His Expectant Ex by Catherine Mann

Author:Catherine Mann [Mann, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Health & Fitness, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Pregnancy & Childbirth, General, Divorced People, Love Stories, Category, Lawyers, Pregnant Women, Landis Brothers
ISBN: 9780373768950
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2007-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

S ebastian sprawled in a poolside chair for the bulk of the engagement party, making political chitchat as people strolled by. Mostly he used the spot as the perfect vantage point to watch Marianna while she helped his mother befriend wallflowers, give instructions to the waiters…

And open up the dance floor under the stars.His body thrummed as he watched her sway to the music with his youngest brother, her laughter teasing his senses from across the patio. His decision to lay off touching her for a while was already playing with his sanity. Her smile tonight sliced right through the distance they’d put between them over the past months. Sebastian hadn’t seen her happy like that in a long time. It must have something to do with that famed pregnancy glow.

A big band–era song struck up next and the General approached her. As Hank began to take her hand, his arms stopped in midair as he searched for a place covered by fabric. Sebastian stifled a smile.

Another hour passed until he watched Marianna sit alone for the first time, relaxing in a poolside chair. His no-touching decision was about to take a temporary hiatus. He deserved at least one dance, damn it. He strode over to her just as the strains of the final tune of the night played, a slower song as the band wound down.

“I think I’m the only man left who hasn’t danced with you.”

“You haven’t asked me.”

So she’d noticed his backing off. Good. At least he could gain some satisfaction from his restraint. Although right now, he wondered just how long that restraint would last.

He extended his hands. “May I have this dance? In the interest of being friends.”

Marianna gulped as the full impact of Sebastian’s appeal washed over her. The Southern gentleman to the hilt, he wore a navy jacket with his khakis in spite of the eighty-degree weather, a conservative maroon tie neatly knotted at his neck.

Odd thing, though, there were plenty of men dressed much like him, equally attractive and powerful men, but none of them stirred her interest for even a second.

She placed her hands in Sebastian’s, rising from the chair, stepping into the circle of his arms. His other palmed the bare skin low on her spine, his calluses calling to mind his strength. Marianna let him draw her near, his cheek just barely brushing her hair.

Slipping her fingers over his shoulder, she began to move her feet in rhythm with the music. Her breath twined with his in the sliver of air between them. He traced small, hypnotic patterns as he hummed along with the music.

Marianna’s eyes drifted closed, and she let the attraction have its way with her senses, hot and steamy like the South Carolina heat. She leaned closer, her breasts heavy and full pressed against his chest. Their legs skimmed as their bodies mimicked a more fundamental dance, bringing back memories of better times.

She looked up at him, seeing all too clearly the desire in his eyes and becoming achingly aware of every inch of him.

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