Playing By Her Rules (Sydney Smoke Rugby Series)

Author:Amy Andrews [Andrews, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sports romance, Sports, contemporary romance, magazine writer, second chance, sports hero, celebrity, second chance at love, Australia, rugby, rugby romance, Amy Andrews, brazen, payback, Entangled, Sensual romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-07-10T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The shower helped. Or at least the time away from him to collect herself helped, as did the stern, silent lecture she’d delivered as she’d scrubbed away the turpentine. About no regrets. About looking forward, not back. About things happening for a reason.

Matilda heard hammering as she stepped out into the lounge area. The first two paintings on the top row had been hung and Tanner was banging in the third nail. He was standing on the low display cabinet that usually housed the television, which he’d moved to the floor.

It showcased his calves, and despite the heaviness of her emotional state, she totally checked them out. Again. The muscle definition was awesome, delineated perfectly, popping out from the back of his leg, big as grapefruits. They were clearly the powerhouses for Tanner’s fearsome sprinting technique.

“That looks good,” she said, walking toward him, determined not to betray her inner turmoil or how much his freaking calves affected her.

He looked over his shoulder, one of those easy smiles of his hovering on his mouth. It died pretty quickly, though, as his gaze took in her usual sleeping attire—loose silky boxer shorts and baggy T-shirt.

There was nothing sexy about what she wore to bed, which was one of the advantages of not having a guy in her life, and exactly why she hadn’t thought twice about putting it on. But Tanner seemed to find her legs endlessly fascinating, and when he was done with them his gaze moved slowly north, zeroing in on her unfettered breasts, which he couldn’t possibly know, as their meagre proportions were totally lost beneath her voluminous T-shirt.

Regardless, her nipples ruched into tight peaks, as if they were completely bare to him, and heat flared down deep and low. Maybe it was his even-more-than-usual height advantage? His gaze seemed extra intense towering over her like he was.

“You’re wearing your glasses,” he said, smiling suddenly, returning his attention to her face.

Matilda reached for them absently, the retro horn-rimmed frames that she knew suited the gamine features of her face. “Oh…yes.” She usually took her contacts out and wore her glasses around home. Gran kept on about getting laser correction, but Matilda couldn’t bear the thought of someone poking around with her eyes. “The turpentine fumes were irritating my contacts.”

He dropped his gaze to her breasts again, and the heat coalescing in her pelvis pulsed between her legs and ran in molten rivulets like hot wax down her inner thighs.

“Cool shirt.”

Matilda was relieved to glance down and give her neck a break. Bold black print proclaiming her to be “a superhero disguised as a reporter” stood out against the snowy white fabric.

She shrugged. “It was a present from Gran.”

He laughed, and damned if her ovaries didn’t twang a little. His gaze slid back to her face. “Of course.”

Matilda desperately needed to claw back some control. Having him here all large and sexy in her apartment was confusing her resolve. She couldn’t let her ovaries have any say in anything.

They’d been Team Tanner since the locker room that first day.

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