His Secret Child by Beverly Barton

Author:Beverly Barton [Barton, Beverly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Religious
ISBN: 9780373047864
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1998-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Later, after farewells to his hometown fans, Caleb drove Sheila out of Crooked Oak and onto the road that led to her home and, farther out, his family farm.

"Are you sure you don't mind if we ride with the top down?" he asked.

"Why should I mind? It's a warm, glorious spring night." She leaned her head back against the plush leather seat.

"Most women wouldn't want the wind to mess up their hair." He glanced over at Sheila and once again marveled at how truly lovely she was. In reality, the makeup and clothes and the slightly different hairstyle hadn't changed the woman, they had simply enhanced a good body and fine bone structure.

"I'm not most women," she said.

"I've finally realized that."

They drove in silence, the warm night breeze ruffling their hair and caressing their skin. Caleb slowed the Porsche as he neared the exit to Sheila's house.

"Since Danny's spending the night with Tanner Finch, there's no reason for you to go home now, is there?" Take this slow and easy, he warned himself. Don't rush her. Don't push her. "We could drive over to Marshallton to one of the clubs."

"I'm not much of a party girl," she told him. "But if that's what you'd really like to do, then—"

"What I'd really like to do is take you home with me." He stopped the car in front of her house, but didn't kill the motor.

"Are you trying to ask me to spend the night with you?"

"Yeah, I guess I am."

"Then ask me."

As he turned to her, he laid his arm across the back of her seat and leaned over so that they were face-to-face. "I'd like to take you home with me and spend the night making love to you."

"All right."

"All right?" He stared at her in disbelief. Had he heard her correctly or had he imagined her reply?

"Are you saying that you'll—"

She covered his lips with her index finger, silencing him immediately. "I'm saying that I want you to make love to me all night long."

"What changed your mind?" He nibbled on the tip of her finger.

My need to be with the only man I've ever loved. "I decided it might be worth the risk." And as he gazed deeply into her eyes, she realized something else. That she was willing to take the chance that this time, they could give each other what they both needed. That this time Caleb would want to stay with her. With her and their son.

He lowered his head and kissed her. Soft, sweet and tender beyond belief, as if he were handling a fragile object that could be broken easily. She sighed as tingling awareness spread from her core throughout her entire body.

Caleb lifted his head quickly, took a deep breath and grinned. "No more of that or we'll be making out in the car."

"Like we did twelve years ago," she said.

"This isn't going to be like it was twelve years ago," he promised. "This time we're going to be in my bed and I'm going to love you like you've never been loved.

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