How to Hunt A Husband by Holly Jacobs

Author:Holly Jacobs [Jacobs, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ilex Books
Published: 2019-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Sunlight tickled its way beneath Shannon’s eyelids, rousing her slowly from whatever she’d been dreaming about.

It was one of those grey, fuzzy sort of dreams that she couldn’t quite pinpoint, but she did know that it left her feeling warm. Not in a heat sort of way, but in a comfortable sort of way.

She lay in that halfway state between sleep and wakefulness and realized something wasn’t right.

She kept her eyes closed and tried to decide just what was amiss through her sleep-fuzzed brain.

It took a minute to realize what was out of place. That it wasn’t a pillow cushioning her head. No, it was something harder, warmer. Something that rose and fell in a rhythmic sort of way. Something like …

A body.

More specifically, her head was cushioned on someone’s chest.

Her eyes popped open as the realization struck with full force. She was on the couch in her living room sleeping on Nathan Calder’s chest.

How on earth had that happened?

The night came flooding back at full-force.

They’d freaked out her mother, come home, talked about kissing, and a casual dating relationship, then watched The Terminator. Only she didn’t remember the end of the movie. She remembered sharing popcorn and sitting next to him …

And now she’d spent the night with him.

She grinned.

Oh, that would fry her mom’s butt.

She chuckled at the thought. It was enough to shake Nate from his sleep. She felt the change in his breathing pattern and knew he was awake before his eyes even opened.

“Good morning,” she said brightly.

He sat up and pulled back, distancing himself from her. “Shannon, I’m so sorry. I meant to get up and go right after the movie, but you were sleeping so peacefully, then your sister called—”

“My sister? Kate called here?”

“And we talked for a while, then I was going to go, but I sat a moment and next thing I knew … well, this was the next thing I knew. I’m sorry.”

“Nate, it’s okay.”

“No, it isn’t. I’ve …” he paused, obviously searching for the word. “Imposed. Yeah, imposed. I didn’t mean to.”

“Nate, really it’s fine.” She didn’t want to tell him that she sort of enjoyed waking up next to him. That she liked the warmth of his body. She could tell him there was something rather comfortable about snuggling next to him. She could, but she wouldn’t.

She simply repeated, “It’s okay.”

“But—”

“No harm, no foul. I mean, it’s not as if you compromised my virtue.” She didn’t add that compromising with Nate was starting to look sort of appealing.

She sat up and ran her fingers through her hair, knowing that appealing wasn’t quite the word she’d use to describe her morning look.

“I guess you’re right,” he said slowly. “After all, I didn’t even kiss you, so your virtue is still very much intact.”

“There you go. See, no problem. Tell you what, if you give me a couple minutes to grab a shower, I’ll even play hostess and offer you breakfast.”

“Yeah?” he asked with a grin.

“Yeah.”

“Does your hospitality extend to letting

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