It Had to Be You by Marilyn Lee

Author:Marilyn Lee [Lee, Marilyn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Red Rose™ Publishing
Published: 2010-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Forty–five minutes later, he walked into the kitchen. He’d shaved and his hair was damp. He wore jeans and a tee–shirt, which revealed his rather impressive biceps.

She turned back to the range. “Coffee’s ready.”

“Thanks. It smells great.”

She heard him pour himself a cup. Then, instead of taking it back upstairs with him, or even going to sit at the table, she saw, he joined her at the range.

Great. Just what she needed. Him, up–close and personal.

“You know you’re staring at that bacon as if you expect it to jump out of the pan and run away if you take your eyes off it for a single moment,” he said.

He sounded amused. Again. At her expense. She swung around to face him. “And you’re staring at me as if I were an insect under a microscope! Why are you hounding me?”

She didn’t know how she expected him to react. Maybe with a flash of irritation of his own. Or dismay at her outburst. What she didn’t expect was to have him put down his coffee cup and take her hands in his.

She tried to suppress a shiver of delight. “Don’t…”

He tightened his grip. “I’m sorry, Annalise.”

“For what?”

“For everything.”

What did everything include? She wasn’t sure of anything except that she longed to press into his arms and bury her face against his shoulder. It would be wonderful to feel his arms around her as she admitted she loved him. Loved him. Loved him. Loved him.

“The bacon will burn,” she said instead.

He shrugged, rubbing his palms against her hands. “No problem. I like crisp bacon.”

“Well, I don’t!” She tugged at her hands.

He released them. Instead of moving away, he remained close.

She was very aware of him as she lifted the sizzling bacon strips from the pan and put them on paper towels lying on a warming tray to drain before adding more bacon to the pan.

Oh, why didn’t he just go away and leave her in peace? “Would you do me a favor?” she asked when she could no longer stand the silence or his unflinching stare.

He inched nearer and her breath caught in her throat. “Anything.”

“Go away. Now. Please.”

“Why?”

She didn’t dare look at him. She didn’t need to. She knew he knew why. “Do I need a reason?” She challenged.

“No. Of course not,” he said quietly.

She turned to face him. “Then why are you still here?”

His gaze settled on her face. “Because I want to ….”

“You want to what?” Her voice was barely above a whisper. He was going to kiss her. She could see it in the blue fire of his eyes. This time there would be no doubt he knew what he was doing and who he was kissing.

He sighed, briefly closing his eyes. “Some things are better left unsaid. Undone.”

Why did that have to include kissing her when there was no doubt he meant it? “Fine.” Get lost.

“I’d better go before I...I wouldn’t want you to think that I....”

“What wouldn’t you want me to think? That you’re tempted?”

He raked a hand through his hair.

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