You did."

"But you're a better person than I ever was, darlin'. Everybody around here knows that."

In fact, he was exercising astounding restraint to keep from capitalizing on that kiss and seducing her right here and now. He knew the attraction was there on her part. He felt it every time he crushed her mouth beneath his. It was in her eyes when she looked at him. She wouldn't fight him. In fact, she would come to him as eagerly as she had at eighteen, when she'd been way too young and he'd been way too stupid to see what a gift she was giving him.

With the taste of her still on his lips, he made a hasty exit before he was tempted to stay and prove just how low-down and sneaky he could be.

Jo sank down on a kitchen chair after Pete had gone and touched a finger to her still burning lips. She could deny it from now till the cows came home, but she wanted him. It didn't seem to matter whether it was sensible or insane. It didn't seem to matter that he'd broken her heart once. All that mattered was the heat and need that simmered every time he was around. Even tinged with hurt and regret and anger, that need was a powerful force. In fact, its overwhelming power scared her to death. She liked being in control, but she wasn't with this. The need controlled her.

"You ought to be upstairs packing your bags right this second," she muttered aloud.

"Oh, my God," Maggie said, scaring Jo half to death. "She's in here talking to herself."

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"Do you ever knock?" Jo groused as the door slammed shut behind all three sisters.

"Why would we?" Ashley asked reasonably. "We all have keys."

"Maybe you should turn them in to me. I'd like to know I can count on some privacy around here," Jo retorted.

"To do what?" Melanie asked, regarding her with amusement. "You having a fling you want to keep secret?"

There was no smart answer to that question, so Jo ignored it. A yes would definitely intrigue them.

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