Harlequin Special Edition April 2018 Box Set--Book 2 of 2 by Stella Bagwell

Author:Stella Bagwell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488097652
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Nicola pulled clothes out of her dresser and realized one depressing fact—she owned not one piece of sexy underwear. And since it was Sunday afternoon, she had no chance of purchasing any unless she took the forty-minute drive to Rapid City and back. The one store in Cedar River that sold lingerie was closed Sundays. Even if it weren’t, stocking up on sexy undergarments there would only set tongues wagging. She was well-known around town—as was her single status. And given that she was now guardian to a pair of young boys, hanging her reputation out to dry wasn’t in the cards. Nicola didn’t want her love life to be the topic of conversation for anyone.

Not that she was in any way, shape or form in love with Kieran O’Sullivan.

It was simply a sexual memory that had somehow been rekindled and needed to be sated. End of story. They’d have sex, and then it would be over. They were both adult enough to see that it stayed that way. Sex for pleasure. A roll in the hay. A one-night stand at best.

But as she showered and dressed in a knee-length blue dress and paler blue cardigan, Nicola felt some of her resolve slipping. She did her hair and makeup and by six was hustling the boys into the car and dropping them at her father’s place for a sleepover, promising she’d be at the restaurant first thing in the morning to take them both to school. Marco was his usual curious self, but Johnny was even more sullen than usual, grunting a few responses when she said good-night, and she watched them flop onto the small sofa in the living room.

“I’ll see you in the morning, Papa,” she said and kissed her father’s cheek. “Thank you for watching them.”

Salvatore grinned. “They are my only grandchildren. I love to watch them. Now, go on your date and have a nice time,” he said and winked.

“It’s not a date,” she insisted. “I’m just going to see a friend.”

Her father shrugged and shooed her through the doorway. “Then go, or you’ll be late.”

She lingered by the door and then wasted time checking a few things in the restaurant before she finally made it to her car and headed down Main Street. She was a hundred yards from his driveway when she considered driving straight past and going home.

Coward…

You wanted this. You suggested it. You know it’s the only way to be free of him.

Nicola pulled up outside the large Victorian and noticed that the place was lit up like a Christmas tree. She got out, locked the car and headed up the garden path. She’d been in the house several times when Kayla had occupied the second-floor apartment and had always admired the long, shuttered windows and wide veranda. There was a gazebo out back in a huge yard, and she followed the trail of lights that lit up the pathway, before entering around the side and heading upstairs. She reached

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