His Best Mistake by Lucy King

Author:Lucy King
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781948342094
Publisher: The Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2018-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Jack threw the ingredients for a stir-fry – including a bucketload of ginger – into a wok. The relief at having Stella finally under his roof was overwhelming. She and two suitcases had arrived late afternoon a couple of hours ago in the taxi he’d sent for her and she was now here and safe, and all that mattered was keeping her that way.

The scorching attraction he still seemed to feel for her was irritating and inconvenient, but he’d just have to deal with that because how he felt about her physically was irrelevant. Sex was what had got them into this complicated mess in the first place and indulging in it again would hardly make things simpler. Resisting her allure might require every drop of self-control he possessed but he’d faced tougher challenges. If he constantly reminded himself of the reason she was here, he should be all right.

“Something smells good.”

At the sound of her voice, Jack glanced behind him, and something inside him shifted at the sight of her. She’d changed. Had a shower, by the look of her wet hair and make-up-free face. She was wearing a blue tracksuit made of some kind of soft-looking velvety fabric that would have made him want to reach out and stroke her if he hadn’t shored up his defences to protect them both against that sort of thing.

“Sorry about the outfit,” she said, reddening slightly although he had no idea why when she looked so gorgeous. “It’s all that’s comfortable at the moment. I need to go shopping.”

Before he had time to stop it, his gaze dipped to the swell of her breasts tight against her top, the memory of how they’d felt in his hands and against his mouth slamming into his head, and he had to turn back to the stir-fry before it became embarrassingly obvious how much she affected him.

“Are you all settled in?” he said, possibly stabbing away at the vegetables a fraction more brutally than they deserved.

“Yes, thank you,” she said. “It’s a very comfortable room. You have an incredible apartment.”

“It’s convenient for the office.”

“How long have you lived here?”

“A couple of years.” Three and a half, to be precise. At first he couldn’t bear to leave the house he’d shared with Mia, but eventually the memories had proved too much and he’d had to sell up before he drowned in them.

“Can I use the gym stuff?”

He shot her a look and bit back the absolutely no way that was hovering on the top of his tongue. “Should you?”

“The doctor said mild exercise was absolutely fine.”

“Then be my guest.”

“Thank you.”

“There’s a pool in the basement.”

“Lucky I brought my costume.”

“So how are you feeling?” he said, resolutely not thinking about how Stella might look in a bikini.

“Fine.”

“Sickness? Twinges? Anything?”

“Nothing at the moment, but the minute that changes, Jack, I’ll let you know. I promise. Is there anything I can do to help?”

She could put her feet up for the next seven months. That would help. So too would a diary of how she was feeling every minute of every day.

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