Harlequin Desire September 2020--Box Set 2 of 2 by Joss Wood

Author:Joss Wood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

“Good grief, don’t sneak up on me,” Claire exclaimed, feeling her cheeks flush with embarrassment at him overhearing what she’d said about his kisses.

He looked amused with a faint smile as he came into the room. “I don’t think I was too sneaky in my boots. They make a bit of noise on the wood floors,” he said, and she could hear the laughter in his voice. She knew he was teasing, but he was annoying her again, and her embarrassment deepened.

“Well, I didn’t hear you, and I wish you hadn’t heard me.”

He kept walking toward her, and her pulse beat faster as he came within inches and tilted her chin up with his finger. She felt opposing reactions—she was annoyed that he was laughing, but she was turned on by his nearness. He was inches away, and that made her heart race and made her want him to lean close and kiss her even though she shouldn’t. She was accustomed to controlling a lot of things and the people in her life. She couldn’t do anything about the weather and fires, but people she could usually manage. But she couldn’t manage Jake. He didn’t work for her. He was independent, doing what he wanted to do, and he was a wild card in her life. She didn’t know what he would do next. And she was far too drawn to him physically when she should avoid him, because they were still and forever would be feuding neighbors. How had she thought they could be friends? They were steeped in their family feud that would never change.

“You know, if looks could kill, I’d be stretched out on the floor,” he said, and she heard the laughter in his voice that just made her more embarrassed and more angry.

“I think we need a lot more distance between us,” she said, but the words came out breathlessly and she was lost gazing into his dark eyes that made her heart beat even faster and her desire more obvious. She couldn’t get her breath because she knew he was going to kiss her, and she knew she was going to kiss him in return when she shouldn’t. She should resist and get a wall between them.

She couldn’t stop the anger she felt toward him, but desire was there just as strong. She couldn’t understand her own reactions to him. She had never felt this way about any other man before. And then she didn’t care. She just wanted his kiss, and her gaze went to his mouth as his arm slipped around her waist and he drew her to her feet.

His lips brushed hers lightly. She moaned softly, winding her arm around his neck and leaning into him, feeling his strong body against her. His fantastic body. Her heart pounded as she kissed him in return. “I wasn’t going to do this ever again,” she whispered.

“Yeah, I know,” he said as he brushed another light kiss on her lips and then her ear.

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