Love Me Tender by Alison Kent

Author:Alison Kent
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: classic romance, contemporary romance, country boy city girl, small town romance, unexpected pregnancy
Publisher: Alison Kent

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Eden closed her eyes, wanting to bite her tongue even more than she wanted an honest answer. Hugging herself tightly, she walked to the window, searching for serenity in the expansive view outside.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing," she whispered and shook her head, wishing he'd go away. She'd opened a Pandora's box that she should've padlocked weeks ago.

He took a step closer, the tread of his steps echoing in the nearly empty room. "Ah. Nothing. The word of the day."

"Never mind." She closed her eyes but found the lack of sight heightened other senses. The lightest trace of Chloe's perfume mixed with baby powder, floor wax, and paint It should have been enough to mask the scent of Jace.

Eden peered through the window and focused on a single bud sprouting from the pecan tree limb six inches from the glass. Safe and simple, one step at a time. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Talk about what?"

"You. Me. Everything." She grimaced. Biting her tongue wasn't enough. She needed a chain saw.

"Is that what this is about? You and me?"

His voice came inches from her ear. His fingers settled on her shoulder, the touch gentle, light and so very welcome.

Eden jerked away. There was no you and me. No matter how hard she might wish it. "I said I don't want to talk about it."

From the corner of her eye, she saw him rake his hair back in frustration, then settle his hands on the waist of his low-riding jeans. "No way, Eden. You always want to talk."

"Not this time."

He moved in, the hunter for the kill. "You want to talk about Chloe's problems, my problems. Now maybe we'd better talk about yours."

She lifted her chin. "I don't have a problem."

"Wrong. You have a big one. We both have a big one."

"When did I become your business?" She sounded incredibly bitchy, but she didn't care. She wanted him to leave. Now. "And when did you become part of any problem I might have?"

"When you insisted we become friends. And the minute you linked you and me together."

"The link was unintentional, believe me." She made a sound of disgust, one designed to drive him away.

"Good. I wouldn't want there to be any mistake."

"The only mistake that's been made here was when I let you and Molly run me upstairs." She took a retreating step. "I'm going back to the shop."

"Eden, Molly has everything under control. If another crisis comes up, she knows where to find you."

"Crisis? What crisis?" Now she sounded like a hysterical old woman. Why wouldn't he just go away?

"Tell me the truth, Eden. Is being reminded of your ex what's got you upset?" Jace fingered a lock of her hair. "Or is it the fact that I kissed you?"

She pulled her hair from his hand. "Neither one. And I told you, I don't want to talk about it."

He placed a forceful hand on each shoulder and spun her around. She refused to look up. But when she looked down, all she saw were the differences in their bodies, the differences that would always keep them apart.

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