Found: His Perfect Wife by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2000-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

He felt it.

What’s more, Luc hadn’t realized he was feeling it until it was there beside him, nudging him, demanding his attention.

He was attracted to her.

And, what was better—or worse, depending on his point of view—his attraction gave every indication of something that was in the middle of gestation. It was growing, blooming.

Except that it shouldn’t. He didn’t want it to. He’d been there, involved up to his heart in a relationship that he firmly believed was one thing when it was completely another. The upshot of it all was that he’d gotten his teeth kicked in and his heart demolished. He had no burning desire for that to ever happen to him again. Once was quite enough, thanks.

Besides, this wasn’t about attraction, not for her. She was going because of some noble purpose she felt she was fulfilling. To boot, she was going to be doing him a favor, trying to save his pride. Another noble sentiment. Giving in to feelings that were scrambling around in him like so many laboratory mice looking for the right path, would be no way to pay her back.

And yet…

And yet all the common sense he was attempting to infuse into his brain seemed to disappear the moment they arrived in front of her house. The noise the car doors made as they were closed echoed through his head, pulsating. Adding to the beat that was going through him.

They were the only ones out on the street.

Kevin had remained at the restaurant to help Lily with cleanup. Luc and Alison had volunteered to lend a helping hand, but Lily had refused, saying it was their party, not their mess. And Jimmy had gone off to cover for the person who had covered for him so he could attend the party.

That left him alone with Alison. And with a fresh outbreak of attraction.

He walked her to the front door, feeling like an awkward teenager. “Your sister certainly knows how to throw a party.”

“That’s her specialty,” Alison told him. “Lily loves to throw parties, loves to organize.” A smile winked across her lips. She was missing her family already, and she hadn’t even left yet. “Likes to order people around, too.”

“Well, good night.”

He saw that same vulnerability in her eyes again, the one that made him want to protect her. The one that stirred him, churning up other emotions. Like desire. He thought he could stave it off with just a quick kiss good-night.

He thought wrong.

All the fleeting touch of her lips did was add new life to the growing attraction he felt rather than satisfy it. When his lips brushed hers, he wanted more.

But that was his problem, not hers. He kept himself in check. Because he didn’t want to frighten her after all his talk of her being his responsibility, and because she’d stiffened the moment the kiss had given the slightest hint of being just this side of intimate. One moment, she was leaning into it, the next, she was ramrod straight and backing away.

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