Jack's Christmas Mission by Beverly Barton

Author:Beverly Barton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2001-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

Jack stood under the showerhead, his face turned upward to accept the full force of the spray. He wanted the water to wash away his thoughts about Peggy Jo Riley. The woman had done a number on him, but how she’d accomplished that feat he didn’t know. She had sneaked up on him and caught him off guard. That had to be it. Inch by inch, minute by minute. A smile here. A laugh there. A tentative touch. A hesitant stare. Her womanly wiles hadn’t been obvious, nothing blatant, nothing a man could see coming straight at him. This gut-wrenching need to march down the hall and into her room had taken him by surprise. He had made the mistake of thinking Peggy Jo was like every other woman he’d known. She had warned him, hadn’t she? How stupid could a guy be?

Pretty damn stupid, the reply came from the Jack Parker who knew how to charm the ladies, enjoy their company and yet keep them emotionally at arm’s length. So how the hell had Peggy Jo gotten close enough to get under his skin?

And why her? It wasn’t as if she was the most beautiful woman he’d ever known. She was pretty enough, in a clean, wholesome sort of way, but no breathtaking beauty. And she was a bit on the plump side, maybe even fat by today’s standards of bone-thin females. Peggy Jo was definitely no cover model. And that personality of hers! She certainly wasn’t nice, sweet and demure. And she wasn’t overtly sexy. But there was a sensuality about her that intrigued him, that made him want her. Despite all her flaws, she was quite a woman, his Peggy Jo.

His Peggy Jo! His woman?

As he began to scrub his body, Jack imagined what it would be like if he weren’t showering alone, if she were here with him, her soapy hands lathering him from head to toe. Just the thought of her touching him aroused him. His sex swelled and throbbed.

Damn! He didn’t like this turn of events. He didn’t like it at all. Oh, it wasn’t that he hadn’t lusted after a particular woman before—he had. More than once. But this time it was different. This was something more than lust, and that’s what bothered him. When a man let himself become emotionally involved, he was in trouble. And heaven help him, he had begun to care about Peggy Jo in a very personal way. She had already become more to him than just a client.

Get her off your mind, he told himself. Stop thinking of her as a woman and start thinking about her as nothing more than a job. He was in her life to protect her, to guard her night and day. He needed to concentrate on how he could best keep Peggy Jo safe from now until her stalker was caught and put behind bars.

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