High-Powered, Hot-Blooded - Harlequin (2009) by Susan Mallery

Author:Susan Mallery
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Women Teachers, Chief Executive Officers, Man-Woman Relationships, Women Kindergarten Teachers, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Businessmen, Revenge, General
ISBN: 9780373769810
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2009-12-08T08:00:00+00:00

Seven

Duncan stood by the coffeemaker. He’d already showered and dressed. On a normal morning, he would have left for work by now. But nothing about this morning was normal.

Annie had spent the night.

There were several problems with that statement. Usually he preferred to be at the woman’s place so he could control when he left. But between the twins, Kami and what he would guess was a small, girly bedroom, his place made more sense. There was also the fact that last night hadn’t exactly been planned. When he and Annie had set up their deal, he’d promised her he wasn’t interested in sex. Apparently he’d been lying.

While making love with her had been pretty damned great, he was concerned about what happened next. Annie wasn’t like his usual women, nor was she the affair type. Would she read too much into what had happened between them? Would she expect things? He also didn’t want her to get hurt.

He heard footsteps in the hall. She walked into the kitchen, wearing the same cocktail dress she’d had on the night before. Her hair was still damp from the shower, her face free of makeup. She looked pretty and innocent and not at all the woman who had surrendered so passionately just a few hours before.

“You’re looking tense,” she said as she picked up one of the mugs he’d left on the counter and poured coffee. “Afraid I’m expecting a proposal?”

Shocked, he quickly said, “No.” Proposal? As in…

She smiled. “I was thinking that a simple ceremony would be best, under the circumstances. The twins and Kami will want to be bridesmaids, of course.”

He’d thought she might be confused or upset or even embarrassed. He’d been wrong on all three counts. It had been a long time since a woman had surprised him in a good way.

He crossed to her and took her free hand in his. “Will you wear white, my darling?”

She sighed. “I was trying to make you nervous.”

“I was playing along.”

“You were supposed to be scared.”

He kissed her. “Maybe next time.” He released her hand.

“You’re too in control of every situation,” she complained, then sipped her coffee. “While you were snoring away, I had to stumble through a conversation with Jenny, trying to explain why I wasn’t coming home without mentioning the fact that we’d had sex.”

He looked at her. “Why would she have to know anything?”

“Because everyone would have noticed my empty bed and been worried.”

“Life is easier without family.”

“You’re too cynical. One phone call is a small price to pay for having the girls in my life and don’t pretend you don’t understand that.”

He did understand but didn’t agree the price was worth it.

She smiled. “Now you have the thrill of them knowing about your sex life.”

Something he could have lived without. Not that he didn’t like the girls, but didn’t this fall under the category of too much information? “Tell me they didn’t ask any questions,” he muttered.

“Only if you’d used a condom.”

Annie kept her chin high as she spoke, but he saw the flush on her cheeks.

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